Live while you are alive
It is early on a Sunday morning I am on holiday in an idyllic spot with palm trees and white sand and just the sound of the wind and waves, when the next door neighbor comes out of his cottage, not ten yards away, and proceeds to have a business conversation on his phone at …
A British man recently took a persistent cold-caller who was trying to sell him his products, to Court, claiming recompense for his wasted time. A small claims court awarded him £195 for his time and electricity, plus £25 costs. There comes a point in one’s life when time becomes one’s most precious resource. Time-wasters should pay …
I have recently been on a painkiller called Lyrica. It lists side effects as drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, constipation, difficulty concentrating (yes!), swollen arms and legs, weight blurred vision, unusual bleeding or bruising, unsteadiness, confusion, muscle pain or weakness, depression, suicidal thoughts, thoughts about self-harm, rash, itchiness, and trouble breathing. You are not advised to …
The British eat 97 % of the world’s baked beans (fact). Baked beans are very Epicurean. They should be eaten at dead of night by torchlight under the blankets in boarding school dormitories. Eaten at breakfast time they are the wrong color and are boring. Epicurus himself would have been a baked bean lover. This …
American writer Michael Lewis spent time with President Obama. One of the most interesting things that comes out of his report is Obama’s attitude towards decision making. “He had very self-consciously sought to eliminate all trivial decision-making from his life, such as what he wears to work,” Lewis tells NPR’s Renee Montagne about his interviews …
