Tag Archives: Recreation

What happens when you’re bored?

Or when you don’t like the way things are? You could just complain. Loudly. You could stoically just accept things as they are. Or you could look past the resignation and the complaints and see the possibilities. Sometimes it isn’t … Continue reading

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Delays down. Lost luggage down. Bumped fliers down.

Complaints up. Huh? •There was less chance that bags went awry, with 99.7% of fliers getting bags on time. Overall, the rate of mishandled baggage fell to the lowest on record in 2011, falling to 3.39 per 1,000 passengers from … Continue reading

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11 years and 9 months ago?

 I wonder if they knew? Or even suspected? In the 11 years and 9 months since the first geocache was placed, there is single date on which only a small fraction of geocachers have ever logged a cache. We suspect … Continue reading

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Sometimes we all need

a little boost A little inspiration, a little heart-start Where do you go to find inspiration? Or, do you find it everywhere? Just Sayin’

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The rest rooms are where?

In the trees. At first, I thought it was a joke. A prank. Then I saw this sign. Was I wrong? Do you just go in the woods? They had me goin’ for a minute. Yes, this entire post was … Continue reading

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I took a walk in Portland

Just to see what I would find I was heading to Powell’s City of Books. I found a pendulum. And a Park. And a great cup of coffee. Maybe I should take a walk more often. Just Sayin’ Related articles … Continue reading

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What can we learn from roller coasters?

Energy isn’t free Like all typical rollercoasters, the Zillerator has no engine. It’s lifted up the first hill by a chain mechanism and propelled downward by the forces of nature. Gravity and momentum take it all the way to the … Continue reading

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So, if your job feels like a bad day at Chuck E Cheese

What do you do? The options seem somewhat limited? Play a different game? The games are all pretty much the same. And they all give the same tickets for the same lousy prizes. Sounds depressing, doesn’t it? The secret is … Continue reading

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What I was wondering was

If jobs were like Chuck E Cheese? You give up something of value. Play the “game” hoping to get a good score. And then trade your tickets for “prizes. Prizes that often turn out to be worth far less than … Continue reading

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A friend said something the other day

That reminded me of a Robert Frost poem I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made … Continue reading

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