Words to live by

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” – Plato.

“There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge, that is curiosity.
There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others, that is vanity.
There are those who seek knowledge in order to
serve, that is love.”
-Bernard of Clairvaux

“I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.”
– Chinese Proverb

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. ~Edwin Powell Hubble, The Nature of Science, 1954

“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven’t seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they’re absolutely stupid.” – Ender Wiggin, Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card

Mondays

Things that went wrong today:

• Dentist appointment: need to get a crown.
• Crowns cost a lot of money out of pocket
• Ding-ed a car which zoomed behind me as I was backing out
• Rice cooker overheated, throwing dinner plans out of order (Followed by burning rice on stove)
• Lost every hand of poker except 2 pity hands
• Poinsettia died

Total: –6

Things that went right today:

• Leveled up a dish on Restaurant City (this really is a –1 as well)
• Car ding doesn’t seem that expensive of a fix
• Emy, Scotty, and Vinh came over to hang out
• Parking office people did not piss me off for once
• Emy got me an okapi plushie

Total: +3?

Grand total: –3

The rest of the week needs to be AMAZING.