Messing about with empathy
Day 11 – Learn to say Merry Christmas in another language. Teach it to everyone you see. By coincidence, this Friday’s Footle and Grok podcast* is about this topic. I had originally planned to say Merry Christmas in various languages. However, as you will hear, I quickly discover that I can’t speak any other languages,…
Day 5 – Write a letter to Santa. How does he know what you want if you don’t tell him? Read them out loud when you are done so Santa can hear you. Yes, Virginia, I do believe in Santa Claus. Quantum physics makes his Christmas Eve trip work. If you want the details, check…
Day 2 – Pray for peace. Try to make it a daily habit. That seems pretty self-explanatory, which is good because I have big news to share. Footle and Grok is now a podcast! That’s right. Starting today, you can listen to Footle and Grok as well as read it. Right now, the podcast is…
Happy Thanksgiving. As you prepare your stuffing and prep your turkey, before family and football, why not listen to a thought-provoking podcast? Seth Godin, an insightful person and a marketing guru, has a podcast called Akimbo. In this week’s episode, he talks about Thanksgiving traditions and the power of marketing. It was interesting to learn…
I don’t know why I never wondered about the origin of the word “noon.” We use the word all the time, but I never thought to ask where it came from. Then I was listening to the Court Appointed podcast last Monday (everyone should listen to this funny legal show) and was floored to learn that noon…