Quote of the Day “My philosophy for achieving [fulfillment] can be reduced to three simple rules: Do fewer things. Do them better. Know why you’re doing them.” – Cal Newport
The Last Day of Like the Longest Month Ever
Flags and Fire
Quote of the Day “NASA recorded inaudible electromagnetic signals— not even what we would call sound waves—as the probes Voyager and Cassini passed by a number of planets. Then these signals were processed and converted into sonic vibrations that fell
Play Days and Sports Card Auctions
Quote of the Day “You are the music, while the music lasts.” — T.S. Eliot Found in How Music Works by David Byrne
Trading Card Day and 16-Bit Barcade
Quote of the Day “I know it’s not exactly the same as learning the skills involved in mounting a multidisciplinary work like opera, but I would say: show someone three chords on the guitar, show them how to program beats,
My Stick is Better than Bacon
Quote of the Day “Acknowledging blessings can be a blessing in and of itself. Psychologists asked a group of people to make a weekly list of five things for which they were grateful. Another group wrote about hassles and a
New Workplace Tour and More
Quote of the Day “We plant the seeds of resilience in the ways we process negative events. After spending decades studying how people deal with setbacks, psychologist Martin Seligman found that three P’s can stunt recovery: (1) personalization—the belief that
Tasting and Titans
Quote of the Day “This is what Jesus Christ is all about. But we overemphasized the “Lord, Lord,” didn’t we? Where’s the fire? And if worship isn’t leading to the fire, if adoration isn’t leading to love, if the liturgy
A Toast at 40
Quote of the Day “…Imagine you’re lying flat and you’re dead. Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn’t it? “What a lovely, lovely meditation. Do it every day if you have the time. It’s unbelievable, but
New Year’s Eve 2019
Quote of the Day “The fact is that you’re surrounded by God and you don’t see God, because you “know” about God. The final barrier to the vision of God is your God concept. You miss God because you think
Christmas Eve 2019
Quote of the Day “There’s a lovely saying of Tranxu, a great Chinese sage, that I took the trouble to learn by heart. It goes: “When the archer shoots for no particular prize, he has all his skills; when he