Daniel O'Rourke - The Things that Count Cannot be Counted

[fionnbharro]

The Things that Count Cannot be Counted

by Daniel O’Rourke
11/10/11

Albert Einstein loved wordplay. He once wrote on a classroom blackboard at Princeton, “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

Comments

[kahnegabs]

Was it your birthday this week? If so, please accept my congratulations. If no, please correct me as to the date.

I hope you are having a good week..

[fionnbharro]

Yes, it *was* my birthday -- the 7th. And, no, I'm not telling you how old I am. :)

I've decided to start writing on LiveJournal, again. I don't know how successful I'll be, since I'm out of the habit (It used to be something I did and looked forward to).

I actively took the time off from using LiveJournal because I felt I was spending too much time in front of the computer and not as much as I should with the family. I now routinely take all of my e-mails off-line (I download them for later reading, then delete when done).

What's changed? Not much -- I just think I can better handle my online/real-life balance, now.

So.... with some hope, I'll be a bit more social, again.

[kahnegabs]

Well, I hope that birthday was a good one. I know, a lot of us have backed off a bit from the computer, but LJ is so much better than Facebook, that perhaps people will get started on it again. It certainly takes less time than Facebook.

(I'm laughing because I think I have a pretty good idea how old you are, and I'm amused that once a person gets old enough, you become pleased with you age rather than hiding it. I'm at that point in my life now. I'll tell anyone. LOL.)