Thinking Out Loud
John Trindle at The Fogbound Continuum has a great piece on the difference between making people happy and making happy people. It is the latter that is indeed the challenge as it flies in the face of the mantra of materialism: things, events, even other people, can and should MAKE us happy. Perhaps they bring [...]
My defense is over, and it went fine. A few suggestions and some literature to examine, but I’m ready to start my research. Step one is the human subject paperwork. But, I’m giving myself a day or two off before tackling that. Next week is spring break for WM so I’ll have plenty of time. [...]
I was just thinking about purchasing the first season of The West Wing, which has to be one of my all-time favorite television shows. Then, poking around SLATE, I found this interesting comparison between the final season and this year’s presidential election season:
I have been reading through English, Welsh, and Irish history over the break. The last one was Tipperary by Frank Delaney. I did not like it at first; the way it switched between voices seemed choppy and made it tough for me to pick up the story of Charles O’Brien. As the sections got longer [...]