Every August Beloit College publishes what they call The Mindset List. It’s a puddle of facts designed to illuminate the rest of us about things which help shape the worldview of the incoming college freshman class. (The most recent list contained such sobering thoughts as “Amazon has never been just a river in South America” and “The Communist Party has never been the official political party in Russia.”) But the list does more than that. It also shows (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘age’
in the blink of an eye
Posted: October 16, 2011 in Observations and CommentaryTags: age, Bohemian Rhapsody, Grapes of Wrath, life, Mindset List, perspective, random, time, youth
Wayne Rogers is 78
Posted: June 5, 2011 in Humorous BitsTags: age, celebrities, humor, MASH, random, Wayne Rogers
Beware the facts!
Occasionally the reality of other people’s lives puts your own life in cold perspective. I was leafing through the almanac yesterday (“The World Almanac and Book of Facts”, 2010 edition), as I’m inclined to do, when I stumbled upon the section which lists celebrities with their date and place of birth. Now the editors of the “number one reference work for facts” (so says Will Shortz) shy away from using the term Celebrity and opt for the more inclusive Noted Personalities. Who these people consider Noted Personalities is (more…)
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everything new gets old fast
Posted: April 27, 2013 in Observations and CommentaryTags: age, information, life, new, old, society, sorta humor, T2, technology
Everything new gets old fast. Is this a product of age or the age we live in? Perhaps the constant influx of new and amazing things has dulled our appreciation for their inherent awesomeness. Or maybe our attention spans are just stunted by the slow deterioration of brain cells. Whatever the reason the incessant phenomenon which starts with a bang and quickly ends with a shrug is (more…)