"A student of life considers the world a classroom." Harvey Mackay How to be a Great Student: Part One Get a good seat for the show. This is part of a series, click the tag: Be a Good Student for more. In the 1970s, video cameras became available as a tool in the universities. Researchers … Continue reading How to be a Great Student: Part One
Can a Book Change Your Life?
"Finest kind." Hawkeye Pierce Can a Book Change Your Life? When I was in high school, I picked up the book M*A*S*H on a whim. This was before the movie and television show. The cover offered anti-war and sexy legs and the hint at comedy. What more could I want? The first chapter has the … Continue reading Can a Book Change Your Life?
Me Too and the Liberation of Women
"Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done." Susan B. Anthony Me Too and the Liberation of Women The Me Too movement, or #METOO on social media, served as a huge wake-up call in Hollywood. It revealed … Continue reading Me Too and the Liberation of Women
Hey Profound Bartender
The 33rd meeting of the Poetry Groupies of America There once was a girl from Broadway, Who wrote poems from morn to midday. She slept on her couch With computer and mouse And woke to compose verse 'bout subways. ~Michael Kroth Originally Posted On Facebook No Publisher Will Touch It, 2-25-18 Mr. Bartender … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender
Enjoy!
Sometimes here at the Profound Bartender we try to have a little sense of humor once in a while, so for a scootch of fun we might stretch a story just a wee bit here and there... Does it irritate you as much as it does me when a waiter drops off your food and … Continue reading Enjoy!
Killer Teachers
"Everybody run The homecoming queen's got a gun Julie Brown Killer Teachers Today's date is February 23, 2018 Kids are showing up at schools with guns that shoot a lot of bullets. Today, the United States of America is under the dark cloud of another shooting in Florida. We look to our leaders for direction. … Continue reading Killer Teachers
Getting Needed Feedback
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Getting Needed Feedback The World of Warcraft, owned by Blizzard, is a huge international business. They create games and they are very popular games. Because they continuously update … Continue reading Getting Needed Feedback
The Just Cause
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau The Just Cause Teaching a class at an art college, we were reviewing last week's notes. Getting a lot of nodding, I was perplexed at one blank stare. When asked, this was the answer, "What? I'm just a dancer". It … Continue reading The Just Cause
The Patchwork of Our Potential
“Every day opens and closes like a flower, noiseless, effortless. Divine peace glows on all the majestic landscape, Like the silent enthusiastic joy that sometimes transfigures a noble human face.” ~John Muir, 1988, p. 13 Let’s start with a proposition or two or three. One proposition is this, “At birth, each person is endowed with … Continue reading The Patchwork of Our Potential
My Color Blind Manifesto
I HEREBY RESOLVE, WHEN WRITING, TO NAME THE COLORS I SEE AND NOT WORRY WHETHER THEY ARE “RIGHT”! My new GPS watch lay in its beautiful packaging. It was one of the leading name brands in GPS devices, and its black, round, rugged face looked back at me, telling me to rip the box apart … Continue reading My Color Blind Manifesto
You must be logged in to post a comment.