Pioneering scientist Erwin Chargaff on the power of being an outsider and what makes a great teacher →

Published August 28, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 28  ·  

If there is such a thing as a great scientist … that greatness can certainly not be transferred by what is commonly called teaching. What the disciples learn are the mannerisms, tricks of the trade, ways to make a career, or perhaps, in the rarest cases, a critical view of the meaning of scientific evidence and its interpretation. A real teacher can teach through his example — this is what the ducklings get from their mothers — or, most infrequently, through the intensity and the originality of his view or vision of nature.

~ Erwin Chargaff from, Pioneering Scientist Erwin Chargaff on the Power of Being an Outsider and What Makes a Great Teacher – The Marginalian

Elsewhere, this is 4ubaei4. — slipbox

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The Seine at dawn →

Published August 27, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 27  ·  

This one’s for Jesse (who’s currently on an expidition sharing Parkour in South Africa) who asked for more photos. This is a shot of the Seine near dawn as we were walking to Notre Dame (in Paris, in case that’s not obvious.)

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I surrender! →

Published August 27, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 27  ·  

‘cavalier’ leg-swing qm box-jump repeat repeat repeat *gasp* shady and not quite as hot, but eventually I had to lay down. Done for the day. All of tomorrow’s options apparently include ‘some running’. “Hello? US Embassy? …yes, I need asylum.”

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THE Cathedral in Èvry →

Published August 26, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 26  ·  ,

Spent all day here… push bend jump qm run vault parkour all the things!!! One more ‘section’ to go as soon as our training partner returns from a coffee run.

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I spy Tracy! →

Published August 25, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 25  ·  

She spent today in Evry chasing a familiar face!

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Mom, calm down… →

Published August 25, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 25  ·  ,

It’s only a splinter! I usually only show the rosy side of travelling and jumping on stuff. Well, seems I picked up a wee sliver of England at RDV XI. (ask me about the barefoot bail into thorns) Yes my tetanus immunization is up to date. THIS is why you should always travel with your personalized med kit… Tracy trained all day while I did my “wimpy lion with a thorn in its paw” imitation. Hopefully good to go tomorrow (PSA: early symptoms of Tetanus include jaw spasms, drooling, excessive sweating and irritability? …oh i’ve had that for 45 years then :P

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Familiar faces at the Louvre →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

Liberty leads the people of France to victory; The Mona Lisa and her famous smile; The raft of the Medusa (a famous shipwreck); Venus sans her arms

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Sizzling hot in Paris →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

We spent most of the day wandering around the Louvre which is sorta mostly kinda no not really climate controlled. Today I learned the French are straight-up allergic to air conditioning.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chapel of the Holy Cross →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24

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French Bakery →

Published August 24, 2016  ·  All posts on Aug 24  ·  

I have, apparently, died and gone to heaven. We were walking, and everyone going the other direction was carrying baguettes… hmmmmm, might be a bakery ahead. carbs. more carbs. ohmagerdCARBS!!

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