I buy organic food whenever I can even though it’s more expensive because it tastes better or is healthier. Yes, it can be hard to look at a jar of mayonnaise that’s not organic, tastes very similar, and is half the price of organic mayonnaise, and not buy it. But when that happens, I just …
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Once we stayed at a guesthouse and after a couple of days there I said to my wife, “Too bad the water tastes funny,” and then she said, “What do you mean? It tastes fine.” And then I tasted water from her cup and it did taste fine. It turns out that it was just …
I often see my 2-year-old kid mimic the things my 4-year-old kid says and does, even when she doesn’t know what she’s repeating. It makes me think that there’s a human tendency to just do whatever the person next to you is doing. That sounds very dangerous. Following should be a choice, not a knee …
My 4-year-old son fell off his bike and scraped his knee while we were biking. It was very minor, with no blood or even redness. He seemed okay immediately after but then my wife wiped his scrape with some of her saliva and that set him off crying. He probably spent about 10 minutes crying …
No one wants to look at clutter all the time. And no one wants to clean up constantly. You see the problem.
My 4-year-old son’s drawings are improving. Here is a triceratops. He probably looks forward to the day that he can draw even better. But I don’t think he should rush it. Things only go forward. Only 4 year olds can draw like 4 year olds. A 40 year old couldn’t draw like a 4 year …
In an interview with Ray Dalio, a very successful hedge fund manager, the interviewer asked Ray what the keys to his success were and Ray mentioned a couple of things and then mentioned transcendental meditation. The interviewer didn’t pursue that line of the conversation, even though it was clearly important to Ray, and perhaps unique …
After Eliud Kipchoge broke the world record and ran a marathon in under 2 hours, he said, “That was the best moment of my life.” That probably didn’t come as a surprise to him. It was a big goal that he had been working towards for a long time, so the fact that achieving that …
Eliud Kipchoge set a world record in 2019 when he became the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. He gave himself ideal conditions. He chose a flat course in cool weather. He had the course all to himself. He didn’t race against other runners. He raced against the clock. But he …
My car is in the shop and I was trying to figure out if the previous owner had the timing belt changed at the 90,000 mile tuneup because my mechanic was asking me and I didn’t know. I had a copy of a quote from the shop that may have done the 90,000 mile tuneup …
