I attended the inaugural World Domination Summit last June, and it was an amazing (life changing) experience. I didn’t know anyone else who was attending, and hadn’t been following any blogs besides Chris Guillebeau’s “Art of Nonconformity” and some of the work Leo Babauta was doing. I was in the middle of personal turmoil, changing […]
crazy ideas
Labels (and why I’m cutting mine out)
Labels. They’re the reason clothing companies created “tagless tees” – because tags chafe and itch, and otherwise drive you batty. (My grandmother used to cut all the tags out of her clothes; as soon as it came in her house, out went the tag. Not so helpful when trying to identify an article of clothing […]
Continuing Education (or: always be learning)
Two points, one post: 1. As a former teacher, I lament the loss of school systems that actually teach children how to think; with the advent of No Child Left Behind and a strict adherence to the SOLs (Standards of Learning), we are slowly building generations of young people who have learned how to memorize […]
Astrology (and other asides)
Ever have one of those days where you have a million ideas, but you just can’t get any of them to stick? Today was one of those days for me. And, it just so happened that a friend picked up a copy of one of the local weekly rags and read my fortune to me. […]
Spring Has Sprung! (and boy, am I happy)
Welcome to the first official day of spring, 2012. With weather in the upper 70s for most of the past several weeks, it feels odd that the equinox didn’t happen much earlier. It was weeks ago that I heard the first peepers, and the daffodils are reaching the end of their blooming season (crocuses disappeared […]
Say Yes More (or: how to step outside the skin you’re in)
When I was a senior in college, one of my roommates and I made a pact. Given the post title, you might be imagining some crazy blood-brother style, spit-and-shake agreement; we were in college at that point… Alright – enough with the crazy ideas. It wasn’t that kind of pact! We were both newly single […]