When the system looks like Magic.
Justin Willman, the magician-comedian, has a trick that never fails to amaze people. Including me. He’s memorized every zip code in the United States. For real. Audience members call out their five digit zip code, and he tells them their town. Not just the state, not just the region — the actual exact town. It […]
Giving 17 its moment.
In psychological experiments where people are asked to pick a random number between 1 and 20, 17 is chosen far more than any other number. This happens so much that 17 has come to be known as the least random number. A valid Sudoku puzzle cannot be made with fewer than 17 clues. A traditional […]
Driving on autopilot.
I don’t know if you’ve ever done this, but the other day I was driving to see my sweet mom, who lives a few towns away from me. I was listening to an album I know well. Traffic wasn’t horrible. The weather was good. And when I got to her house, I realized I didn’t […]
Checking in without Checking out
This may come as a surprise to some of you but I’m not much of a goal-setter in the traditional sense of the word. I am much less of a five-year plan, color-coded spreadsheet, every to-do written down gal and much more of a let’s make a vision board or journal on a worksheet gal. […]
Plussing it.
Did you know that Walt Disney loved making motion pictures but didn’t love his ‘pictures’ being finished? Fascinating, right? Most of us love things being finished. In his own words: “A picture is a thing that once you wrap it up and turn it over to Technicolor, you’re through. Snow White is a dead issue […]
Precarious pumpkins – and managing our overwhelm.
Precarious Pumpkins and managing our overwhelm. I drove behind a pick-up truck on the freeway today that had its bed CHOCK FULL of pumpkins. Like really, really full. Those pumpkins were not tied down or secured and I found myself wanting to pass quickly by. One bump would have sent one – or many […]
Red, Dad, and Blue – and Utah’s Holy War.
I grew up in a split home. No, not that kind of split. Let me explain. There’s a college rivalry in our state that dates back – depending on who you ask – at least to 1922, maybe earlier. We’re talking over A HUNDRED YEARS. It’s the face-off between the University of Utah and Brigham […]
Hummingbirds and 4 dimensions of energy.
A few mornings ago, I was taking the garbage out. I went outside through our garage and when I turned to go back inside, I noticed a bird – or what I thought was a bird – swiftly flying around the ceiling area of the garage. I quickly realized the creature was a hummingbird. We […]
Darren’s one of these. Are you?
We just passed the end of the month. In our house the end of the month comes with comments and discussions that sound like this… “Well, I’ve got 3 days before I know about my month….” Or“I’m 15% over my month…” Or “It looks like I’m going to hit my month…” Etc. Darren is a […]
Those printing brothers from York, England.
Once upon a time there were 5 Gibson brothers from York, England: Robert, Stephen, George, Samuel, and John. According to Great American Press, they settled in the United States in 1850. Printing had been the family business, so they “brought with them a French handpress to jump start their new lives and business opportunities in […]
