Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Car Analogy
Do you like elephants? I think they are pretty cool animals. And apparently their uniqueness isn't about having a long trunk. It's that they move like 4X4... you know like a car. As in a four-wheel drive. Each elephant limb moves independently according to this article. I guess we just can't help ourselves analogizing to what's familiar to us... cars!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
My Wish List
Because I know all of 2 people read my blog (but I do thank you all for reading my drivel every so often ;), I'm going to bore you with my wish list. I heard once if you write everything down that you wish would come true, it will (not sure that it has to be a public proclamation but I don't think with the number of people that read my blog, this is really all that public). So here they are, in no particular order and in no relation to reality.
1) Perfect vision. I want to wake up and see the whole world without putting on glasses or contact lens, without burning parts of my eyes off.
2) Wireless, duplex printing, color, all-in-one printer, that is really small.
3) To be a great professor.
4) A flat screen TV, that does not eat up my bill.
5) An electronic reader that I can fold up and open up to 2 or more pages at one time.
6) A library full of books.
7) Time to sleep well.
8) Sleep continuously for 8 hours every day.
9) Time to read all the books I want to read.
10) Play tennis well enough to beat Roger Federer and Serena Williams on the same day.
11) Hit the high F and be able to sing Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart's Magic Flute.
12) Fly -- with just my arms.
13) To be a fabulous dancer at all kinds of dance -- Salsa, Argentinian Tango, Hip-Hop, Ballroom.
14) To have pain-free back.
15) Fall in love with Mr. Right, who also happens to fall in love with me.
16) Become a mother.
17) Chop vegetables really fast.
18) Run like the wind and like it.
19) Become a judge.
20) Be the first trillionaire.
21) Become a rock star.
22) Become an opera star.
23) Paint one original painting that will be hung in all museums.
24) See the whole world.
25) Fly out to the outer space.
26) Visit Pluto and establish it as a planet.
27) Never have my name mis-pronounced.
28) Be fluent in 10 different languages.
29) To be able to do a handstand.
30) Know every piece of music and be able to name it within 3 seconds of listening.
31) To learn the language of Native American and preserve for posterity.
32) Find all my past friends I lost touch with and see what they have been up to (including John Kim!)
33) Become a fly on the wall to see what the world was like 100 years ago.
34) Become a fly on the wall to see what the world will be like 100 years from now.
35) Climb the tallest building. With bare hands.
36) Write the next great American novel.
37) Become an immortal poet.
38) To not be "medically starving"
39) Perfect memory.
40) Perfect pitch.
41) Find my secret admirer.
42) Organized files at home.
43) Personal assistant that can clean, laundry, file stuff away, grocery shop, and call cable/phone/utilities so I can call my friends.
44) To see how mom and dad met... and fell in love.
45) To kiss a Hollywood movie star.
46) To have a Hollywood movie star want to kiss ME.
47) To leave an indelible print of myself in history.
48) To find clothes in my size for any type of clothes whenever I shop... instead of buying clothes that are small enough to fit me.
49) Make snow angels.
50) To have green thumb.
1) Perfect vision. I want to wake up and see the whole world without putting on glasses or contact lens, without burning parts of my eyes off.
2) Wireless, duplex printing, color, all-in-one printer, that is really small.
3) To be a great professor.
4) A flat screen TV, that does not eat up my bill.
5) An electronic reader that I can fold up and open up to 2 or more pages at one time.
6) A library full of books.
7) Time to sleep well.
8) Sleep continuously for 8 hours every day.
9) Time to read all the books I want to read.
10) Play tennis well enough to beat Roger Federer and Serena Williams on the same day.
11) Hit the high F and be able to sing Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart's Magic Flute.
12) Fly -- with just my arms.
13) To be a fabulous dancer at all kinds of dance -- Salsa, Argentinian Tango, Hip-Hop, Ballroom.
14) To have pain-free back.
15) Fall in love with Mr. Right, who also happens to fall in love with me.
16) Become a mother.
17) Chop vegetables really fast.
18) Run like the wind and like it.
19) Become a judge.
20) Be the first trillionaire.
21) Become a rock star.
22) Become an opera star.
23) Paint one original painting that will be hung in all museums.
24) See the whole world.
25) Fly out to the outer space.
26) Visit Pluto and establish it as a planet.
27) Never have my name mis-pronounced.
28) Be fluent in 10 different languages.
29) To be able to do a handstand.
30) Know every piece of music and be able to name it within 3 seconds of listening.
31) To learn the language of Native American and preserve for posterity.
32) Find all my past friends I lost touch with and see what they have been up to (including John Kim!)
33) Become a fly on the wall to see what the world was like 100 years ago.
34) Become a fly on the wall to see what the world will be like 100 years from now.
35) Climb the tallest building. With bare hands.
36) Write the next great American novel.
37) Become an immortal poet.
38) To not be "medically starving"
39) Perfect memory.
40) Perfect pitch.
41) Find my secret admirer.
42) Organized files at home.
43) Personal assistant that can clean, laundry, file stuff away, grocery shop, and call cable/phone/utilities so I can call my friends.
44) To see how mom and dad met... and fell in love.
45) To kiss a Hollywood movie star.
46) To have a Hollywood movie star want to kiss ME.
47) To leave an indelible print of myself in history.
48) To find clothes in my size for any type of clothes whenever I shop... instead of buying clothes that are small enough to fit me.
49) Make snow angels.
50) To have green thumb.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Education as Priority
So today, students finally rose up and said enough was enough. Students across California staged a strike to protest fee hikes in defense of public education. It's a shame that our society's priority on education has fallen to the point where students have to protest to spotlight this issue.
Although normally I don't like to read non-fiction, I am trying to actually follow through with the new year resolution to read all my books that I have (either bought or given as gifts). One of them is "John Adams." And as one of our founding fathers, what were his thoughts on education?
"Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant." (emphasis added)(page 103 of John Adams by David McCullough).
Maybe it's time our government and politicians sat down and thought about our priorities. And I tend to think President Adams was right... education is important enough that no amount of dollars should be cut from it. Make it a priority! Our society's future depends on educating all of our young minds.
Although normally I don't like to read non-fiction, I am trying to actually follow through with the new year resolution to read all my books that I have (either bought or given as gifts). One of them is "John Adams." And as one of our founding fathers, what were his thoughts on education?
"Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant." (emphasis added)(page 103 of John Adams by David McCullough).
Maybe it's time our government and politicians sat down and thought about our priorities. And I tend to think President Adams was right... education is important enough that no amount of dollars should be cut from it. Make it a priority! Our society's future depends on educating all of our young minds.
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