Joseph Palmer - Hi Joe! ;)

(Found randomly from http://pk-kirsch.de/) Glück ist, das meiste aus dem zu machen, was man ist. Reichtum ist, das meiste aus dem zu machen, was man hat. (Translated by Google) Luck is, to make most from, what one is. Wealth is, to make most from, what one has.

Eriko, Jerry, and I went to Vancouver, BC on Saturday. We spent about 8 hours in the car in exchange for about 8 hours in Canada - most of which were spent with Naofumi, Eriko’s cousin. We went to Stanley park, the aquarium, walked around downtown, and hung out at the Oakridge Mail (unfortunately it was raining.) I finally had an opportunity to listen to some of the longer podcasts; I found this one particularly interesting.

Jerry demonstrated the first use of his new sign language word - “more”, which he does by bringing his hands together (after making a cone with each hand.) I think this is quite noteworthy because it is the first use of an action or feeling rather than just a noun. Jerry does have signs for plane, gorilla, bird, and hat: plane is where he holds his hand up high over his head; for gorilla he beats his hands on his chest (or more typically, his stomach); for bird he moves his pointer and thumb together (like beak); for hat he hits his head with his hand.

This should really make you think…

From this wikipedia article: The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi during his last days. The seven blunders are: * Wealth without work * Pleasure without conscience * Knowledge without character * Commerce without morality * Science without humanity * Worship without sacrifice * Politics without principle