brad mehlenbacher, phd

definition

Of, pertaining to, concerning, or affecting the individual person or self (as opposed, variously, to other persons, the general community, or to one's office, rank, or other attributes); private; one's own; having the nature of a person, not a thing or abstraction.... (OED)

"What you are not is the illusion of what you are" (Thich Nhat Hanh)

details

Live and work in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, surrounding Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, and commute 18 minutes from home in Cary to NC State University in Raleigh. Moved to North Carolina in 1991. Before that, I lived in Renfrew, Stratford, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Pittsburgh, PA: North Carolina is as far south as I need to move.

daughters

Walking with Eleanor Dare Mehlenbacher and Talking with Frances Elizabeth Mehlenbacher.

spare

Spare time, from "spare" as in "Not in actual or regular use at the time spoken of, but carried, held, or kept in reserve for future use or to supply an emergency" and "time" as in "Period of existence or action; period of one's life, life-time" (OED). On time, Mark Twain is attributed with a most memorable observation: "Although the past may not repeat itself, it does rhyme."

If Twain doesn't suit you, surely Will Rogers will: "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save...."

"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience" (Leo Tolstoy)

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