I’ve been a little under the weather lately. It wouldn’t be a big deal, except I’m planning on going skiing this weekend, so I’m trying to recover as quickly as possible.
Being sick is usually an awful experience, but it can be eyeopening. Instead of working your body nonstop and staying up as late as possible, [...]

* I always liked roses better than tulips, but tulips can be nice too

Too often, we plow through life at a breakneck speed. Sometimes it’s necessary, but usually we artificially demand life to move at a certain pace. When was the last time that you said “hi” to someone you’ve never met before? It’s funny that some people get startled when you try to start a conversation with [...]

Ideas come and go like water. But there’s nothing I hate more than losing an idea. Maybe the idea was really valuable, or maybe it wasn’t. Either way, I end up agonizing over what my idea was. If I remember it, then great. But usually, I go through the rest of my day trying to [...]

* Even little scraps of paper from fortune cookies.

“Don’t Be a Quitter”
Typically we think of being a “quitter” as something bad. There’s some truth to this. Deciding to quit, especially if it’s something important, can be a sign that you’re struggling or that you’ve given up. Nobody ever wants to say that they’ve given up on something worthwhile.
Worthwhile – that’s the key. We’ve [...]

Our current recession is all over the news. Some argue that we may never recover from this recession. Houses have been foreclosed and people are losing jobs at an alarming rate. Even Microsoft, one of the iconic companies of the Information Age, announced a slew of cuts that will leave highly talented individuals without a [...]

Our school has a bunch of lockers, and because today was a rainy day, everyone brought umbrellas. To prevent people from stealing, people typically lock up their umbrella by putting their locker’s lock through the loop in the handle in the umbrella.
It looks like some mass execution/hanging of these otherwise innocent household items

Sitting in class now. Feet are soaked, and it was kind of nasty outside because it was raining and cold. Rather than complain, which I’ve arguably already done, I’ll list some situations where “cold and wet” is a good thing:

ice cream,
lemonade,
in a raging fire,
frozen margaritas, and
guacamole.