A Father’s Worth >> Sunday Sense

Reading Time: < 1 minute “One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” George Herbert quotes (English metaphysical Poet and Clergyman, 1593-1633) Happy Father’s Day! This Sunday Sense quote is pretty straight forward! Hope all the fathers out there enjoy their special  day. To those single mothers out there, Happy Father’s Day to you, too! Continue Reading →

Un Verano Ajetreado >> Spanish Friday

Reading Time: 2 minutes [English translation below; Traducción en ingles al final] Yo casi no conseguí tiempo para escribir este el “Spanish Friday” esta semana. El post de esta semana será corta. Casi tengo el apartamento hasta el punto donde esta satisfactoria. A pesar de que no estoy trabajando ahora, todavía tengo mucho trabajo que hacer. Continue Reading →

Solution to Global Food Crisis Lies With Poop

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yep, they finally started making meat from people to solve the global food crisis, but not in the way that you would have thought. In a weird twist, the meat is being made from human waste a.k.a. poop! This video explains the process. Also, the new meat has fewer calories Continue Reading →

Lucas Carpenter playing “Can’t Take It Back”

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is Lucas Carpenter (who I posted about before) playing his song “Can’t Take It Back,”  and joined on the 12-string by Aurelien Budynek (from Cindy Blackman Group, DareDevil Squadron). He’s even nice enough to provide lyrics and the guitar tabs. This song is my favorite on his recent album, Continue Reading →

The Power of Words >> Sunday Sense

Reading Time: < 1 minute This Sunday Sense post was inspired by Kim’s May 15th, 2011 post (It’s a Beautiful Day and I Can’t See It) on her blog The Creative Addiction Blog. It is the first ever video “Sunday Sense” post. I watched it there first and haven’t been able to forget it since. Despite the fact Continue Reading →

Of wet logs, old mail, and s’mores

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday, ended up being a great end of the week and it nearly completed my personal symbolism of what makes summer. I already got grilled burgers (more please) and hot dogs (which I only eat once or twice during the summer). I already went hiking. I already almost offed myself Continue Reading →

Borrón y Cuenta Neuva >> Spanish Friday

Reading Time: 2 minutes  ¡Hasta el próximo viernes! (Siéntesen libre de comentar sobre las correcciones en los comentarios. He añadido una traducción al final del post.) A Clean Slate >> Spanish Friday I have been taking advantage of having a clean slate by doing a lot of nothing. I don’t have a car. I have a new apartment. Connecticut has actually changed enough while I’ve been gone that it is sometimes unfamiliar. Then again, saying that I’ve been doing nothing is not accurate, either. I Continue Reading →

Hiking >> Things I Like

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s been a while since I wrote a “Things I Like” post. Having just gotten back to Connecticut, I got to do one of the things I like to do a lot during the summer: Hiking. Recently, I got to go hiking around the West Hartford reservoir and Sleeping Giant Continue Reading →

Top 3 twitter posts of my lunch hour

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here are the top three twitter posts that caught my interest during the lunch hour: 9 ways to land a PR job after graduation | Articles http://bit.ly/loA2C5 — Amy Sauertieg (@asauertieg) June 6, 2011 Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon: A new study challenges measurements … http://bit.ly/jqv0XL Continue Reading →

Happiness & Sharing >> Sunday Sense

Reading Time: < 1 minute “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the one candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Buddha  (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.) In last week’s “Sunday Sense” I reflected on what it truly means Continue Reading →