Caring… My Secret Recipe 19 Apr 201114 Oct 2020 Yesterday, I was spinning with so many demands, I had to remind myself to stop and write my Morning Pages. (Thank you, Julia Cameron.) I've learned to think on paper…
Creativity… Friday Flick: One Man Disney Movie 15 Apr 201115 Apr 2011 Here's Nick Pitera's One Man Disney Movie. Can you imagine a Disney plot without the Christopher Vogler influence (Writer's Journey from Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces)? That could…
Collaboration… Robo-Mottos 12 Apr 201112 Apr 2011 While witnessing my first FIRST Robotics competition this spring, I was initially impressed by the enthusiasm. It's a high school sport! Fans rock a basketball court while nerdish guys in…
Books… Friday Flick: Do Schools Kill Creativity? 8 Apr 20119 Apr 2011 Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, spoke at TED a few years ago about…
Humor… Friday Flick: A Job for Fools 1 Apr 20111 Apr 2011 On the subject of fools, naturally, I think of Shakespeare. Like great writers, Shakespeare's fools comfort, entertain, and dare to tell the truth. Some claim Shakespeare knew the original…
Blogging… Warning to Fellow Bloggers 31 Mar 201131 Mar 2011 A word to the wise: whatever you blog about, never stray into that dangerous topic territory known as Ice Cream. If you blog about Ice Cream, the purveyors of Ice…
Blogging… Snow Days 23 Mar 201122 Apr 2011 In Arizona's lower elevations, snow days fraternize with tooth fairies and abominable snowmen--except when your school includes campuses in other climates, and their respective snow days bump the national calendar…
Blogging… Some Lawyers Can Write 21 Mar 2011 If you've ever wondered how privacy issues would be handled on Krypton with its x-ray vision, or whether the statute of limitations applies in cases of time travel or suspended…
Creativity… Friday Flick: Infinity Elephants 18 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 Meet Vi Hart "mathemusician" and infinitely creative. (I wonder what she was like as a kindergartner.) Here's one of her math doodle games.
Brain… Need a Nap? 10 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 I'm on spring break! Before I tackled various maternal, domestic, and academic projects, cleaned my upholstery, and attended a workshop on how to pay for another graduate degree, I napped!…
Business… Rogue Phone 9 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 Today I ran my cell phone through the wash. It's my business phone, and there were also major family coordination maneuvers happening tonight, so getting my phone dried and back…
Baby Boomers… The Lady with the Pineapple Hair 8 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 As teenagers, we stifled giggles whenever we sat behind the lady with the pineapple hair. I theorized that she hoped its astounding height would be slimming. I also guessed that…
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