My previous post on winning arguments unfairly reminded me of a blog posting by the actor, writer, wit, and all-around bon vivant Stephen Fry.
In this post, (scroll down to “Getting Overheated”) Fry discusses how Englishers and Americans differ when having an argument. While he and his fellow Englishmen love a good hearty tussle of ideas, [...]
The following notes are from a 1982 book by Daniel Cohen called “Re:thinking: How to Succeed by Learning How to Think.” (Bookfinder link — this book is WAY old, people!)
It struck me at the time I read it, sometime in the mid-90’s, as a coherent summary of the mind literature extant in 1982 for a [...]
someecards have a wonderfully snarky, face-slapping, aphoristic intensity to their e-card messages. They don’t always work and aren’t always funny, but the classically lined clip art helps, and when their one-liners do connect, I smile and nod in admiration.
What got my attention today were their terribly well-directed Facebook slams.
When my mind and life get cluttered, so do my physical environments. When I lived on my own, it was the whole apartment. Now, it’s pretty much confined to my home office. But as I celebrate the end of the semester and contemplate what to do with myself this summer, I scan the office and [...]
Tagged @homeA perception test from an Australian newspaper. For the life of me, I can’t see her turning clockwise. I don’t “get it” — which is a right-brain trait, I see.