On any given day I see a hundred different things that could potentially elicit an odd question out of me. Thankfully, I am often alone when I see these things; hence, my oddness is contained. Yet, on occasion I will be with someone who has not had the distinct pleasure in the past of being [...]
Tag: curiosity
Jeans – $1.99.
I ran to Sunmart near my house on the way to work on Friday to pick up a couple of things quickly. In the process of waiting in line I saw something curious - something that caught my eye. The something that caught my eye was a table stacked with jeans on the main aisle [...]
Okay – who is the retiree with the 120 candles?
I was on the North Dakota Employees' Retirement System webpage the other day and I observed something I found curious. The site has a pull down menu for year of birth. Nothing curious there - tons of websites have that. The curiosity was not in the menu's existence but in the range of birth years. [...]
The speed of construction…
Dear readers, I need your assistance. I think I have observed a strange phenomenon this past week and I need to either get confirmation that my conclusion about this phenomenon is right on the money or way off the mark. Here is the strange phenomenon I observed - the construction on Main Avenue suddenly seems to [...]
I want to know.
I love personalized license plates. I especially like the ones that so creatively use the sound of letters or numbers to build their plate - plates like N2 COWS or GR8T or 4SAKEN. My dad often talks about his favorite personalized plate of all time - CME2PEE. It belonged to a urologist. I love my [...]
Constant Curiosity
I attended a leadership seminar at NDSU today. The gentleman presenting the workshop stated that constant curiosity was a characteristic of successful people and a hallmark of good leaders. Whew! What a relief! In the past I wondered if my constant curiosity was a curse. I know that others have at times viewed it as a nuisance [...]
Questions, curiosities and ponderings…
I wonder about some things and I have been known to ponder things that most other folks don't waste time thinking about. I don't know why I am this way. I don't think I was always this way. I think it is a byproduct of developing the researcher in me. I now exist in a [...]
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