Problems
that are not seen
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Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. Investigative Journalists. Authors of SHE SAID.
Other people’s wisdom
We often accept deeply unfair systems as normal – simply because we don’t know any different.
– Katja Berlin –
A Genie in a (chopped) Tomato Tin
I really don’t know any more how it happened. We were sitting in the car and suddenly there was this bright light and some unbearable noise.
I had rubbed some dirt off a chopped tomato tin from our grocery shopping at Aldi and all of a sudden this impeccably dressed guy in a 1930s cocktail tuxedo outfit was sitting next to me in the car.
Continue reading “A Genie in a (chopped) Tomato Tin”My Cobot Stanley
I rest my head on his broad chest, I hear his rhythmic breathing and he whispers: “Oh, you are exhausted, aren’t you? You poor one.” I nod and he sings me a lullaby. He has an excellent voice. A mix of Aretha Franklin and Ryan Gosling. So soothing and affirmative. Having said this, Stanley can change his voice to whatever he wants. It really depends on my mood. He is so amazingly versatile.
Continue reading “My Cobot Stanley”A dog named Ollie
Ollie didn’t have any of it. Little Ollie paused, had a long sniff at presumably another dog’s pee, meandered coolly around the sidewalk, looked after other dogs passing by and didn’t give a toss about what Ollie’s accompanying lady shouted at him. “Ollie, come here. Ollieee, over here. Ooolliiee, move. Ooooolllliieeee, no, don’t!”
Continue reading “A dog named Ollie”Beyond The Seven Deadly Sins
I was raised in a Catholic environment. A small village in Southern Germany with a church forming its centre and a chapel with a mysterious crypt as eternal deathbed for our gentry. Those feudal countryside masters left our village in the 19th century and if I remember correctly, their heritage line died out shortly after. Almighty God’s will or random coincidence?
Continue reading “Beyond The Seven Deadly Sins”Other people’s wisdom
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt.
Happiness is never grand.
– Mustapha Mond, World Controller, in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley –
How To Become An Efficient Sociopath
Welcome to my abundant wellspring of emotional wisdom snacks navigating our complex relationship world with strangers, friends, family, lovers, partners. I’ll be starting with a light approach introducing or (for the savvier ones of you) recapping often used expressions coined in soul-stirring digital research labs: Online Dating.
Continue reading “How To Become An Efficient Sociopath”Other people’s wisdom
Exercise, alcohol and friends. Three great ways to trigger endorphins.
– Robin Dunbar –
What you permit is what you promote.
During a heart-to-heart talk with a co-worker, she said: “You are passive-aggressive.” Source of the heated truth-telling dialogue was an e-mail answer I had sent.
Continue reading “What you permit is what you promote.”