When you’re worried, frightened and have lost your way without idea what to do, what’s your game changer? Is it a hug from a loved one? Encouragement from peers or colleagues? A visit to the doctor where he or she… Read More ›
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KNOWING NOTHING IS THE WAY TO GO!
I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this oldest of my philosophical rants out of archives, dust it off, and publish it. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses I took as… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 9-16-19 Fall is beginning to show up and we’re supposed to get a couple of cold nights. If it doesn’t start to rain nonstop, maybe we WILL get a little bit of Autumn. It would be nice. it’s… Read More ›
KNOWLEDGE, TRIVIA, OR DUMB? Marilyn Armstrong
Game On – S2 Created by A Guy Called Bloke and K9 Doodlepip! But stolen from sparksfromacombustiblemind – EMBERS FROM SOMEONE DOGGEDLY TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL… This challenge will be 21 questions or in truth 16 “flexible questions”… Read More ›
THE ALLURE OF THE UNKNOWN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Unknown I got a note from a reader about an article I wrote more than five years ago about blood types. I’m a B+ from an O+ mother and an AB+ father, which cannot, in theory,… Read More ›
How Can You Change Somebody’s Opinion?
Originally posted on ScienceSwitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWLY3mdk8E?rel=0 Facts don’t convince people. Especially if they already have an opinion of their own. I mean, you have probably come across people who conspicuously overlook the facts and put their opinions over yours, which is…
BIG GUY AND THE CARDINAL
Garry was working weekends that decade, so whatever stuff happened on Sunday was part of his beat. This particular Sunday, the old catholic cathedral near our condo in Roxbury, was going to host Cardinal Bishop Bernard Law. It was a big deal for the neighborhood’s… Read More ›
OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO, THE THINGS YOU’LL SEE!
Share Your World – 2014 Week 48 What is your favorite toppings on pizza? We eat a lot of pizza these days, which is funny because Garry didn’t used to like it much. Times have changed. Mostly, I prefer veggies. Mushrooms,… Read More ›
GIMME THAT OLD GUT FEELING
Gut Feeling – When’s the last time you followed your instinct despite not being sure it was the right thing to do? Did it end up being the right call? Without getting all Leroy Jethro Gibbs here … is there any… Read More ›
Stupid Question, Stupid Answer
“Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? Why?” Although I have heard it said that there are no stupid questions, I believe this question proves conclusively that there are stupid questions… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 