Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) is a Japanese for “forest bathing,” something that I’ve always enjoyed doing, even though I didn’t know that there was a word for it. Every language contains its own set of focal vocabularies, that is to say, a set a specialized words to describe — with great precision — the sorts of things that the [...]
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On a journey that takes you from Point A -> Point B -> Point C , some of the best stuff will occur between A & B and between B & C. If you maximize your schedule and fill every bit of programmable space with destinations (aka “Goals”), you will have no time left to [...]
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You just lost. re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game) (ht SMG)
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If you liked Alonso Alvarez Barreda‘s Historia de un Letrero (The Story of a Sign), then you’ll love Sharon Wright‘s Change for a Dollar, as seen here: (ht David Gebler) There is an old tradition that describes how all times, there are thirty-six very special people in the world. According to this tradition, it is thanks to [...]
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This semester in the UMass M.Ed Instructional Design program I’m taking a course on selecting and evaluating instructional materials. I was thrilled when the instructor of this course kicked things off with a bit of Marshall McLuhan. Ah, that Old Time McLuhan Religion… it brought back memories of sultry summer nights driving through downtown Montreal, listening to Dromotexte on CKUT [...]
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You know how some people have, as part of their email signature, a little green tree/river graphic with the words “Please consider the environment before printing this email?” Well, we’re officially at peak Decorative Gourd Season, so I think I’m going to start inserting random decorative gourds at the bottom of my work emails. Things like this… [...]
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Over 150 students have enrolled in my “Word Power: Vocabulary Builder” course on SpacedEd. Try it out at: http://www.spaceded.com/DanSpira/courses/299-Word-Power-Vocabulary-Builder …it’s fun, fast, free, and colloquially expansive!
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