Henry David Thoreau’s classic book Walden is one of my favorite books. I love when serious books still have fun parts sprinkled here and there. “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate… We are eager toContinue reading “Walden”
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On the dangers of non-worship
(Before I start: this post will probably make only sense to Muslims. The terminology and the concepts will be more familiar to them. Apologies.) Writing about the dangers of worship got me thinking. In Islam we know that intentions are very important. We try to guard our intentions so that we do our actions onlyContinue reading “On the dangers of non-worship”
Three Men on the Bummel
Jerome’s book after “Three Men in a Boat” follows the same English friends, this time on a bicycle trip through Germany. Their prejudices and lack of linguistic skills make for some hilarious encounters. Clean British humour. You can find the book in different formats on the Gutenberg website. Here an excerpt in English andContinue reading “Three Men on the Bummel”
On the dangers of worship
This post is prompted by the quote from Ross Roberts’ blog post about his 12 rules for life in Tim Ferriss’ newsletter “5-Bullet Friday”. “Rule 2: Find something healthy to worship” The underlying assumption being that there is an inherent need in human beings to worship something (*). Personally, I would revise that toContinue reading “On the dangers of worship”
resumed …
I tried to rescue my old blog, but there was some kind of versioning problem and I couldn’t export all the data. So I copied the post contents from the database and reblogged them. That is why all older posts have the same date. I will try to change them directly in the database, soContinue reading “resumed …”
Home is where my yarn is
I is back !! 3.5 months away in a loud district of Istanbul and of all times during election time, made me appreciate the silence here so much more 🙂 I had a good time in Istanbul and charged a lot of energy, but I couldn’t meet all the friends I wanted to meet … IContinue reading “Home is where my yarn is”
Project “EST Granny Square Blanket”
Some time ago, ArtMind from the European Street Team (EST) on Etsy blogged about her dream in progress, referring to a granny square blanket she was working on. Back then I mentioned the idea that we, as the EST members, could make a collaborative granny square blanket for the team, where all participating members wouldContinue reading “Project “EST Granny Square Blanket””
Walnut-Apple Dessert
This recipe will serve 8-10 people. Ingredients: … for the apple layer2 ground apples4 tablespoons sugar1 teaspoon cinnamon powder100 gr ground walnuts … for the biscuit layer50 gr ground petit beur biscuits … for the pudding layer1 lt milk50 gr cornstarch7 tablespoons sugar Procedure… the apple layerPut the ground apples in a pan and letContinue reading “Walnut-Apple Dessert”
Bugs in writing
So, you finished your masters … you feel smart and are proud of yourself for having had the determination and will power to do it? Well, enjoy the feeling while it lasts !! If you are going to write a dissertation as well, you will feel different … soon !! All will start with theContinue reading “Bugs in writing”
For the language lovers out there
Tim Ferriss recently tweeted about a site ( Etymologically Speaking ) with a list of some curious word origins. Here are some of my favourites that I found very interesting: QuintessentialFrom the medieval Latin, “Quinta Essentia,” or “the Fifth Essence” — what we would now call, “The Fifth Element.” That which is quintessential is ofContinue reading “For the language lovers out there”