education
A Perennial Favorite: The Illustrated Guide to a PhD
Fall is upon us once again. A new crop of students will begin doctoral studies,…
quotes
Herbert Swope on the formulas for success and failure
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula…
beautiful
Yoko Ono on the Seasons
“Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn…
people
Robert Heinlein on raising children
Working in higher education, I deal with helicopter parents and lawnmower parents on a daily…
video
Tuesdays with TED: Sir Ken Robinson, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”
One of the first TED talks made available online in 2006, Sir Ken Robinson’s “Do…
beautiful
Quotable: “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered…”
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly…
beautiful
The face of the giant
I thought, on the train, how utterly we have forsaken the Earth, in the sense…
poetry
You Want a Social Life, with Friends
You Want a Social Life, with Friends Kenneth Koch You want a social life, with…
books
Quotable: “Books have the same enemies as people…”
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.”–Paul…
quotes
William Butler Yeats on Poetry
from Anima Hominis (Chap.5) William Butler Yeats We make out of the quarrel with others,…