Wisdom for Dummies
They say #genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, which might explain why geniuses aren’t always that pleasant to be around. Find more dubious wisdom in I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad […]
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More wisdom from inanimate objects
Last year, I wrote a post about how inanimate objects around the house can teach us about life, if we allow ourselves to “listen.” Since then, more everyday items have spoken to me (figuratively, that […]
Detours on the road to serenity
Last week, when Patrick drove home from choir practice and backed into the garage, I did something bizarre. I did not suck the oxygen from the car, offer advice, and shriek “Don’t hit the recycle bin!” […]
Free wisdom, by Jim
My dad stops by almost every morning to have a cup of coffee and enlighten me on some matter of life, whether it be how they manufacture bolts, to how to study for a test, […]
Late-Thirtysomething Woman Succeeds in Erasing Her Twenties
“I was getting close to 40 and I just felt all this, you know, REGRET, about my 20s,” the woman said. “So many embarrassing situations, things I wish I’d done differently. I wished for that […]
College Humor: Extracting Wisdom
There’s one familiar milestone on the road to the college launch that doesn’t get much press. Oral surgery. This pre-college dental rite of passage just might be the universe’s way of giving parents one final […]