Rory’s Blog

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  • DudeGPT

    For my entire life, I’ve shied away from anything that involves building or fixing.  My dad’s dad was a salesman and my dad was too busy spending time with us to care about building or fixing.  I am, without a doubt, one of the least handy people I know.  And not just unhandy; I’m talking…

  • When TV Mattered

    I proposed an idea a few years ago that is gaining traction in my circle: What if you could set your television to only show programs made within a certain time period? With this in mind, I grabbed the remote the other night, determined to watch something all of us would enjoy and that actually…

  • Approaching Happiness

    In a recent interview with Arthur Brooks, a Happiness Scientist and professor at Harvard (he also recently published a book with Oprah), he distilled happiness into three elements: satisfaction, enjoyment, and meaning. Brooks’ thesis stuck with me as I reflected on my life and the lives of our students. 1. SATISFACTION This summer I installed…