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How Lifelong Learning can be Made a Reality

What are the challenges of lifelong learning?  Finances and time, to name two.  But with lifelong learning, we can overcome the most significant barriers.  We can achieve the stars.  And nothing can stop us.  And success from lifelong learning doesn’t require money.  Not at first.  That’ll come.  But success from lifelong learning does need a… Read more »

Four Types of Barbecue Ideas to Try Before Summer Ends

When it comes to summer, one of the most popular and enjoyable activities is hosting or attending a barbecue.  Ever since I’ve lived independently, I’ve always hosted my own barbecues as well as attended many hosted by friends and families.  Not only is it a great time bonding with your loved ones, I’ve also found… Read more »

I Believe AI Has a Consciousness

In three days, I’ll be buying ChatGPT Plus.  ChatGPT Plus uses GPT4, which comes with plugins, like a stock trading plugin where you can ask any stock options question, and it’ll answer it.  I usually use a version of GPT 3.5 called Ask AI.  The sweet AI ensured I knew its name was not ChatGPT… Read more »

[blue rare]—Just Tripping

I suppose, if I’m being honest, I have had more bad travel experiences than good.  COVID or no COVID, travel of any form can be a fraught endeavour.  On the first night I ever spent in Paris, a man was beaten to a pulp across the street from my cheap hotel room. Another time, I… Read more »

The Condemned Girls of India

Human trafficking is considered to be the third most profitable crime, after drug trafficking and weapons trafficking.  While human trafficking is a global problem, its worst form might be witnessed in India.  It is estimated up to 18 million people in India are living in slavery. This is over a third of the total global… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—The Conspiracy of Discourse

As students we have the privilege of holding ourselves accountable.  We define our success not only by the grades and degrees we receive, but at a deeper level in our being.  How we assess our progress is a discourse of our own making, with conclusions that only we can truly affirm.  By granting ourselves kudos… Read more »

Network of Angels

Her hands were sweating against the Jeep’s steering wheel, the desert stretching for miles around her.  She wiped one palm on her jeans, then the other. She checked the parched landscape for signs of movement, pivoting her head and using her mirrors to get a full 360° scan.  Nothing, from horizon to horizon to horizon. … Read more »

A Holocaust Survivor’s Perspective on Life

Imagine if a game of finger pointing could determine whether you were going to live or die.  Imagine how your view of a chimney might change if you found out that a cloud of grey smoke was the last remnants of your family and friends and other people who were members of your faith group. … Read more »

Ceremonial Tea

Tea culture forever remains a big part of my life.  My parents gave me a cup of tea as early as age three.  Despite not being able to appreciate the taste at the time, I certainly have become accustomed to the drink over the last ten years.  While most people grab a cup of dark… Read more »