it's my island

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…” —Isaac Asimov

I remember a sage once told me that my life was to be walking one of Saturn’s squares. Loosely translated she meant that I would need to work hard and be patient for a long.. long.. time. It’s taken quite a long time, probably the first 26 (nearing 31 this month) years of my life […]

>It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. —E. C. McKenzie

>”Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson

>The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It is will make or break a […]