#74 Cropping a Photo aka Evolution of My Life Odyssey
Life’s odyssey – a long, eventful, or adventurous experience. As I reach my last year of 60s, I have been pondering about my lifestyle. Is it broad enough or is…
#73 Meliorism
In this month's article, I want to pay homage to a Meliorist, my good friend Pratima who does a yeowoman job of social service with an organization (Bring a Smile…
Photo Credit: JM
#72 Flânerie – the Art of Aimless Strolling
Flâneur (French: [flɑnœʁ]) is a type of urban male "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", or "loafer". This French term was popularized in the 19th century and has some nuanced additional meanings (including as a loanword into various languages,…
#71 Temporize or Hurtle?
I have been telling my readers that I will get to deal with losing the comment section in my blog's previous incarnation. The hosting site decided to unilaterally remove the…
#70 A man and his Ax
A man is cutting trees in the forest with a blunt ax. A fellow tells him it would be better if the axe is sharpened. Farmer says, I can't do…
#69 Auld Lang Syne
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. I am at a stage where anticipatory anxiety is slowly…
#68 Intellectual Humility – Singing A Different Song
Intellectual humility is the recognition of the limits of one's knowledge and an openness to new ideas, which fosters better decision-making and social interactions. Intellectual humility is defined as a…
#67 Cacoethes
Cacoethes - kakəˈwēT͟Hēz An urge to do something inadvisable; the word is recorded from the mid 16th century, and comes via Latin from Greek kakoēthes, from kakos ‘bad’ + ēthos…
#66 With friends like these…
You live a very healthy, long, and happy life. The theme of this article is something that has been on the back of my mind and I would like to…
#65 Butterfly Effect
In chaos theory , the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in…
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