Last weekend i boldly goed ( Read more... )

I need to make an effort to push myself out of the door. And the thing is, it's not just a physical or mental effort. It's a financial one. Especially when it comes to travel ( Read more... )

One of my colleagues recently shared with me his frustrations of trying to get new glasses that didn't give him a headache. After he went back to his eye doc and they retested everything, he made the choice that i didn't and continued with the original glasses as prescribed. He said after persevering for a few days he didn't have a headache any ( Read more... )

Every weekend that i don't go out for a bike ride, i feel like perhaps i wasted the weekend ( Read more... )

I have a great aversion to owning stuff. It makes me feel trapped. But also it feels wasteful. I try to keep my ecological footprint small. So many people have so much stuff that they hardly ever or even never use. My rule of thumb is if i am not going to actively use something at least once a week, every week, i shouldn't buy it. And if i can't ( Read more... )

What is it that goes through the minds of people that compels them to log on to the internet and just keep... on... arguing? Desperate to get the last word in, apparently incapable of reflecting on their own compulsion to try to lecture others ( Read more... )

Alas, we barely knew you, but those few short years we spent together were amongst the best of my life ( Read more... )

Although the temperature is glorious during the summer in Taiwan, Taipei in particular is somewhat depressing due to the overlapping rainy season. I suppose if you enjoy epic thunderstorms it's pretty cool - and i do enjoy those to a point - but when they're happening every single day it kinda throws a wrench into any kind of outdoor activity ( Read more... )

I get most of my entertainment news through ohnotheydidnt, which i read more for the entertainment of the comments than the actual news. But, you know, at least by browsing that comm every day i knew the name Charlie XCX years before it unexpectedly popped up in the "serious" news, even though i still have no idea what her music sounds like ( Read more... )

Something i find myself bumping up against semi-frequently in my life is a different sense of class than many of the people i interact with. I am not sure where my sense of class developed, but i wonder how much my childhood in the UK had an influence ( Read more... )