Q: Why did Van Gogh become a painter? A: Because he didn’t have an ear for music. Q: Did you hear about the artist who died? A: Too many strokes. Q: Where does a cow hang his paintings? A: In a mooooseum. Q: Did you here about the attempt robbery at the museum? A: They… Read More
What’s your excuse?
What’s stopping you? Are you waiting until you are perfect? Maybe you’re wanting to get all your ducks in a row before proceeding. Maybe you’re not confident enough to put yourself on the line? We all have excuses. As women, we spend so much time doubting our qualifications, labeling ourselves as “pretty good” or “not… Read More
Want to be creative? Color it blue.
Research tells us that the color BLUE encourages our creative thinking abilities. The study was done with over 600 people performing tasks that required either detail-focused or creative thinking. The computer screen backgrounds were either red, white, or blue. Those using the blue backgrounds were twice as creative in brainstorming tasks as those on the… Read More
Live Life Laughing
Q. What do elves learn in school? A. The elf-a-bet. Q. How do bees get to school? A. On a school buzz. Q. What do you get when you cross a police dog with a skunk? A. Law and Odor Spring “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”… Read More
History: Romanticize, Judge, or Erase?
We judge the generations who lived before us based on the idealogies of our present era. Some of us romanticize and hold onto the past as we have whitewashed it in our minds. Some of us want to erase all references to the past that don’t match our present tenets. Others believe that objects or… Read More
The Brain and Aging
Do you feel like your brain is slowing down as you get older? If you’re like me, you may experience peaks and valleys in brain performance. This infographic may help us understand the process of aging and the brain. Image via: How Your Brain Ages Infographic
Live Life Laughing
Aging Jokes Q: How can you avoid getting wrinkles? A: Take off your glasses. “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.” ~Agatha Christie “At my age, flowers scare me.” ~George Burns The nice thing about being senile is you can hide… Read More
