I purchased this book on a lark at an airport bookstore, and honestly I find myself unimpressed.  The author explains his basic theory of mind-changing and then proceeds with a long list of what he would qualify as "stories."  Given the summary chapter on how to change the minds of a large and nonuniform group of people is that storytelling is ( Read more... )

1. A substantial amount of the money in India has Gandhi's image on it. I don't think this was what he meant when he said "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

2. I found this quote to be rather amusing:

It has not been out of print since 1980, and had sold 800,000 copies by 2006, making it the most popular version of the ( Read more... )

One of the main downsides to the iPhone's interface, and really the interface of most mobile devices, is that the keyboard is small and not particularly helpful when attempting to enter large blocks of text ( Read more... )

The office had a Thanksgiving potluck, so I was motivated to attempt to cook something.  My sister gave me a Moosewood cookbook which I've been slowly experimenting with, and it had a recipe that involved pumpkin,  the "Pumpkin and Porcini Soup" , so I figured I'd give it a whirl ( Read more... )

Four (and a half?) travelers on a trip from Bangkok to Sydney:

1. An elderly and wealthy businessman from the tin industry who was in Bangkok on vacation, was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and is going to Australia to see a specialist recommended by a friend.
2. A young Thai cardiologist, accompanying the businessman because he was headed ( Read more... )

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These are essentially blog posts from my three weeks in Thailand.

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The first two are true, the third... I guess that's not possible anymore.

Despite the temptation, I will not delude myself into getting into NaNoWriMo, even though it is a great challenge.  That I'm spending a good week and a half of the month away from home and I'm going to lose a few days right here and now to utter confusion about what time I ( Read more... )

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I was listening to El Presidente, and for a while I was actually agreeing with him.  Then he gets to the "regulation should not impair growth."  Sounds tautological, right ( Read more... )