“But mom you forgot the part where…” And so it goes, somewhere in the upper end of the ten o’clock hour the little voices grade my precision and recall on fairy tale riffs. The detail that they waited and hoped for- mom forgot and skipped to the next paragraph. “Gig the ghost came out of […]
Entries from June 30th, 2009
Rules or reconstructions
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Rules or reconstructions · Older Essays
Being able to shift knowledge from one application or kind of work to another completely different arena is a good skill to have. It’s exercising your thinking. Adaptability can widen your perspective because you don’t limit what you do to only being useful in one context or for one specific set of events. “There is […]
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We interrupt this broadcast….
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on We interrupt this broadcast…. · Older Essays
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat people they no longer need.” My grandmother would often tell me this, though I don’t know whether it’s fair to attribute the quote to her directly. “When you trust someone it’s good, it’s very very good. But when you don’t, it’s even […]
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Flea markets, the milkman and web sites…
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Flea markets, the milkman and web sites… · Older Essays
On summer holiday my father would take us to several different places. He liked to go to car shows and get parts to restore his roadsters, but he also enjoyed the simple task of walking around and rummaging through piles to find an interesting tool an old book or something or other that could be […]
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