41 degrees this morning Walk 34.28 minutes (shortened)
Listening to the book on philosophy, I again realize how little I know! Pythagoras and the mathematic models, while I knew generally about, I didn’t know that they considered “numbers” to be the basis of everything, to some degree “everything was made of numbers”.
Somehow this stretches my mind, but I’m not sure where! They also considered the number “10” to be the “perfect” number, at least one reason was at the 1, 2, 3, and 4 add up to 10.
I can somewhat understand that numbers are the basis of a lot of things, especially in today’s world, but I definitely can’t see the relationship between numbers and say, an apple, or a tree.
While it is easy to see the false basis of much of historic thinking (the world is flat etc.) it is also amazing they were able to do so much with what they had.
No Cray supercomputers, or even simple calculators or even many of the proven theories.
Listening to the book, I really wonder how they had the time to do all of this. I guess modern conveniences bring time constrictions also. While computers, tv’s and cars etc. are wonderful, they also take up a lot of time.
I sometimes think of how my life would have been different with smart phones, computers, tv (yes we didn’t have a tv), etc. available when I was born. I don’t know if I would have discovered the joy of reading, or dreaming, or some of the exploring I did and I would have missed that.
On the other hand, smart phones, computers etc. also open up a whole new world, a world children will need to learn, since all of these are now a part of daily life.
One thing I like about the early morning is the lack of daly “noise” at that time (at least as I live the time from when I get up to when I step into the office).
While I used to work an hour or so after I got up, I no longer do that. I walk, exercise (with weights etc.), write in my journal, take a nap, read the paper(s), maybe another nap and then I go to work. Generally, I don’t respond to e-mail, etc. during that time, I actually have a relatively rigid schedule that doesn’t allow time for responding to e-mail, browsing the internet or Facebook etc.
Still have somewhat of a cold, although walking doesn’t seem to bother it. Woke up this morning n a coughing spill, but at least they seem to be just occasional and my walk doesn’t seem to make it worse.
While I always look forward to Spring, what I really don’t like about Spring is how long it takes to really warm up. While it gets warm in the day, it is frequently cool or even cold at night, which can ruin outdoor plans (at least for me).
I think it is matter of expectations, I think of Spring being warm and when it isn’ of course I am disappointed.
It seems to be taking longer for the colors of Spring to arrive, or maybe I am remembering Memphis, where the Spring colors were truly amazing.
“Office day” today. “Field Day” yesterday illustrated again the variety of life!
That’s it for now, Friday March 25, 2016.
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