Archive for the 'Self Help' Category



This quote seemed appropriate after my last web log.We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, […]

Rose-Hulman is a superb academically. But there are a few major problems. Most recently, it does not allow its students to focus on the important things in life — specifically, events that concern friends and family. This quarter, two of my friends have had someone near to them die, but because of rigor and intensity […]

My father once told me, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” This is a true statement, but what about the contrapositive, “Something ventured, something lost.”

So, I just read Nate’s AIM profile. In it had a personality test from IMtools.com. I took it. Here’s “my” personality:
Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who’s constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They […]