Learning Daily - Hemingway and Dinosaur Sex...

 I have said it many times, but maybe not on this blog, one of the most valuable things I ever learned in my college career, was from a professor who said, if you do anything in your life, learn one new thing each and every day.  Since then, I have always tried to do that.  So, I want to start sharing that with you.

Today, I actually did two things.  I don't always seek out to learn new things, unless something isnt just presenting itself to me.  Today, two things did.

Ernest Hemingway

A co-worker whom I have come to greatly respect and who has taught me so much about the work in our jobs, taught me something without knowing it today.  During a meeting he sent me a message.  "Write drunk, edit sober - Hemingway."  Actually a very valid quote, but I wouldn't recommend it for work emails or writings.  But, if writing articles, books, or blogs (I am not drunk while writing this) it might not be a bad thing.  Anywho, it is not the quote that made me learn.  He told me a little about Hemingway after that, and I decided to look him up.  After that meeting was over, I went back into a Google Meet with another co-worker, and I asked him he knew about Hemingway.  That led to both of us looking up Hemingway on Wikipedia.  And we talked about.  It is amazing what you can learn.

Learn about Ernest Hemingway here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

Dinosaur Sex

Seems to be a totally odd switch from Ernest Hemingway.  And I totally agree that it is.  But, after a late meeting, I was driving home and got a notification from CNN on my phone.  I looked at it, and the headline about was about how did dinosaurs have sex or reproduce.  The article basically said that we still don't know exactly how it happened, but we are making great strides in it.  It was actually a very interesting article and I recommend reading it!

Learn more about Dinosaur reproduction here:  https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/world/dinosaur-sex-lives-scn/index.html

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