Watch a TED Talk

  This is actually a post for yesterday. Kind of a lazy Friday. Above is the talk I watched last night.

 Back in 2007, I started living with my then boyfriend, now fiance. Our job schedules were slightly off kilter. He had to leave the house around 7am, and I did not have to be in to work until 10 or 11. Right after he after he left, I would begin a media-heavy morning routine that include The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, NPR and/or Democracy Now, at least one TED Talk and an entire pot of coffee. I became deeply infatuated this "Newsertainment" model. I was downright giddy whenever I saw the same person or concept cross-over from broadcast to broadcast (or maybe that was just the coffee jitters).

I won't say that this block of daily gluttony is something I am striving to regain. I do miss the exposure to new ideas that the TED Talks offered though. At the time, I was a fairly recent college graduate fresh off my first teaching job. I had been wrapped up in studying, discussing, and teaching language arts for so long that I hadn't paid much attention to what was happening outside of the realms of literature and education. These videos sparked an interest in me for topics I had either long neglected  or had never really considered: mainly scientific discoveries, real world math applications, and diverse viewpoints on history and sociology.  It is the spark I am looking to regain. As I jump into a new semester of grad school, I am want to avoid slipping back into the tunnel vision that makes me forget about all the really cool stuff that is happening outside of my own field.



Today's other accomplishments:

• Made the bed
• Read a book
• Prepped tomorrow's meals
• Prepped the coffee pot