I miss you
There used to be days when I used to wake up and see your beautiful face and consider myself the most fortunate man alive. Your smile was so bright and plentiful that it could even make the birds chirp and flowers bloom. In an instant, you would fill my darkness with your light. Your warm […]
Creative answers on exams
Found these while trolling the web today; had to save them – good for a laugh some other day
Can we buy a little happiness everyday
Every day is a blur, every day is another churn of the machine, every day is another fleeting memory, everyday is another sad story. I recently befriended a girl and almost instantly envied her because she seemed to derive happiness from the smallest and most trivial things that most of us so nonchalantly wave away. […]
The Bozon Threat
A couple of decades ago, public health officials noted an increasing and alarming phenomenon. Smart people who had spent a lot of time with stupid people were turning stupid. Permanently. This was seen as a significant problem. Investigation revealed that stupid people emit a small, lightweight particle that travels in irregular motions like a fly […]
My favorite wine – Gewürztraminer
If it was any easier to pronouce, I would be just drinking brandy. Gewürztraminer (ɡəˈvÊrtstraˈmi:nÉš) is a sweet, sensous and aromatic wine that has hints of roses, passion fruit and floral essences. I don’t remember exactly how I first tasted Gewurztraminer, but it was definitely by chance; it was one of the scores of wines […]
What makes us grown-ups
I believe I once read in a fortune cookie that…. “people are as old as they want to believe they are”. I remember that as a child I once wanted to be a doctor, to save lives, to be the hero who rescued the day, the godfather-persona who everyone would owe a favor to. Those […]
Why I will blog more regularly
People blog for three different reasons: a. They want attention and they have interesting lives and thoughts they want others to know about b. They want to make money from their blogs at some point, so they start blogging about one particular topic c. They like to influence others through their opinions and insights, typically […]
7 Lessons from Einstein
We often associate certain names to the virtue of excellence. Tiger Woods to the game of golf, Michael Jordan to the game of basketball and Pablo Picasso to painting. What if you had to name the genius of the 20th century? Without a doubt, Albert Einstein gets the nod. Arguably, the smartest man ever born, […]
The Psychopath Test
Read the question, come up with an answer and then click through for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads.A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a man who she did not know. She thought he was ‘amazing’. She believed him to be her dream […]