The Column

Motto: Don't say cheese, just smile.   Life is Good.   This is the kind of stuff I think about. What is "smart"? What makes somebody smart? Is it just... knowing a lot of things? Is somebody smart just because they do really well in bar trivia? Are you smart because you've read so many books? Is she smart because she's so well-traveled? Is he smart because he's experienced a lot of things? I don't think "smart" is definable in a global scope. It's sort of like "healthy". It doesn't mean  anything, really. Healthy is what you define it to be. If you die of a heart attack at 35, but that was your plan all along - does that make you "unhealthy"? Planning to die at 35 certainly makes you not smart ... so what does? Maybe "smartness" is something you just know when you see it, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.  I'm not "smart" because I pulled that sweet Supreme Court Justice Po...

Motto: 7719836421125 Don't bother trying to decipher the motto. It's from Rick and Morty. Someone on the internet may stumble across the post trying to figure out if those numbers mean anything. If they do mean something, I don't know. I just wanted to waste a few seconds of this hypothetical person's time. And I guess waste your time reading it. I'm a jerk. I might be repeating myself with this next bit, but I'm not finding first time I wrote about it, if it exists... and let's be honest I repeat myself on here every time I write. It's sort of a bummer that I have no real terrible habits. I don't smoke. I don't drink to excess. I don't do drugs. Meanwhile... I do exercise. I do use my brain. I've heard so many stories about people who "finally quit smoking, quit drinking, and started exercising - and it feels fantastic ". Basically I live that life every day. We are playing with different basel...