Recalibration

So your head is on backwards. It comes as a surprise, as any Rhino would notice. That Realization can be seen as Demoralizing, or as an Opportunity.

Change is not easy, We know that. But without seeing that all is not well, Improvement is Highly Unlikely.

Bad news, Good news… Each of Us gets to define it. Or act on it.

Going Up… or Down

Sometimes Nature makes a shift, raising one flat place above another. The resulting wall separating those fields is called an Escarpment, geologically speaking.

Rhinos seldom scale these Escarpments, lacking both the Equipment and the Skill. When you are Big, you don’t want to do a lot of falling down.

Being incapable ourselves doesn’t mean We can’t appreciate it.

Star light, Star bright…

 

Hypatia was a 4th century specialist in philosophy, mathematics, and astrology. She lived in Egypt and was highly regarded, being the first female mathematician about whom much is known today.

Unhappily, nothing she wrote is directly known, though she had quite a reputation among philosophers of her day.

We hail Hypatia’s achievements, despite the fact that We Rhinos never much understood her.

Earth Movers

Mr. Melville R. Bissell (b. 1843) invented the Carpet Sweeper in 1876, a popular labor-saving device. No more beating the rugs on the back fence; you just swept the rugs on the floor. Neat!

In the Wild, this invention is not common. Rhinos don’t own anything, and there is much more dirt than there is carpet…

It’s use also assumes We Rhinos don’t like the dirt where it is, which isn’t the case.