Tedium is part of life
I read this in Radical Candor, where the author quotes an employee talking about her work, “Plutarch laid bricks, Spinoza ground lenses..T..
Ode to “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”
I received a hard copy of this book from my husband. This is the second book I read by Neil Gaiman and I was once again teleported to a fa..
“Cool” and “being polite” are overrated
About the first: it depends on the cool . Clearly, I was’t thinking about the birth of the cool .
This article below explains why we se..
Marketing food to kids
I recently read a quote by Ludwig von Mises that made me connect many dots: “There is no sensible distinction to be made in a restaurant b..
The ratio of exploring something new to deepening what is already known
Maybe there’s no ratio and no need to mathematise this topic. But I have been thinking about it for a while now, particularly since I had ..
Better ginger than sorry
Attention! This is an anecdote.
Every year or so I have a tonsillitis episode. I tend to think it’s usually viral and not bacterial. Bu..
The secret sauce to good food
The secret sauce to good food that I’m about to share is something that I’ve discovered by myself while cooking and testing with flavors. ..
In a world where…
In a world where people use “in a world where” to sound legit, be the record changer.
Hobbies: Breaking from work
In the past few months, I’ve seen several people announcing on Linkedin that they quit their jobs and will take a long break. The reason: ..
A thought on reading books to children
One of the things that I find extraordinary about reading books to children, is that it has enabled me to better explain the world around ..