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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Clarification: Apropos my June 2025 article, based on feedback received from a couple of friends, I would like to offer a clarification. When I talked about "don't let the diabetic…
Is a refrain my good friend V always says whenever we talk about getting old. Even when I mention it in jest, he would immediately cut me off and would…