By Eddie Pipkin
Last week I wrote about resolutions, but I left an important one out – which, of course, means that I left last week’s blog entry, you might say … unresolved! (We shall take a brief pause while you wipe up the coffee you just spewed all over your laptop. In my defense, I did not resolve to be less corny.) However, I did make a firm resolution to learn something new every day. I’m a curious person by nature, so I’m always asking questions and fascinated by original ideas, but this is something more – not just adding new layers of trivia to juice my Jeopardy score. This is an attempt to recommit to adding new skills to my toolkit. Or at least in the realm of abstract ideas to concentrate on new information that can be applied in practical ways (not just info that’s entertaining or intriguing, but useful in ways that have measurable impact).