Déjà Vu Or What?
I recently traveled from London to Larnaca with British Airways on a flight scheduled for 11:40. Earlier that morning, I unnecessarily woke up around 3:30; more than 8 hours before take off. Unable to return to sleep, I finally sat…
Read moreRemember to Breathe
My default setting is to talk fast and finish what I have to say quickly in case my listeners get bored, but more to the point, in case I get bored with myself
Read moreQuestions, Questions
Lawyer: doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? Witness: all of my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Read moreCrawlers, Swingers & Occasional Divers
A pseudo scientific research on our getting into bed habits.
Read moreDoes This Hurt?
Last Tuesday night Claire was getting ready to return to England when I declared to her one of two problems I had, thinking that maybe I shouldn’t overburden her with worry before her flight back. “I think I am getting…
Read moreStupid Flyers Club
How to out-stupid the most stupid travellers over a bunch of teabags and a jar of bee secretion
Read moreClip, Clip, Clip…
What noise gets your teeth on edge? Is it scraping of a sharp object across the blackboard? Could it be the drip, drip sound of a water tap? Maybe it is slurping soup, or the leaking sound from the headphones…
Read moreNine Managers From Hell
A lot of professionals consider promotion to a management position as a final destination rather than a start of a journey. Incompetent management comes in a variety of forms. I am sure you can think of a bunch of them…
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