“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”
— Dalai Lama
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The Prime Directive
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, philosophizing, purpose, Thoughts on April 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Make Your Own Big Time
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, persistence, quoteandaprettypicture on April 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“You’ve got to make the big time where you are.”
— Matt Lynch, University of South Carolina Salkehatchie Men’s Basketball Coach
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The Most Precious Thing
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts on March 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The more you are focused on time- past and future–the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.” — Eckhart Tolle
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Here On Earth
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, quoteandaprettypicture, Thoughts on March 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”
— Muhammad Ali
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Open de Deur
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Europe, fish, nature on March 25, 2024| 2 Comments »
Three weeks ago I made a note in my calendar: “fish doorbell.”
What is it? A clever way for the people of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, to help migrating fish navigate the city’s Weerdsluis boat lock.
Every spring fish migrate upstream, in search of places to spawn. They swim through the centre of the city of Utrecht. Unfortunatly, the boat lock is closed during spring. You can help the fish.
Do you see a fish? Press the Doorbell!
I planned this post for March 1st but when I checked the feed, no fish were to be seen. I decided to wait a few days until the migration was well and truly underway but then… forgot.
Sorry fishies!
Thankfully, I saw a recent cartoon in The Guardian and remembered. Here’s the cartoon: Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead.
Excellent idea. So excellent, in fact, that the livestream is often full. If you can’t press the doorbell, you can still watch the livestream or check out select archives at the Fish Doorbell News Report.
And please, little fishies. Do come in.
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Better Selves
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts on March 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
— Madonna Ciccone
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All-Domain Anomaly Resolution
Posted in Other, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #socialmediaisanalienplotdevice, sorry not aliens, UAPs, UFOs on March 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
So it looks like Area 51 is not what popular culture thinks.
tl;dr sorry, no aliens
Read the Pentagon UFO report newly released by the Department of Defense
“All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the result of misidentification,” the report said.
The report also addresses claims that government and private companies are “reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology” and hiding it, noting that there is “no empirical evidence for claims” and that “claims involving specific people, known locations technological tests, and documents allegedly involved in or related to the reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial technology, are inaccurate.”
I guess this means social media isn’t an alien plot to get us to destroy ourselves? (At least, that’s what they want us to think;)
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I Try
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, quotes, Thoughts on March 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
As usual, Tuesdays are not 100% fun here at Chez J but that’s fine. I still hope that your day is a good one.
Being in a bad mood is not a license to be unkind. Being sensitive is not an excuse for being abusive.
Respect is a social responsibility. Treating it as optional reveals a lack of concern for others.
A mark of character is maintaining civility when things don’t go your way.
— Adam Grant
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Today, A Little Time Travel
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #stupidcovidisstupid, Thoughts on March 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Four years ago today the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic and the world shut down.
Today, I’m taking a moment to remember what it was like in March 2020 and the long months after. To be grateful for the medical community, for front-line workers of all stripes, for vaccines and for all the many ways we’ve adapted and kept going.
Is life back to the way it was? Not exactly. (Minor examples: My hair is still too long, we still have masks kicking around for special occasions like doctor’s visits, and the thought of seeing a movie in a theatre still seems like a lot.) Covid is still a thing, not least for those with lingering symptoms. Even so, we have accomplished something that didn’t seem guaranteed four years ago: We’ve built a new normal.
Could it be better? Of course, and that’s what the future is for. Today, though, I’m happy to look back and see how far we’ve come since that day. And I’m glad we’re making that trip together.
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Powers of Persuasion
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, chilling, Thoughts on March 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Whelp, I’ve just used my tremendous powers of logic and persuasion to convince Mr Man to enjoy the rest of the weekend so that he doesn’t burn out in the week ahead.
It is, after all, the start of Daylight Saving Time, which means we lose an hour of weekend time. And really, it’s not so much the hour, it’s the feeling that there wasn’t enough chill time to begin with and now we’re minus an hour.
Given that, I think I’ll take my own advice.
Happy Sunday!
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