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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.
Tag Archives: Exercise
Fit at 70 – Update #1
Cute cat video! No, but the next best thing: a video update on my Fit-at-70 program. Continue reading
Splish, Splash
Lessons learned while kayaking. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Attitudes, Exercise, Trains & Boats & Planes
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It’s a Crime
On the Sunday of the Terry Fox Run, thinking about how little I do with two nominally good legs. Continue reading
Physiotherapy and Buttercups
Applies the famous Gibson Disappointment Scale© in musing about the undeniable fault with physiotherapy: It doesn’t work. Continue reading
A Trial Separation
It’s the equivalent of at least three full flights up to the airport lounge, but I head to the stairs. As I round the first landing, it hits me. I’m all alone on this climb. I mean, I knew it … Continue reading
Hike!
Bravely tackling a challenging hike under harsh conditions, I am dismayed to encounter folks much older than I, seemingly finding it easy. And it only gets worse from there. Panting just a bit, I clamber out of the final … Continue reading
You Talkin’ to Me?
A tai chi lesson becomes a lesson about learning styles – both in physical activities and in life. Drop your shoulders. I look around. You talkin’ to me? I don’t use my outside voice, but the thought likely shows … Continue reading
What You Don’t Know
What were you following? The words are delivered just a little north of dispassionately, just a tad too intensely to indicate mere enquiry. No, something more is afoot, in more than one sense, as we make our careful way back … Continue reading
Six for Artistic Impression
Life lessons learned by watching the Olympics. Clicker box in one hand, snack bowl in the other, I lurch stiffly to my feet. This hands-free, grunt-free levitation earns me personal-best marks for both technical and artistic components. Before setting … Continue reading