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In science, there is something called Schrödinger's cat. It is often described as a paradox although it really is a thought experiment (no laboratory needed, just an active mind). This thought experiment, as best as this feeble mind can understand, explored one of the features of quantum mechanics which says, among other things, that everything exists in multiple states or infinite possibilities...

It seems a day doesn't go by without having to make a decision about something, having to make a choice. Should I pick A or B? Should I buy this car or that car? Do I invest in this stock or that? Sometimes the choice is doing A or doing nothing at all - a kind of Hobson's Choice. Should I change jobs or not (assuming you have that luxury)? Should I marry this person or not? The...

This is, no doubt, one of my favorite poems. Also, it is one that is often recited, or at least portions of it quoted. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having...

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I work hard, so I want to enjoy my vacations. At the same time, I don’t want to give up everything I’ve invested in losing weight and getting fit. I could give in and indulge myself, hoping I’ll shape up later. But if I decide to indulge, I may need to brace myself for when I return home and see the higher number on the scale....

Over the course of my work with the Elderhostel Institute Network, I have “met,” usually through email, many interesting folks, and I’ve let them all know about my new book. One of them, Joan Fitting Scott, got back to me, offered congratulations, and we began an email correspondence about writing and marketing our own books. She has just written “Skinning the Cat: A Baby Boomer’s...