Domestic
There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.
Aubrey Menen
22-JUN
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Tag Archives: dog
20-JUN
Cognition
Stay tuned for more about this drawing and its story, including the artists name, as it becomes available.
12-APR
Giddy-up
In so many ways, better than a bicycle.
13-MAR
Sniffing
Make Planning a Habit
Every day at 1:15 pm, write down three tasks even if you don’t plan to do them right away. Notice the pattern.
Journal Entry (3/3/23): One whole week (so far) with Covid-19, which up until now, had been avoided.
I’m grateful to modern medicine for keeping me alive; but humanity gets the blame for spreading this disease.
07-TAGA
ChessMap
Chess skills are most helpful when you are playing chess. However, when you climb & jump on rocks, your entire brain & body are put to work.
The board & pieces are all the material, but the METAGAME dynamic is certainly a factor in competition. The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig is about losing the battle to a weaker player who uses a novel psychology.
That’s me at the board, on the right, maybe 20 years ago.
04-STAY
Winning
A winning attitude involves
- resilience,
- motivation
- goal-oriented behavior
often linked to success in work and social life.
-Grok
I shall become a conscientious academic. Bless you Grok. -gg
16-Fest
Chapeau
Although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling.
Thomas Merton
02-Path
B & J’s 50th Anniversary!
Walk a fine line between flexibility and consistency. A strategist must have faith in his strategy and the courage to follow it through, and still be open-minded enough to realize when a change of course is required.
Garry Kasparov