Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
How truth-telling in Chicago led to a unique new law
17 Apr 2019Truth-telling in Chicago On February 9th 1982, a man grabbed a Chicago policeman’s gun in the street and shot him…
What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe?
02 Feb 2019What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe? Just this week I heard from my neighbourhood network about…
The Man Who Tasted Shapes
25 Jan 2019The Man Who Tasted Shapes – Richard E Cytowic It began in a kitchen. Two men talking over a roast…
Word power
10 Jan 2019Word power Last week, I watched a preview of the new movie Vice – a riveting and at times shocking…
My UnChristmas Message
19 Dec 2018My UnChristmas Message For the next two weeks, the Christmas religion of consumerism tells us everyone is supposed to achieve…
Taking risks in the farmers’ market
07 Nov 2018How often do you find yourself taking risks? Recently, my wife and I visited a farmers’ market along with our…
6 (easy) ways to overcome procrastination
10 Oct 2018Do you want to overcome procrastination? We’re all good at putting things off. Of course, if we were that good…
