“I have failed in certain working relationships. I have failed to live up to an intellectual standard I once set for myself. Thus far, I feel as if I have failed to achieve the level of spiritual maturity I believe right for a man of my age. But I will not permit these failures to [...]
There was recently this really good article on Hacker News about the regrets of the dying. The author had the privilege of working in palliative care for years, working closely with patients during the last weeks or months of their lives. The five regrets he talks about are really interesting, but it’s the first two [...]
I used to think that I wanted to live without any regrets. The idea of living a life so satisfying and vibrant that you never look back has an undeniable allure. But over time, my thinking has changed and I’ve come to embrace regret as a healthy part of a mature outlook on life. Regrets [...]
I’m not always as up to date on the news as I should be, and something caught my eye today that has probably been in the national news for months, but had previously escaped my attention. The issue in question? The Ground Zero Mosque. At first I wasn’t sure what the controversy was, and I [...]
I read a lot of books. And probably 75% of the time I’m reading a book, I think of someone I’d like to recommend the book to. I used to loan copies of books to people, or even buy them a copy if I thought it was particularly good. But then I got a Kindle, [...]
My wife and I hired a housekeeper today. I was surprised when they showed up with three people and said it would take 60-90 mins to clean. We only have a small two bedroom apartment, so I didn’t think it would be that much work to clean. I had an appointment, so I left them [...]
I have a love/hate relationship with snobbery. Love to indulge in it, hate it when others do, particularly against things that I like. I was thinking about it today in terms of brands and how people love to hate things that are popular. Henceforth I devised a couple of hypotheses. Hypothesis 1: As the popularity [...]
I try to blog daily, but I have been silent for the last week due to a nasty case of food poisoning that I got last weekend. I spent the next few days mostly sleeping (to spare you the details) and am just now really getting back into the swing of things. I’ve sent a [...]