Category: Musings
Thoughts and Musing
The Outsider Colin Wilson Passes
British writer and philosopher Colin Wilson and one of my favorite authors in my, umm, formative years, passed over the weekend. Back in those days, I was much given to exploring physic phenomena, mysticism and...
Capt’n Crunch and milk – pro version
He set up his empty bowl and an exceptionally large soup spoon – so large that most European cultures would identify it as a serving spoon and most Asian one as a horticultural implement....
Letter from Albert Einstein to his son
My dear Albert, Yesterday I received your dear letter and was very happy with it. I was already afraid you wouldn’t write to me at all any more. You told me when I was...
Success! or not? Stages of learning and true success
An interesting article on success and new projects from ZDNET, reminded me of another article I read but can’t put my finger on just at the moment. In essence, an informal poll was taken...
Self Portrait in Ichthyosaur
Actually I would prefer oil, maybe in a pastoral setting, but if you are a prehistoric Kraken, its pretty good. Paleontologist Mark McMenamin of Mount Holyoke College came to the conclusion that the shonisaur...
Hilarious quote
Carson Black, analyst who exposed massive fraud in (former) stock market darling, Canada/Chinese forestry giant Sino-Forest : “I even combed my hair forward for a ‘Dumb and Dumber’ look. I tried to sound really dumb...
Living a Creative Life – The less appealling aspects
Working and earning a living online you live by your wits. Having great ideas, original ideas, or taking an idea and molding, altering. re-purposing, or re-packaging it into something else, which is in itself...