Challenge Yourself

An excellent cartoon by Stuart McMillen: www.recombinantrecords.net

by Stuart McMillen. December 2009. I liked school I liked learning ideas that I would never have taught myself. I liked being put in situations designed simply to challenge me. I even liked being thrown into the grading process. But my school days are over and the assignments [...]

Good luck, Bad luck, who knows?

 I’ve heard this story many times and always liked it.
 A wise farmer owned a beautiful mare which was praised far and wide. One day the mare disappeared. The villagers, sympathising with him for his loss said Oh what bad luck you’ve had!   The farmer shrugged and replied: Good luck, bad luck. Who knows? Several days [...]