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2011 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2011 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2011 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! This month’s theme is Self-knowledge. Last week’s resolution was to Ask yourself: what did you do for fun when you were 10 years old? Did you try …
Happiness interview: Phoebe Potts. Ever since I read Scott McCloud’s brilliant Making Comics, I’ve been intrigued with the possibilities of the graphic novel. One of my overarching intellectual interests is — how can the structure of information be shaped to help people understand and learn? There’s a lot that a graphic novel can do that a text novel can’t (and …
Every Wednesday is Tip Day – or List Day. This Wednesday: The 8 auspicious symbols of Buddhism — and my own list, too. I get a tremendous kick out of the numbered lists that pop up throughout Buddhism: the Triple Refuge, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Four Noble Truths. In fact, it was Buddhism that inspired me to write my …
