Best advice about learning?

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(Adapted from 

http://www.storylady.com/deweygame.html)

The best piece of advice

I ever received

about learning

was to start

by reading a children's book

about whatever topic

I wanted to study

because

the language would be simple,

the important points would be obvious,

and

the overall text

would be much more interesting

than a so-called adult book

about the same topic.

'Twas the night before...

...the morning of the beginning of the end of night.

Can I just say...

...Nutella on a half of a day-old croissant is luscious!

Last year's business...

...is this year's bookkeeping chore; this year's business is a resolution not to procrastinate until next year.

Rendering unto Caesar....

Image courtesy of what used to be MicroSoft Clip Art

Taxes keep the system rolling along, 

sometimes more smoothly 

than at other times, 

but rolling along, nevertheless; 

however, 

while I do not begrudge, 

for the most part, 

my fellow citizens 

my share of 

the systemic financial burden, 

I am more aggrieved by 

the amount of time 

I must dole out

to figure out

what I

owe. 

Setting on Fire Versus Going All Aflame

I cannot set sodden matter on fire; but I can choose to not quench nor to become quenched.

Ite Infammate Omnia

Reportedly, Ignatius commissioned Francis Xavier to India (before either was deemed a saint) with the words above, loosely translated as "Go and set the world on fire" but transliterated (by Google Translate, anyway, and with inflammate spelled with one 'm') as "Go all aflame" -- a big difference, in my thinking!

Sentenced

Yesterday's post, which asked how long I would maintain the sentence-a-day journal, provoked an encouraging response from a cousin: Ite Inflammate Omnia.

The Single-Sentence Journal Begins

Let's see how long I can keep this up!

http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/can-just-a-sentence-a-day-make-you-happier.html