I read The Brothers Karamazov (777 pages), by Dostoevsky. Then, Why Buddhism is True, by Robert Wright. Now, I'm reading SuperBetter, by Jane McGonigal.
Up next, is a triple shot of psych!:
Authentic Happiness (Seligman), the Yale happiness course (free, online), and Freud and Beyond (compilation of readings on the history of psychoanalytic thought)
fun with chemicals-
interesting discovery: champ (coke heroin acid meth pot), vs. runner's high, sex. dose: (4 happiness chemicals): Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphins
I worked at Mission San Jose (in Fremont) today, with Sr. Barbara, took Bart, brought my bike, got rained on, got a ride to and from Warm Springs station, had lunch, earned some cash, weed-whacked, and painted a basket (and my hand) black.
I didn't see Sr. Rose Marie (my aunt: mom's sister), she was at a priest's funeral. My mom's brother (jim), my dad's brother (tom), my godfather (richard), and friends Barry and Mike Rankin, have all bit the dust, in the not-too-distant past.
I just bought a new computer! an apple laptop, on amazon, $799 (list price $1149). Sara and Pierre took $150 off for my birthday/ last xmas, plus no sales tax in Oregon. So 349 + 60 + 150, free! I bought Augie a slinky, and 4 pair of ear-candles, for everybody. They're going to Vietnam shortly, and I'll be sitting for their 2 dogs, Banh Mi and Poutine (3 walks/day). I'll play with my new toy there. They have an Alexa, too. I'm gonna check out the Main Library, public transportation, the Ymca, branch libraries, restaurants...
I researched Reed a bit. I'm going to hang out at their library. Visitors are welcome, and wifi is free there. My hs guidance counselor recommended Reed to me, but I didn't apply. I know one Reedie. They don't assign grades! I bet I would have loved it. Maybe I can be a part of their community somehow, age 47 (!!). "crate" (challenging rigorous and transformative education)
Reed numbers-
2018-19 $ cost
(6 categories: tuition, fee, room and board,
books/supplies, personal expenses, transportation)
tuition: $56,030.
fees: $310.
r+b: $14,210.
b/s: $1050. (71,600)
pe: $900 (personal expenses).
Transportation: $200-2000.
Total: 72,700-74,500 (1 year) x4= 298k (@72-74k/yr).
67% 4 yr graduation rate
(reed class of 2013), 6 years? (79.3%)
51% receive financial aid.
4 years= (8,760 hours x4)=35,040 hours .
other numbers! :
28 acres of woodland, 1400 students, 40 majors/programs (plus 1 master's deg), half a million books in the library, adding 15,000/year. altitude 135 feet ("higher education" lol), 9:1 s:f ratio (student:faculty). Library hours: 8a-2:30a (!)
My blog got 300 page views (exactly), yesterday, which makes me happy.
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