Common sense, like any other human feature, develops over time with the aid of experience. It would have been nice, however, to have a few built in common sense tidbits. Knowing not to pick up trash and put it in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things aren’t always easy. Sometimes you have to work a lot harder to accomplish something than you originally thought. Sometimes you have to go against conventional wisdom to achieve your goals. Sometimes you have to improvise. And sometimes, you have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When working with someone to accomplish something, you always want to be the one that knows how to do the thing you’re trying to accomplish. That way you know which things are hard or dirty and can delegate them to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you’re feeling down or depressed it seems like everything that can go wrong inevitably will go wrong. During those times it’s important to realize that things will eventually get better, or things may get so much worse that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like to think the phrase “I feel like I got hit by a bus” originated from someone who was powerful enough to be full-on hit by a speeding bus, drug by said bus for about 300 yards, and lived[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes there are things you just can’t change, either for better or for worse. Other things, however, can be changed but generally at great expense, effort, and sacrifice. Noses, for instance.
Don’t you love it when you’re really struggling with something for hours on end, and then someone comes up and points out the most ridiculously simple thing that fixes everything instantly? Those times are even more awesome when the person[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Would it be comforting to know that the assistance of an actual wizard was only a “pull an actual wizard out of your head” away? Yes. Special thanks to twitter personality, the Thirsty Wizard, for his appearance in today’s comic.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve played Dungeons and Dragons in various forms and implementations for more than 20 years. It’s been a bit of an on-again, off-again relationship, but I tend to end up gravitating back to it from time to time. It’s really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Helping someone change is a difficult concept, and one that requires careful planning and loving compassion. Unless you’re just talking about helping someone change clothes. That is obviously difficult in drastically different ways, although it would likely also require careful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…