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John Barrowman at FandomFest 2013 (x)

'Never apologize for being nerdy.'

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"Non-nerds don't apologise for being dickheads."

They really don't.

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Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.

Carl Sagan (via perfect)

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My book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Click here for details.

wilwheaton

(via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)

thisisgoodinternet

‘Lil Stan Lee-Cosplay: http://www.crackajack.de/2013/05/21/lil-stan-lee-cosplay/

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Have to keep this in mind for when our daughter arrives...

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claytonianjp

A review of D&D by Space Gamer. Highlight box mine.

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Pixel People - Movie Cross Stitch Patterns by WeeLittleStitches / Store

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According to Bruce Nussbaum, author of a new book titled Creative Intelligence,”Creativity is learned behavior that gets better with training—like sports. You can make creativity routine and a regular part of your life.”

Here are 4 Ways to Amplify Your Creativity today.

1. Assemble a creative circle.

So you need to engage with creative people. Ask yourself, among your friends and colleagues, who is the most creative? Who brings out the most creativity in you?

2. Belong to a pivot circle.

Successful creativity requires scaling your new concept into an actual product. You have to pivot from creativity to creation. To do that, you need to find the resources to transform your concept into reality…I like to call them “wanderers,” people (or smart crowds) experienced enough to screen new ideas, pick those likely to succeed, and provide the resources to try them out.

3. Conduct a creativity audit.

So take a moment to take a creativity audit. What do you really know that might be of value? What does your generation, your group, your family, your hobbies, your obsessions give you that might connect to new technologies or other bits of knowledge that might lead to something new?

4. Map your creativity.

Being creative means leading a creative life. We need to reflect on what we do, with whom we engage, how we act in order to increase our creative capacities. One easy way is to keep a creativity journal and map our creativity.

A creativity map can reveal your process of creativity. Or it can show the banality of your life and why you should change it.

How else can you be more creative today?