Competative, that's meApril 23, 2006
Meredith and I were at John-eric and Lindsey's buck and doe last night -- a fun event and nice time to reconnect with Grebel friends. One of the games that had been planned was a clever obstacle course that consisted of ten skips of a jump rope, blowing a tennis ball with a tire pump, doing a puzzle, kicking a soccer ball through some chairs, and then tossing a magnetic dart into the inner most circle of the dart board. It was fun! But it was interesting to watch how competative people could get to achieve the best time. Me included... I was captivated! I love it!
Oprah on the US Education SystemApril 17, 2006
Last week Oprah ran a two part series on the US education system. It was interesting to hear that the US ranked 1st in the world 20 years ago, but has fallen all the way back to 22nd place today. Oprah interviewed Bill and Melinda Gates and it was neat to see another area in which the couple are getting involved. What I like most is that they're not only generous, but genuinely interested.
List your aspirationsApril 12, 2006
I was checking out
Matt Langeman's weblog today and came across an interesting post --
Doing Things. It reminded me of the first reading we had assigned for homework in grade 9 English class that told the story of a man who, when he was a child, tip toed down the stairs one night to overhear a guest describing to his parents many of the unbelievable things he had done. The boy decided to make a daring list of 99 (?) things he wanted to do/accomplish in his life. The article went on to describe some of his amazing successes, and that he accomplished everything but a few items on the list. (Didn't make it to the moon) Inspiring. I remembered that story earlier this year and I've been meaning to start on my own list. See also:
43things.com, and
my 99 things.
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