If you get the chance, go to the delightful Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, PA!

Early Morning at the Phipps Conservatory.

Recently, while discussing the recent lawsuit filed by a self-identified Pagan against her managers and the franchise owner of the Panera Bread for wrongful termination, I was surprised that a friend of mine immediately suggested she was making it up. While that remains to be proven in a court of law, in the age of … Continue reading A Simple Scoff

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You might think of serendipity as passive luck that just happens to you, when actually it’s an active process of spotting and connecting the dots. It is about seeing bridges where others see gaps, and then taking initiative and action(s) to create smart luck. Serendipity is a guiding force in great scientific discoveries but it’s … Continue reading An Article on Serendipity: All in the Way You See the Situation

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Two of Cups video up on YouTube! Two of Cups video now available on YouTube!

Welcome, then to the world of the Two of Pentacles: this fellow is often depicted as dancing while juggling (in some decks he walks a tightrope!) This sense of stress at life is nothing new, we have centuries of writings on our ancestors also feeling overwhelmed. And it is the job of this Deuce to … Continue reading Always Juggling

Yet, for all its intuitive appeal, this story rests on what I think is a false dichotomy between foresight and impulsivity. The fact that people can use their foresight to prioritise the present reveals that many behaviours that seem like failures of willpower are not caused by a disinclination to plan ahead at all. Rather, … Continue reading Can We Trust the Marshmallow Test?