ERUDITE CONCEPTS If you're not familiar with the work of Boswell D. Rabbitsmith, he's the famous erudite scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates." His mind sees things differently than most of us do, to our amazement and amusement. 1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you know are below average. 4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain. 9 - All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. 10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met. 12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?
Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Genius - 43 Pics Click Here For More Genius Ideas 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness Happiness is the highest level of success.
Allegory of the Cave Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. From Great Dialogues of Plato (Warmington and Rouse, eds.) Here are some students’ illustrations of Plato’s Cave Go back to lecture on the Phaedo Go back to lecture on the “One Over Many” Argument Go to next lecture on Criticism of Forms Need a quick review of the Theory of Forms? Return to the PHIL 320 Home Page Copyright © 2006, S.
Food For Thought The days grow and the stars cross over And my wild bed turns slowly among the stars. Muriel Rukeyser, “Darkness Music” (via awritersruminations) I taste her and realize I have been starving. Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home (via psych-quotes) (via lorenzmdumuk) Sometimes a person’s hands are the only words he knows. Bronwen Wallace, from: “Woman at the Next” (via learningfromthehands) If you listen closely to this poem, you can hear the ocean that’s living inside of you. Y.Z, It’s okay if you don’t know where you’re going (via rustyvoices)
100 Exquisite Adjectives By Mark Nichol Adjectives — descriptive words that modify nouns — often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it’s quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find just the right word for the job, enrichment ensues. Practice precision when you select words. Here’s a list of adjectives: Subscribe to Receive our Articles and Exercises via Email You will improve your English in only 5 minutes per day, guaranteed! 21 Responses to “100 Exquisite Adjectives” Rebecca Fantastic list!
How to Read Female Body Language Signals When it comes to dating, using and reading female body language signals is a great tool. These non-verbal signals will help you in dealing with the person but stay focused on what the person is saying. If you focus too much on their body language signals, you and/or the girl may feel uncomfortable. It is useful to be able to read female body language signals, but it is equally useful to learn how to get your body to send the right signals and eliminate the wrong signals. See below for some tel tale female body language signals. Be Warned: Female Body Language is very much open to interpretation. Note: Look for 3 or 4 signals that convey a similar message or the one-off inconsistent signal. Female Body Language Signals: Head: • Looking Around: o Wants to get away o Thinking about something else o Bored with situation/conversation • Stroking Chin: Evaluating you. • Yawning: o Bored o Tired and that may have nothing to do with the situation/conversation • Chewing Fingernails: Nerves. Body:
Cómo definir un problema Creado por Luís Miguel Armendáriz, Webster, Oscar Avila, WikiHow Foto Suele citarse a Einstein, diciendo que si tuviera una hora para salvar el mundo, se iba a gastar cincuenta y cinco minutos definiendo el problema, y sólo cinco minutos para encontrar la solución. Esta cita ilustra un punto importante: antes de ir directamente a resolver un problema, se debe hacer un alto, e invertir tiempo y esfuerzo en mejorar nuestra comprensión del mismo. Aquí hay algunas estrategias que puedes utilizar para ver los problemas desde diferentes perspectivas, y descubrir que el paso más importante en la solución de problemas, es ¡definir claramente el problema en primer lugar! Anuncio Pasos 1Reformula el problema. 9Reúne hechos. Consejos Lo que la mayoría de nosotros no se da cuenta, y a lo que supuestamente Einstein podría haber estado aludiendo, es que, la calidad de las soluciones, vendrán en proporción directa, a la calidad de la descripción del problema que estamos tratando de resolver.
In Which We Get You Writing Something Dark And Very Disturbed Why and How To Write Ever since I began my full-length memoir Jesus Was A Pale Imitation of Myself I have been deluged with responses from fans asking me how I start writing. That's a great question, but I usually don't give writing advice for free, just the actual writing. Part One (Joyce Carol Oates, Gene Wolfe, Philip Levine, Thomas Pynchon, Gertrude Stein, Eudora Welty, Don DeLillo, Anton Chekhov, Mavis Gallant, Stanley Elkin) Part Two (James Baldwin, Henry Miller, Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Margaret Atwood, Gertrude Stein, Vladimir Nabokov) Part Three (W. Part Four (Flannery O'Connor, Charles Baxter, Joan Didion, William Butler Yeats, Lyn Hejinian, Jean Cocteau, Francine du Plessix Gray, Roberto Bolano) Joyce Carol Oates Stories come to us as wraiths requiring precise embodiments. By the time I come to type out my writing formally, I've envisioned it repeatedly. The effort of memorable art is to evoke in the reader or spectator emotions appropriate to that effort. Gene Wolfe 1.
The Sexual Bucket List: 50 Things to Do Sexually Before You Die | Love + Sex Bucket What sexual things should everyone experience before they die? And how does someone who married young rank against those who didn't? I got married at 25 and started dating my husband seriously at 23. More from The Stir: Is He Too Small, Or Am I Too Picky? Prior to that, I was in two very serious relationships (both of which ended in engagements) over several years and those three men sum up the grand total of my sexual experience. I know I lucked out when I met Rob, so I would trade a few wild and crazy sexual experiences for the really good one of meeting my soul mate at 23 (actually, we met at 10) -- but this idea of "sexual bucket lists" does intrigue me. Ninety percent of these can be done in the context of a loving, safe marriage (like mine). 15. More from The Stir: How to Make a Sex Tape 36. How many have you done? Written by Sasha Brown-Worsham on CafeMom's blog, The Stir Image via Augapfel/Flickr
What’s next after getting better? Podcast: Play in new window | Download Why do you read personal growth materials or purchase personal growth products? If you are typical, there is something in your life you would like to improve. Most people interested in personal growth programs would like to “get better” in some way. The meaning of “getting better” varies from person to person, but it can include relieving suffering, getting over various fears, taking action when we feel fear, stopping compulsive behavior, improving relationships, eliminating the barriers to making and saving money, stopping the negative self talk, etc. Most of the people in the world are trying to get better in some way. But what happens once we’ve eliminated the beliefs and conditionings that cause most of our behavioral and emotional problems? Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist, identified what he described as a hierarchy of needs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Maslow’s self-actualizing characteristics I want to help people with self-actualization
When You Get Another Day | lauren zuniga Underlined Book Quotes Become Clever Illustrations Bookworm or not, you can't help but enjoy these black and white illustrations of literary quotes by Evan Robertson. The New York-based graphic designer has taken some of the cleverest lines written by famous authors such as William Faulkner and Oscar Wilde and turned them into wonderful posters. These literature-inspired fine art illustrations are currently being sold on Etsy under the name Obvious State. Robertson would see a "little jewel of a sentence" and he'd underline it. Here are 12 of our favorites. Update: Check out more clever illustrations in Part II of this story. Obvious State on Etsy via [Quipsologies], [Huffington Post]
How to Ask a Girl Out Over the past few years, many social observers have noted that young adults are dating less. Instead, dating is being replaced by “hanging out” with members of the opposite sex. Dating and hanging out are two completely different things. Hanging out consists of people getting together in groups and doing stuff together. Dating consists of pairing off with someone in a temporary commitment so you can get to know the person better and perhaps start a long term relationship with them. Why the decline in dating? There are probably lots of factors that have contributed to the decline of dating amongst young adults. 1. 2. 3. But it does make things confusing for men. 4. Why date? A lot of men today don’t seem to believe it, but getting hitched to the right woman is a very desirable thing. So while there is nothing wrong with hanging out, it’s not a replacement for dating. Resurrect Dating So, you’re ready to start dating and stop hanging out. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I expect a lot of debate on this post.