Once again, a blog article has been bouncing around in my mind, and I’ve come across increased motivation to get it posted. This time, it was being subjected to John Denver’s song ‘Rocky Mountain High’, sung by someone who most certainly is not John Denver. Just as the barista and I were closing our commiseration …
Sim Games – a metaphor for life
Many are familiar with the popular Sim (simulation) games, known by titles such as Farm Town, FarmVille, YoVille, Millsbury, Mafia Wars… They have a basic pattern, granting ‘energy’ points at a rate of 1 per 5 minutes to a maximum determined by your level in the game. A player expends these energy points at different …
Bilingual Competency vs Interpreting
Competency in two languages does not an interpreter make. Now, how do I explain that (quickly, effectively, politely) to sincere opportunists who need communication to take place in two languages, only one of which they know? I’ll start directing them to this article. 🙂 Or, perhaps, to the article in Psychology Today. I am an …
How Superstitions Start
I have to throw away my shoes. They’re fine shoes, my go-to shoes for a quick dash out the door, but there’s something about those brown shoes that make Doug’s friends see red. They haven’t said anything outright, they don’t really seem to take note, but there’s a strange coincidence between their worst occasions and …
Jesus, in His place
Another Easter is upon us, and with it, another couple of weeks of musing over an article I’ve had in mind every 6 months for about 3 years. No matter what may be said of Jesus and His followers the rest of the year, everyone gets an extra dose of tolerance during Christmas and Easter. …