Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, mightaswellenjoyit, Thoughts on September 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life’s quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result―eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly―in you.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, 9/11, Thoughts on September 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Entertainment, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #sadsadsad, Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, movies, star wars, the-lion-king, Thoughts on September 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
His career spanned three-quarters of a century and included work from stage to voice to movies, but for me he will always be Darth Vader. I’ve written about my love of Star Wars before, and that’s my anchor when thinking about James Earl Jones.
Who else could have captured Vader’s complex and contradictory traits? Who made us both hate and finally feel for the tortured soul that was Anakin Skywalker?
‘Star Wars’ colleagues lead tributes to James Earl Jones
“James was an incredible actor, a most unique voice both in art and spirit. For nearly half a century he was Darth Vader, but the secret to it all is he was a beautiful human being. He gave depth, sincerity and meaning to all his roles, amongst the most important being devoted husband to the late Ceci and dad to Flynn. James will be missed by so many of us…friends and fans alike.”
— “Star Wars” creator George Lucas
A lot of tributes are being published, and if you’re interested in learning more about his impressive and wide-ranging career, I recommend reading them. Here’s just one, from NPR: Actor James Earl Jones, a beloved baritone, dies at 93.
But if you just want to take a quiet moment to appreciate the loss of this generational talent, may I recommend this:
Thankfully, as Luke says, no one is ever really gone.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, quotes, Thoughts on September 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
— Horace
Hope you have fun being a little silly today too.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, indecision, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I gave this advice to a friend once and still find it to be useful: Whatever you do, make sure you do it on purpose.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, advice, life, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on September 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Light, water, kindness, and not giving up. These are huge; all there is.
— Anne Lamott
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.”
— Walt Whitman
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, fall, inspiration, nature on September 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Nights are cooler, the afternoon sky is a crisp blue, and the outermost leaves of the giant maple tree across the street are tinged in red. It must be time for fall foliage predictions!
Fall foliage map: When and where to expect autumn colors
Click through for animated maps and links to more info, explainers, and a printable coloring book for the kiddos (or you, I don’t judge!).
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Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts on September 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other – above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.”
― Albert Einstein
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, invention, Thoughts on August 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Surely, surely, there must be a better way to mammogram.
Imagine, if you will, a world in which we have all of the current tools and science we have now, but no system to create detailed imagery of mammary tissue. There is an obvious need for such a thing, but how would you do it?
Would you create the medical equivalent of a panini press? I bet you would not!
Seriously, though, it’s like the Dark Ages. We can do better.
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