Bruce Lee, Ballroom and Win-Win Conflict Resolution
09:52pm MST, 6 Mar 2007
I studied martial arts for years. Often I've had people make comments to me about how fighting and (partner) dance are "so different" because one is about conflict and the other about harmony. But really it's all the same. The difference is that harmony is much more challenging in martial arts.
Four Reasons You Might Suck At Something
07:58am MST, 26 Jan 2007
As a teacher, there's one major question I keep trying to answer: why some people succeed so readily, and others have so much trouble, at improving the same skill. I think we can break it down into four reasons.
Interaction and Learning: People Don't Get It
07:02am MST, 10 Jan 2006
An ad recently appearing in an Australian newspaper suggested that computer-based interactive learning was ineffective. It seems there are a lot of things people don't get.
The Good Guys Read Comic Books
05:33am MST, 3 Jan 2006
Conventional wisdom says that comics and Hollywood blockbusters turn your brain into mush, whereas art flicks and angst-ridden novels help you develop as a person. But maybe the opposite is true--maybe we get as much from Batman as from Lost in Translation?
Zen and the Art of the Sabbath
02:34pm MST, 10 Jun 2004
Some of the best inventions were brought into the world long, long ago and have been largely forgotten in the bustle of the last century--from the abacus to plays that are actually fun to watch, to... the sabbath. You can throw out those clay tablets, corsets, codpieces, and slide rules, but here are some reasons to keep that day of rest.
Empirical Evidence: Books More Interesting Than Movies
12:15am MST, 2 Feb 2004
Well, almost. An exhaustive list of the inconsistencies between the original Lord of the Rings trilogy and the new screenplay tells us what we already know: it's very hard for a movie to contain or convey the level of complexity of a book.
A recent thread on the loosely swing dancing-related web site Yehoodi.com referenced the Purity Test, a quiz that rates your "purity" based on an arbitrary but extensive set of "impure" deeds. Why do people find this so fascinating?
impartial, adj. 1. Ignorant of the facts. 2. So utterly convinced of one's own perspective as to believe (falsely) that one's opinion was formed without bias. 3. Unable to form an intelligent opinion.
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