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We’re heading into the end of the week and I don’t know about you, but I’m usually looking at my to do lists and wondering where the time has gone. (Also? I’m now convinced that meetings exist primarily to spawn more meetings.)

So, fine, maybe I haven’t accomplished everything I wanted to, but it’s not like I haven’t earned a little time for fun.

You too? Then consider taking a few minutes off to read about why The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast.

You can also read more about the Science Behind Science Fiction: The Physics of Star Wars from the Connecticut Science Center.

An extra bit of fun: And if you’ve always wondered how quickly you’d react to a lightsaber in the dark, or a TIE fighter arrowing out from behind a canyon wall, maybe you should try testing your Reaction Time. (That big blue bar at the top? Click that:)

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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

― Dr. Seuss

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Bonkers busy at the moment, and predictably behind. If only I’d started the day with one of these:

via TKSST

Creative fun, yes please!

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“You can either be judged because you created something or ignored because you left your greatness inside of you. Your call.”

— James Clear

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Here’s to moms, those all-too-often-unsung heroines out there doing motherhood every day. 

Unsung Heroes of Motherhood by Wendi Aarons and Johanna Gohmann

… Amanda Hill, who took her rage at trying to reenter the workplace as an older mom and being told they “just aren’t hiring women in your stage of life right now” and funneled it into a brightly colored, expletive-laden cross-stitch project.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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I had a moment today where I got a funny idea and just started writing. It was ridiculous. It was grammatically incorrect. It was glorious.

Will this turn into a story that I will be happy to share? Maybe, but that’s not my concern right now.

Right now, I’m just putting one word after the other, because when you’re writing for fun, all words are good words. (Other times too.)

Don’t let fear of failure stop you. As long as you can, as often as you can, keep going.

“Failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.”

— Buzz Aldrin

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I just heard that one of my writer friends is in possession of a shiny new book contract! It’s all still super secret and hush hush, so no details yet, but I think it’s great. (They also read this blog and will know who I’m talking about. Hello!)

They are a fabulous person and a terrific writer. Can’t wait to read the book, and I can’t help but want to celebrate this kind of success… even if for the moment, I have to do it in secret.

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Today I’m thinking about life, the universe and everything. Mostly good thoughts! I’m not doing a great job of articulating them all, though, so let me just take a moment to commemorate one key event on this day in 1945.

It’s Victory in Europe Day, and while the end of World War Two wouldn’t come for several more months, it marked a significant step on that path. 

What You Need To Know About VE Day 8 May 1945

Millions of people rejoiced in the news that Germany had surrendered, relieved that the intense strain of total war was finally over. In towns and cities across the world, people marked the victory with street parties, dancing and singing.

As I’ve noted before (and no doubt will again!), the exceptionalism of humanity is our ability to accumulate and pass down knowledge, experience, and lessons from one person to another, one generation to another, one society to another. That’s the magic. 

How we use it, however, is now up to us.

Winged victory waits

for the call of those learning

history’s lessons.

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“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl Rogers, psychologist

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It’s Tuesday, ugh, but it’s also spring, so today I’ll be taking a moment to enjoy the bluebells in the forest of Hallerbos.

Join me!

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