Monthly Archives: January 2006

Lifehacker turned me on to an old but still interesting Metafilter thread about inspirational moments in your lives. Though many of them are uplifting, inspiring and even funny (“Heard Ramones. Everything changed.”), others are downright chilling: From the age of 2 … Continue reading →

I originally sent the note below to a friend who has back pain, but then I remembered that I’ve repeated this story over and over to people in the past, so maybe some of you could benefit. I’ve had lower … Continue reading →

For some reason this post on Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish struck a chord with me. I started to send him an email, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought it’s something I should talk about here. … Continue reading →

One of the few newsletters I read almost every week is Meryl Runion’s PowerPhrase a Week. This week she has a great take on New Year’s resolutions. What if you wrote your New Year Resolutions in performance review phrases? For … Continue reading →

Uber investor Warren Buffet is justly famous for his folksy shareholder letters. Last year I made a vague resolution to go back and read them all, but I never really made the commitment. So this year I’m going to read … Continue reading →

Most people in business have heard that piracy in China is huge. A visitor there quickly notices a) a lot of products featuring Disney, Snoopy, Ralph Lauren and every Hollywood movie ever made 2) that are incredibly cheap – too … Continue reading →

I’m looking out my office window into a spooky beautiful morning. There’s a fog in the air, and the just-coming-up sun is diffused into a beautiful glow. Unfortunately I don’t have my camera, so I can’t show you what I … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! In 2006 one of my resolutions is to post to my blog on a more regular schedule – at least twice a week and every day if possible. So if you’re groaning at the idea of  hearing … Continue reading →