Tag archives for life

  1. Evolution, Gambling and Life

    Imagine yourself as a small single-celled creature called an amoeba.  You are among millions of other nearly identical single-celled organisms vying to stay alive long enough to live another generation with one exception — your finger-like projections of protoplasm extend ever so slightly further than your competition.  Not a huge advantage, but enough of an…

  2. Reminders

    Day to day life is complicated.  It’s understandable that we can’t expect to remember everything we need to do. That’s why reminders are useful.  They help us remember to go to the dentist or about a friend’s birthday but they don’t seem to do a good job covering the really important things.  For instance, when…

  3. Life’s Too Short

    Life’s too short to not eat that strange food; Life’s too short to not ask that question; Life’s too short to not take that chance. George Bernard Shaw said that: “youth is wasted on the young“.  This couldn’t be more true.  Unfortunately it’s not easy for us youngin’s to realize this.  We think that there…

  4. On Dancing, Loving, Singing and Living

    “Dance like nobody’s watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth.” – Mark Twain If not today, when? PS: I love these types of quotes.  They’re not telling us anything we didn’t know (Carpe diem, right?).  They’re simply great reminders for us to pursue awesomeness (i.e.…

  5. Uncertainty

    What’s worse then not knowing something went wrong?  Not knowing what went wrong! When are businesses going to get it in their heads that people like things to be predictable.  Life is already incredibly uncertain, they don’t want your product or service to make it worse! Case in point: the TTC.  I used to hate…