I am staying a little budget hotel in the middle of Montana, in a hotel that is sold out because it’s graduation day at the University. We’re among the throngs that will be in the audience later today cheering on the accomplishments of the next generation of movers and shakers. I woke up this morning […]
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To Take a Journey, You Must Leave Home
Posted in Books, Existential, Growing up, Personal Growth, Travel on April 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Duh. Cliché. Come on – really? Maybe I’m not smarter than a 5th grader. My 5th grader knows that each of our journeys begins with the process of leaving home. Plans must be made, tickets or reservations made, last-minute items bought, outgrown clothes replaced, food snacks prepared. I print out his packing checklist, then […]
Centipedes Don’t Have 100 Legs
Posted in Books, Education, Idiosyncracies on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
They have an odd number of pairs of legs, but the total number varies from 20 to 300. Millipedes don’t have 1000 legs, but more likely between 36 and 400 legs. Replacing what I previously thought to be true with what is, apparently, actually true, I gather that certain millipedes will have fewer legs than […]