Just last week, I was in a public toilet. Or restroom, if you prefer (I don’t – it’s just about the last place I’d want to rest). And there, above the urinal, was a sign that said Now wash your […]

I could hardly believe my ears. “So you’re telling me you had to make another appointment?” I asked incredulously. My friend stirred her skinny frappé, clinked her spoon onto the saucer and took a sip of the steaming brew. “Yes,” […]

Carrying on my theme of belief (see previous entry), I’ve been watching the always-entertaining Alain de Botton on TED. Back in 2009, I recommended his talk entitled A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success, in which he spoke about the gulf between […]

We’d see each other occasionally at the gym, when our schedules coincided. We’d nod, and exchange the briefest of greetings. Then, I’d head off to work out alone, doing pretty much the same thing I always do, the ultimate creature […]

When was the last time you read a novel? A big, chunky, doorstep of a novel? Hundreds and hundreds of pages of densely packed text, which kept you enthralled for hours at a time? OK, maybe that was a bit […]