Failure

Fantasy Football’s Dark Side

September 10, 2009

While tonight’s game between the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers kicks off the football season, it also kicks off Fantasy football season too. My teams is ready, is yours? And if it is, will disaster strike your team like it did my friend Jason’s team last year (see #3 of the posting)? Apparently, Tom Brady’s [...]

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Obama Uses Negative Thinking to Help Our Students

September 9, 2009

This is not a political post. I simply want to bring to light how President Obama used some negative thinking to talk to our children, well your children yesterday. He let them know that they’re not going to strike it rich without hard work. From CNN:  I know that sometimes, you get the sense from [...]

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Failure Friday: Anesthesia

March 20, 2009

Sometimes too much of a good thing can actually be fortunate for the rest of us. Here’s an example of an overdose gone…good? From mental_floss: Nitrous oxide was discovered in 1772, but for decades the gas was considered no more than a party toy. People knew that inhaling a little of it would make you [...]

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Failure Friday: Jerry Seinfeld

February 13, 2009

Getting fired is never a good feeling. That doesn’t mean it can’t be useful. Look at Jerry Seinfeld. He used getting fired from one sitcom to learn how he wanted to create and control his own. From CNN: Remember the ABC sitcom “Benson”? Seinfeld undoubtedly does. Early in his career he had a small recurring [...]

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Failure Friday: Dumb Criminals Too Stupid to Escape!

January 30, 2009
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Normally,  Failure Friday is for stories of failures that were helpful. Not this time. This is just funny and shows that some idiots never think too far ahead. Tweet

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Giving Up: Weakness or Strength?

January 28, 2009

Saw this and thought: “Yeah, that’s negative thinking working for you!” Tweet

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Avoiding the stigma of failure = illiterate graduates

April 21, 2008

Failing a student, keeping them back a grade is definitely a case by case basis. But as this article shows, more and more kids are getting “social promotions” through school to avoid the tag of failures. From KnoxNews.com: Charleston Beard failed several classes his sophomore year, but the 17-year-old Central High School student was promoted [...]

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Failure Friday: Yankees get Crystal Clear

March 14, 2008

 I can only hope, as a life-long Red Sox Fan, that this is a sign of how the Yankees season goes.  [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.486178&w=425&h=350&fv=] from sports.espn.go.com posted with vodpod Sometimes, the failures of others can set you up for success as this demotivational poster shows. Tweet

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Fallback Friday – Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position – Astrophysicist

February 15, 2008

I love watching Stephen Colbert. The other night, he featured negative thinking on his show “The Colbert Report” in a segment called Stephen’s Colbert’s Fallback Position. He’s worried about losing his job and is thinking of what else he can do for work.   The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Neil de Grasse Tyson www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political [...]

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Failure Friday: Possible Cancer Breakthrough

February 8, 2008

Saw this little tidbit on the net and it kind of pulls back the curtain on how things are discovered in the lab due to mistakes. From EurkeAlert!: In the study that led to the discovery of the anti-cancer effect, researchers were looking for new ways to reduce inflammation seen in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative [...]

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