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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Dec 01
Tweet of the Week
This Japanese technique to fold shirts in 2 seconds seems to find a secret topology hidden inside clothes
[📹 DaveHax]pic.twitter.com/nYk2OYT06J
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 1, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
Q&A Time: Finding the humor in ripped paper. 🤣😂🤣@seawells68 asks why babies take such delight in seeing paper get ripped?
And it’s true, there are videos all over the Internet of babies breaking into fits of laughter as their parents tear up paper in their presence.
The… https://t.co/7xoPgpi5H0 pic.twitter.com/cnuRiXCz1U
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 29, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Dec 01
Poetry of the Week
And what there is to conquer
By strength and submission, has already been discovered
Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope
To emulate—but there is no competition—
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost
And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions
That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss.
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.- Lines from Four Quartets by TS Eliot; quoted in Things Worth Remembering, by Douglas Murray
Category Archives: Sports and Exercise
A Personal Best
Welcome to the Geezer Olympics: Some things are not competitions. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Aging, Trains & Boats & Planes, Water
10 Comments
The Last Time
A question for all time, and our times. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, History, Sports
4 Comments
If Ever
What to do when lessness isn’t discernible. Continue reading
Fit at 70 – Update #7
Still hanging in there. Continue reading
Just One
The wisdom and power of dreaming big but working small. Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Relationships and Behaviour, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes
8 Comments
Fit at 70 – Update #6
Stubbornness is a virtue. When it comes to sticking with an exercise program, sometimes that’s all I’ve got . . . Continue reading
America’s Pastime
Stay alert. Objects may leave the field. And there can be other surprises, too. Continue reading
We Got This
Drone operator needed. Bring own camera and driver’s/pilot’s license. Continue reading
Pivot, Stagger, Regroup, Repeat
Lacking strength and flexibility, I find another trick. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Aging, Exercise
8 Comments