Google’s “I’m Feeling Curious” feature is a fun and interactive way to explore random bits of knowledge directly from the search engine. When you’re curious but don’t know exactly what to ask, simply type “I’m feeling curious” into the search bar. You’ll be presented with an...
I always have a curious sort of feeling about some of my things - I hate to show them - I am perfectly inconsistent about it - I am afraid people won't understand - and I hope they won't - and am afraid they will. — Georgia O'Keeffe 8 I'm selfish, impatient and a little i...
as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance. —Bruno Schulz
I was feeling curious this week, about what was on my mind a year ago, early December. Here is a sample from my blog of 12-8-23 (The Oracles I’m Not Consulting): Department Am I So Lucky To Have Raised A Science *And* Film Nerd? Dateline: last Saturday, circa 8:50 am. The ...
I’m familiar with that feeling, but I feel like many younger than me are not, and it was that cohort that was complaining about this last week. Culture arises from new ingredients. These Internet things are as much our culture now as new books and new films. Get used to it. Hula ...
Sociology-Study ofDeviance. Our gray-haired professor was a straight shooter. He usually brought in guest speakers who represented “deviance”. Our guest speakers included an outlandish dancer, a tarot-card reader or even an alcohol addict. And when I was curious that day to see who this ses...
You’ve heard those phrases before; you’ll hear them again. You may even believe them. But I’m gonna shove my elbow down the throat of the next person who says that within earshot ofmoiself. Because, guess what? This *is* whoweare – at least, nearly half of the voting “we.”...
If you are curious about Project 2025 — and if you are an American, you should be — there are at least three ways you can learn more about it. The first way is to go to a web site set up to describe it, Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project. Personally, and as a progress...
"Enlightenment is just another word for feeling comfortable with being a completely ordinary person." - Veronique Vienne "There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul's garden, which I love to have watered once a week." ...
I think I wanted to *want to* take music lessons in part because playing a musical instrument is supposedly something well-rounded, intelligent, creative, cultured, curious persons should want to do. We’ve all read that script: “In no particular order, learning to play an instrument: ...