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Photo Memory of the Week
Also not a finch. Or a canary.
Music of the Week
Quote of the Week
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Source: Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Posted: 2025 Nov 28And check out this post for more of Richard Feynman's world view.
Category Archives: Thinking Broadly
By Any Other Name
Onwards and upwards? Backwards and forwards. Continue reading
Surprise!
Just trying to follow the rules, here. Continue reading
By the Ratios
4 – Hours to notice an apparently out-of-place car parked in our neighbourhood. 72 – Hours to feel confident that it truly is out of place. 2 – Hours to connect with relevant neighbours to confirm the car’s out-of-placeness. 1 … Continue reading
Free at Last, Lord?
Feeding a small multitude. Continue reading
What’s the Problem?
A life lesson from medical research. Continue reading
Rainy-Day Problems
Yes, it really is a maintenance-without-end world. Continue reading
One Last Degree of Freedom?
A fall filosophy. Continue reading
Two Yards
How to live across from each other. Continue reading
No-splash Zone
What are we doing here, anyway? Continue reading