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i'm not afraid to fall it means i climbed up high to fall is not to fail  you fail when you don't try i'm not afraid to fall i might just learn to fly and i will spread these wings of mine if i get up i might fall back down again so lets get up c'mon if i get up i might fall back down again we get up anyway if i get up i might fall back down again so lets get up c'mon if i get up i might fall back down again and i might fall back down again and we'll just jump and see even if its the 20th time we'll just jump and see if we can fly I have fallen.  Physically more recently, and spiritually as well.  I went ice skating on Monday. I'm not a huge fan but I usually have a good time when i go. Going around, i fell. Ok that is to be expected, im not exactly a figure skater extraordinaire. It hurt more than it should have, but I have knee issues, and i fell on my knees..so whatever its normal.  I managed to fall three times over the course of my f...

Structured Procrastination Author practices jumping rope with seaweed while work awaits. ``. . . anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment." -- Robert Benchley, in Chips off the Old Benchley, 1949 I have been intending to write this essay for months. Why am I finally doing it? Because I finally found some uncommitted time? Wrong. I have papers to grade, textbook orders to fill out, an NSF proposal to referee, dissertation drafts to read. I am working on this essay as a way of not doing all of those things. This is the essence of what I call structured procrastination, an amazing strategy I have discovered that converts procrastinators into effective human beings, respected and admired for all that they can accomplish and the good use they make of time. All procrastinators put off things they have to do. Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you. The key idea is that procrasti...

Your Inner Pasta Everyone has an Inner Pasta that  defines their very Being. EMBRACE    your Inner Pasta and you will always be HAPPY straight, narrow-minded, predictable spaghetti curly-wurly, never-knows-the-time-of-day fusilli showy, bowy, ooh-look-at-me-aren't-I-wonderful farfalle flat, floppy, yeah-whatever, can't-be-bothered tagliatelle large, thick (and ultimately stuffed) cannelloni Do-what-you-want-to-me-then-cover-me-with-cheese macaron i Is it not interesting how we label people. Personality quizzes tell us what kind of shoes we should wear. Aptitude tests tell us what fields we should go into. Our families define us, our neighborhoods define us, out schools, our friends, our clothes..it seems that the list is endless. So many things.  Some of them are fun and harmless..what kind of pasta are you? Really? Does it matter? Does it have any kind of truth to it? You tell me. Does ...