Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Jun 28
Tag Archives: Critical Thinking
More or Less
In which the alleged wisdom of the Orient collides with the pickiness of Isabel. Unencumbered by handles, the tea cylinder is still too hot to lift, so I nudge it carefully, turning it to see what it says. Ah. Ten … Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Critical Thinking, Culture, Food & Drink
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Pesky Preconceptions
Two interviews heard on talk radio provoke a rant about sloppy thinking and preconceptions (those other than mine, I mean). Two stories on the morning radio show; two typical reactions from the CBC host. Story #1 ““ Three female … Continue reading
Who’s smart? Who’s dumb?
A look at the verbal stylings of George W. Bush and societal presumptions about who’s smart, and who’s dumb. Who’s smart? Who’s dumb? I rest my case. Ross Perot Just back from a cruise (on which, more to follow later … Continue reading
I’m Looking Up the Beach
Literary greeting cards and a latter-day vaudeville routine remind me that the limits of my field of vision are not the limits of the world. It’s sometime in the 1970s and I am standing in front of a rack … Continue reading
Wolf!
A warning label about a silica-gel packet provokes anxiety, curiosity, and, finally, disbelief. Do Not Eat the Silica Gel. The warning on the pre-cooked bacon-bit package practically screams at me. In large lettering, Caps For Emphasis, it is, … Continue reading
The Gift of Clear Thinking
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Did you hate math class? OK, you econometrics, engineering, IT, math and physics majors reading this (all five of you!) are excused from answering this one. You arts, … Continue reading
The Gift of Realism
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Good, fast, cheap: Pick two. Who says you can’t have it all? Well, apparently software developers do, and good for them. This short injunction neatly sums up … Continue reading
Posted in Thinking Broadly, Through the Calendar
Tagged Attitudes, Christmas, Critical Thinking
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The Gift of Doubt
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is a deplorable one. Voltaire Balancing the gift of faith is the gift of doubt. Questioning what we read, see, … Continue reading
From a Distance
Watching M*A*S*H in syndication, with its endless triage of patients, leads me to think about triage for our world and its problems. As I do my now-requisite treadmill time, I flip through the channels, trying to find something that … Continue reading