Thursday, January 27, 2011
Snow Mountain
Ah.. the height that snow can get to still amazes me. Well, it should, I am not that old. I can't remember there ever being this much snow, and when you are littler everything seems bigger. The thrill of standing on top of a snow bank taller than you will stay with me forever...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Finding Thoughts
When you get a good idea, you know it. Ideas aren't found. You don't say "Let's go find an idea!", and walk around looking in under furniture, in the pages of books, or in the back of your desk drawers. It just doesn't work that way. I'm sorry. Don't kill the messenger. It's not hide and seek. It's not easy. Ideas come when you least expect it, and when you don't particularly want them. You have to learn to deal with it. They come when you are deep in thought about something completely random. They find you. You don't find them.
That's why crazy people like me have ideas so often that our heads tend to explode from lack of space. That's why crazy people like me who get distracted and stare off into space for hours at a time have so many ideas. It's easier for them to find us.
J.K. Rowling describes first getting the inspiration for the Harry Potter books like this: "the idea... simply flew into my head." Now that fabled train ride is something of legend. This phenomenal was fueled only because one lady liked to daydream. But even an amazing idea like that takes time. It was 17 years from when the idea first flew into Joanne Rowling's head to when her last Harry book was published. Yikes! So, don't worry. Ideas take time. They fall and find, so be patient, and keep your mind open.
That's why crazy people like me have ideas so often that our heads tend to explode from lack of space. That's why crazy people like me who get distracted and stare off into space for hours at a time have so many ideas. It's easier for them to find us.
J.K. Rowling describes first getting the inspiration for the Harry Potter books like this: "the idea... simply flew into my head." Now that fabled train ride is something of legend. This phenomenal was fueled only because one lady liked to daydream. But even an amazing idea like that takes time. It was 17 years from when the idea first flew into Joanne Rowling's head to when her last Harry book was published. Yikes! So, don't worry. Ideas take time. They fall and find, so be patient, and keep your mind open.
Test Your Memory
Test your memory with this cool quiz. You are shown 24 pictures and have to say which ones you saw and when you saw them. Share your scores. Click here.
Piano Stairs- The Fun Test
Everything is more exciting when you are having fun! This just proves it. This is a video of the stairs in a subway station. Watch it please, it's pretty cool.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Years
It's New Years Eve. Tomorrow will be a new year. We will write 2011 on our papers, but that is basically all that will change. We make New Year resolutions we will keep for maybe a week. We will go back to school and to work and it will be the same old thing we left behind in 2010. Why do we make such a big deal of a New Years?
To me, New Years Eve represents something new. It is a new start and a new chance, and this world is all about chances. Some things you can't control, so you need to take the most of your chances. New Years is the chance to be a better person. Make the most of your chances and embrace them.
Happy New Years!
To me, New Years Eve represents something new. It is a new start and a new chance, and this world is all about chances. Some things you can't control, so you need to take the most of your chances. New Years is the chance to be a better person. Make the most of your chances and embrace them.
Happy New Years!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Harry Potter Characters
Try your luck, how many of the most mentioned Harry Potter characters can you name? Click Here.
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