Bill Withers on wanting to be cool
february 2012 by M.Leddy
“When you’re a kid, you want to be cool, and you want to be cool with the cool people. And that doesn’t always happen. So if you can learn to value the people who value you —”
advice
life
february 2012 by M.Leddy
Linda Hunt on acting
october 2011 by M.Leddy
“Acting gave me a sense of purpose, but it also gave me a sense that I would survive, that I would find my place.”
life
october 2011 by M.Leddy
Roger Ebert’s fall
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Roger Ebert, writing about diminishing mobility and a recent fall out of bed.
age
life
time
september 2011 by M.Leddy
The self-help guru we deserve?
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Rebecca Mead profiles Timothy Ferriss.
life
work
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Infinity jest
august 2011 by M.Leddy
From the Daily Dish: “I’ve never really had any problem with infinity. Why? Because if the universe is infinite, then I am by definition the center of the universe.”
life
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Three suggestions
august 2011 by M.Leddy
If you’re driving on a highway and the traffic suddenly slows or stops, and the vehicles behind you are at some distance:
1. Turn on your hazard lights.
2. Leave significant space between you and the vehicle in front of you.
3. Keep checking your rear-view mirror.
life
1. Turn on your hazard lights.
2. Leave significant space between you and the vehicle in front of you.
3. Keep checking your rear-view mirror.
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Stalwart workers
august 2011 by M.Leddy
“Intelligent, protective of their time away from work, and not especially interested in power, money, or becoming the boss.”
life
work
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Words from Steve Jobs
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Good advice for life, from a 2005 commencement address.
advice
Apple
life
time
august 2011 by M.Leddy
“Hope is better than fear”
august 2011 by M.Leddy
“There are any number of American politicians who could learn something from Jack Layton.”
life
politics
Proust
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Alice Notley on “non-careerist”
august 2011 by M.Leddy
It is “not the same as not professional.”
life
poetry
work
august 2011 by M.Leddy
On where one belongs
may 2011 by M.Leddy
Peter F. Drucker: “But most people, especially highly gifted people, do not really know where they belong until they are well past their mid-twenties. By that time, however, they should know the answers to the three questions: What are my strengths? How do I perform? and, What are my values?”
life
work
may 2011 by M.Leddy
The decline of the omnivore
march 2011 by M.Leddy
Growing up to be an omnivore.
childhood
culture
life
parenthood
march 2011 by M.Leddy
JapanNYC
march 2011 by M.Leddy
“If you think of every place where there’s wars going on, where there are terrible times, where people are suffering, they always look to music and culture. These are the things they look to for solace.”
culture
life
march 2011 by M.Leddy
ShelterBox (help Japan)
march 2011 by M.Leddy
ShelterBox, an international disaster-relief charity affiliated with Rotary, looks like a good choice if you want to do something for Japan.
life
march 2011 by M.Leddy
Weather
march 2011 by M.Leddy
“Nobody does anything about the weather, but everybody talks about it. They talk behind its back, in terms unflattering and, I’m sorry to say, even coarse.”
life
weather
march 2011 by M.Leddy
“Ice and Snow Blues No. 3”
february 2011 by M.Leddy
It is really, really snowing.
blues
life
snow
weather
february 2011 by M.Leddy
“Ice and Snow Blues”
february 2011 by M.Leddy
A good day for Clifford Gibson’s 1929 recording “Ice and Snow Blues.”
blues
life
snow
weather
february 2011 by M.Leddy
Maurice Mannion-Vanover (1990–2011)
january 2011 by M.Leddy
A New York Times story on “the remarkably long and way-too-short life” of Maurice Mannion-Vanover.
family
life
january 2011 by M.Leddy
New Year’s Resolution Generator
january 2011 by M.Leddy
If you’re stuck fumbling for a resolution or two, you might try Monina Velarde’s Resolution Generator.
life
january 2011 by M.Leddy
25 Years of Christmas
december 2010 by M.Leddy
“Every year, our dad would tape us coming down the stairs. This is a compilation of all the videos I could find.”
life
december 2010 by M.Leddy
David Foster Wallace commencement audio
june 2010 by M.Leddy
Now available. Every young adult should read or listen.
DavidFosterWallace
life
june 2010 by M.Leddy
Baby alert
april 2010 by M.Leddy
Pre-schoolers and babies, as seen while walking home
childhood
life
april 2010 by M.Leddy
Digital naïfs
march 2010 by M.Leddy
"Many so-called digital natives are in truth digital naïfs. The natives’ naïveté is considerable."
computers
culture
digital
life
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Marcel Proust, running coach
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Useful advice to encounter before a race
life
Proust
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Would it have been worth it, after all
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Paul Krugman on not having dinner with Paul Newman
dinner
life
march 2010 by M.Leddy
"Reasons Why I Am Not Successful"
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Link to a funny list
humor
language
life
words
march 2010 by M.Leddy
5 sentences about life on the moon
february 2010 by M.Leddy
Written to oblige a Google search
drama
life
moon
february 2010 by M.Leddy
Roger Ebert, "Nil by mouth"
january 2010 by M.Leddy
Roger Ebert on being unable to eat, drink, speak
friendship
food
hospitality
life
january 2010 by M.Leddy
Rocking the home
december 2009 by M.Leddy
Playing music at a nursing home on Christmas
family
life
music
december 2009 by M.Leddy
"Betty's Graduation"
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Suprisingly poignant dialogue from Father Knows Best
dowdyworld
life
television
impermanence
time
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Metaphors for life
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Gilgamesh and the Odyssey rule.
Gilgamesh
Homer
life
metaphor
Odyssey
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Thought for the day
october 2009 by M.Leddy
“The road to the health-food store is paved with good intentions.”
humor
life
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Time, its rapid passing, an everyday example of
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Terry Jones of Monty Python on time passing
life
time
october 2009 by M.Leddy
Marcia Lebow (1919–2009)
august 2009 by M.Leddy
From a beautifully written obituary for an extraordinary person
life
music
august 2009 by M.Leddy
Rob Zseleczky on clutter and stuff
august 2009 by M.Leddy
"I need less crap, even if it’s great crap."
clutter
life
objects
august 2009 by M.Leddy
"Exercise boosts brain power"
august 2009 by M.Leddy
Advice from John Medina's Brain Rules
brain
life
august 2009 by M.Leddy
Dungarees
august 2009 by M.Leddy
From Caroline's Crayons, a story in ten drawings and two photographs
art
life
august 2009 by M.Leddy
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