Live while you are alive
I read somewhere that a gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes, but doesn’t. Geraldine Blake, Worthing, West Sussex I disagree. A gentleman is someone in the airline seat in front of you who has the right to recline his seat suddenly, without warning the person behind, but doesn’t. I have long legs. Almost …
There must be something I don’t understand. The prime authors of Gross National Happiness speak as follows about culture: “The key importance of culture includes: to instill values for the full development of human beings, to meet spiritual and emotional needs, to temper the pace of modernisation and the negative impacts of globalisation, to safeguard …
There have been a number of time use studies over the years, the object of which is to provide information which could be used to assess the impacts of policies, compare cultures and societies, gauge lifestyle changes, and assess the needs of special groups of people such as the old and disabled. They provide information …
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Boys with sisters are approximately 13% less likely to do the dishes than boys with brothers. (The Atlantic, 28 June 2013) What’s the point of having a sister if you have to do the dishes? Epicureans believe that everyone should do what they are best at. (Joke! Joke! Don’t get excited)
Millionaire households in the US raked in $80 million in unemployment benefit during the economic downturn, due to lack of means testing in federal aid programs. (Bloomberg 5th April 2013). Which is why they are millionaires. Epicurus believed you should live modestly, but enjoy life. Money matters less than love, friends, a sense of humor, …
