Can You Trust Your Brain?

Check out this clip and pause for a moment to ponder. Feel free to comment. Want more videos that amuse while you muse? Check out Clips to Ponder.

This is Hip Hop

Check out this clip and pause for a moment to ponder. Feel free to comment. Want more videos that amuse while you muse? Check out Clips to Ponder.

‘Over the Hill’

I've recently turned 40 and have found myself contemplating what lies on the road ahead and reflecting on the paths I've navigated to arrive at this stage in life. Supposedly, I'm at the 'halfway' point of my life (though many say it's age 50 these days), looking downhill toward the end. I don't accept this view...

What’s Growing in the Garden of Your Mind?

Here's a good remix of a great message from Mr. Rogers: So, what are you growing in the garden of your mind? Share your mental cultivation with a comment.

I Will

I sit. I I I watch. I I I wait. I I I will. I I I sit. I I I watch. I I I wait. I I I will.

Do You See What I See (in this rock)?

Take a moment to look at this picture I took of a rock from this cliff face on the St. Croix River. When we gaze upon the natural beauty of our world, we often see more than is actually there. Concentrate your visual perception and focus on the image below. Allow your imagination to carve...

The Pursuit of Self-Knowledge

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. These wise enlightened words come from the philosopher/author Lao Tzu (aka Laozi). I always strive to know myself, but I'm not sure if charging full steam ahead is the best path. Maybe it involves taking multiple paths, simultaneously, from different directions. I mean this figuratively, of...

The Versatile Blogger Award

The conditional cognition blog just received the Versatile Blogger Award! All thanks goes to one of my favorite blogs, Miss Demure Restraint, for presenting the award to this blog. She's a funny, witty author that knows how to tell a good story. You should check her out sometime. When I first received the information regarding the...

Slang Flashcards: Set 2

Yo, dawgs! What up? If you've been chillin' on conditional condition before, you probably know about the dope slang flashcards page (all props go to Knock Knock). Aiight, I've got quite a stash of these cards in the crib and thought that there's no need to keep these on the D.L., so I've decided to share...