After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done. — Unknown Did you know that each dandelion flower produces 200 seeds? Or that a quarter of the world’s wealth is controlled by just 200 companies? Or that in 200 minutes, you will have taken about 2,600 breaths, blinked about 3,400 times, and…
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde Why is it, late at night, so comfortable in your bed, the quiet whir of crickets outside, your pillow like a sheep’s coat beneath your head, that all the regrets of the day storm into your skull. That…
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. — Philip Roth I have been sitting here, now, for 30 minutes, trying to think of what to write. And still, the best thing I can come up with is something about cats. Typically, I turn to my everyday life for inspiration. Winning streak in basketball recently? Discuss…
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. – Fannie Lou Hamer Lately, I’ve been a little sleep deprived. Although I often remind you about the throes of graduate school (pity me, I say!), to be fully honest, my lack of sleep has a different origin: I found this great new show on…
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. – Gaston Bachelard If you’ve seen any news headlines about science lately, you’ve probably read something like: “Out of 100 psychological studies, over 70% failed to replicate!” (sometimes, they even use two exclamation points) Recently, there was an international collaboration by psychologists…
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein And like that—[I just snapped my fingers at the computer screen]—the summer is over and school is back in session….