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Category Archives: Just wondering
Setting goals to inspire you … or scare you!
Recently I came across a blog post that presents a checklist of some pretty darn thought-provoking tips about setting goals that will really inspire you. It so happens that the focus of this blog, Mark B’s Big Adventures on Average … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Running
Tagged running, inspiration, writing, quilting, goals, cycling, setting goals, Everesting, risk
16 Comments
Yearend review: just who the heck reads blog posts anyway, and what do they really like?!
Here we are in that strangest of weeks, when even the news slows down … well sort of. COVID doesn’t seem to know about the traditional slowdown between Christmas and New Year’s, but we’ll ignore that for the moment. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends, Writing
Tagged blog stats, blogging, blogosphere, maps, top 10 posts of 2021
20 Comments
Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men 2.0
A post I had forgotten about has started turning up in my daily blog “hits” column, a 3-year old post entitled Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men: wouldn’t that be nice! Three full years ago. Long before the January 6 … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Christmas, COVID, despair, goodwill, hope, joy, kindness, light, loneliness, love, peace, smiles
20 Comments
Breaking news: you’re every bit as smart as a rocket scientist!
Following on the illuminating research I reported on recently in which we learned that housework may help you age well (!), the Guardian has now just shared some equally enlightening research. A team of researchers has been looking into the … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged brain surgery, humor, humour, intelligence, neurosurgeons, rocket science, rocket scientists
14 Comments
How we choose to spend our time …
Penticton, BC blogger David Folstad’s recent blog post, Daily Choices and Math, got me thinking not only about what’s really important in life, but also how we might measure our success at living our personal values in that regard. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged inspiration, personal choices, time management, what's important in life
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Is artificial intelligence really artificial?
This term the philosophy group I belong to is tackling the philosophy of artificial intelligence (AI). I know, who would ever imagine that anyone would even think of the possibility of the philosophy of AI?! Well, one thing I’ve learned … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged Alexa, artificial intelligence, Google Home, intelligence, meaning, philosophy, philosophy of AI, robots, Siri, thinking, understanding
25 Comments
My self-imposed challenge: who have been the most significant contributors to making the world a better place to live
I have to admit it; once I began my exploration of which individuals throughout history might qualify as candidates for the quest I described in my post last week [The greatest _______ (fill in the blank); how do we decide … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Women
Tagged Eglantyne Jebb, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emmeline Pankhurst, greatest contributors, inspiration, Janusz Korczak, Kate Sheppard, Malala Yousafzai, Nellie McClung, rights of children, rights of women, Save the Children, sffrage movement, suffragettes, Susan B. Anthony
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The greatest ___________ (fill in the blank); how do we decide who or what is most important to count?
Last week I shared the Charles Schulz’s philosophy on what’s most important to us all. The piece starts with a list of what defines success to many people: extreme wealth, winning pro athletes, beauty pageant winners, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading
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