Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Anonymous, Doing, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Thinking on August 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| We learn neither by thinking or by doing. We learn by thinking about what we are doing. | |
| — Anonymous | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Brown’s Rules |
| Day 23: Fasting Visualized | |
| 2017 | Still Trying To Make It |
| 2016 | One Lucky Man |
| 2015 | Food Change ==> Health Change |
| 2014 | 10 Commandments Of Logical Arguments (Fallacies) |
| 2013 | Sociology Of The Future |
| 2012 | 1010 |
| There In The Sunshine | |
| 2011 | Not Enough Time |
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, #IncompetentDonald, #LazyDonald, Hard Work, Politics, Quotes, Solving Problems, Thinking, Thomas J. Watson on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. | |
| — Thomas J. Watson | |
| [Actually, “just” thinking can not settle ALL of the world’s problems. Compromise and diplomacy are also often required… More reasons #IncompetentDonald never really had a leg to stand on. — KMAB] | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Easter In Liverpool |
| Star Guides To Destiny | |
| Growl | |
| 2017 | Decisions |
| 2016 | Along The Path |
| 2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
| 2014 | Passion Flooding |
| 2013 | On Purpose |
| 2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
| How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
| 2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
| Convenient Auxiliaries | |
Posted in Faith, Quotes, Walking, tagged Angels, Attitude, Creative Ideas, Prayer, Quotes, Raymond Inman, Thinking, Victor Hugo, Walking on February 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. | |
| — Raymond Inman | |
| Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. | |
| — Victor Hugo | |
| [I try sleep, myself… But walking has worked for me, as well. — KMAB] | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | #DumbDonald: Start With Hearing What You Don’t Want Said |
| 2017 | The Press Is NOT The Enemy |
| 2016 | It Ain’t Easy |
| (Leap Year 29th) | Or Try To, Anyway… |
| (Leap Year 29th) | Circles Within Circles |
| 2015 | A Series Of Funerals |
| 2014 | And Your Point Is? |
| 2013 | Infinitely Care |
| 2012 | In My Room |
| (Leap Year 29th) | Stingray – TV Series Review (This is my most popular post since starting my blog – hands down! It still draws hits almost every week. The hits seem to come mostly from Central Europe. I guess the show must be in syndication there.) |
| (Leap Year 29th) | A Single Thread |
| 2011 | Lyrical Mixture |
| Teaching = Translating | |
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Daring, Leadership, Philosophy, President John Adams, Quotes, Reading, Speaking, Thinking, Timidity, Writing on December 9, 2018| 2 Comments »
| The true source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think. . . . . Let us dare to read, think, speak and write. | |
| — President John Adams | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2017 | Two Good To Be Real |
| Secrets | |
| 2016 | Learning Subtle Differences |
| 2015 | Dog Eat Dog World? |
| 2014 | And Sometimes Blogs About It |
| 2013 | Outside-In |
| 2012 | They Are All Perfect |
| 2011 | Delegation – The “How-To’s” |
| 2009 | Diet Update and Other Bits & Bobs… |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Donald E. Knuth, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, The Essential Knuth, Thinking on December 29, 2017| 4 Comments »
| There’s no universal way to think about things, so I can’t claim that someone else is thinking about something wrongly if they don’t think about it the way I do. | |
| — Donald E. Knuth | |
| From the book: “The Essential Knuth“ | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2016 | Supervise The Results |
| 2015 | Just Magic! |
| 2014 | It Lies Ahead… |
| 2013 | At Least One Difference |
| 2012 | Are We, Are We? |
| On Not Playing The Game | |
| Scale | |
| 2011 | Nutcracker And Nooks |
| Seeing Differences | |
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, Quotes, Thinking, Thomas J. Watson, Time on November 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
| We must all take time to do enough thinking to formulate our own conclusions. | |
| — Thomas J. Watson | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2016 | Original Thoughts |
| 2015 | If They’re Good Enough |
| 2014 | Three… |
| 2013 | Uncle Joe’s Song |
| Live, Then, As If… | |
| 2012 | Still Trying |
| 2011 | Not Deserving |
Posted in Family and Friends, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Happy Birthday Sis, Joseph Brodsky, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading, Thinking on April 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
| Some books leave us free and some books make us free. | |
| – Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. | |
| – Joseph Brodsky | |
| [Another is not considering what you’ve just read… | |
| My sister has been a teacher for over thirty years and she still loves teaching. And, yes, she is still passing me books to read. | |
| Happy Birthday to my big sister, Carmen! Hopefully, there will be many more birthdays (and lessons to help me grow) to come… Love ya — KMAB] | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2015 | Before Debit (And Credit) Cards |
| 2014 | Herding Cats |
| 2013 | Ooops! |
| 2012 | Understand A Great Truth |
| 2011 | Start Here… |
| 2010 | Random Acts of Vandalism On Easter Weekend… |
