seanessay.com I remember, years after we graduated university, a friend being as surprised as I had been when I told her a person can be an atheist and Jew simultaneously. This week a famous blogger, Penelope Trunk, has an atheist Jewish son involved in a protest on campus. I am one of 45 commenters. I […]
That Was Good, And You Need to Know
seanessay.com Someone wrote to me, immediately after our zoom meeting: Thanks for the skills session today, it was great! I replied: Thank you for saying so, that’s nice to hear. I am reminded of the semester I took with theatre majors taking Creative Movement. We presented our movement studies both solo and in pairs. In […]
An Alumni’s Awesome University Cogitation
seanessay.com Actually these “thoughts” do not include the stuff that affectionate alumni or Human Resources guys might say. Never mind. A famous blog I follow is that of Penelope Trunk (her pen name) for her advice on career and Life In The World. She’s also famous among home schoolers, as I know from a local […]
When Mentors are Merry and Gone
seanessay.com Strange how a person can significantly influence your life—and then that person is gone. For a buddy in the reserves, training in a mountain monsoon rainforest with members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, his mentor was a paratrooper who guided him through the worst. He told me they even had to sleep on sloping […]
People Determine Whether History Repeats
seanessay.com A talk radio show here in Britain said it takes 16 years to save for a first down payment for a house—in London it’s 30 years. If you save money via no avocado, no toast, and no coffee then you will have enough in 34 years—I don’t know about London. Supply and Demand means […]
Blair Coped with being Brilliant
essaysbysean.blogspot.com Keeping with my recent nerd theme: Here’s an old post, from my old lengthy blog, abridged by half. I’ve been thinking about my brilliant buddy Blair lately. Before he passed away, he showed how to overcome the pitfalls of being smart. Here in Calgary, Blair Petterson was known as the guy who came down […]