is taluki a name ?

N is A'd ?

the schopenhauer echo

the walls are sliding in. together they spell 'quiet desperation'

notes from the ant-farm

this comes to mind ...
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love

lao tzu quote

"I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:
The first is deep love,
The second is frugality,
And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.
Because of deep love, one is courageous.
Because of frugality, one is generous.
Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader
of the world."
- Lao-tzu

nudge. economics of

link. Economics of nudging. Interesting

the Pranayama club

Welcome to the Pranayama club. Please roll out your mats on the grass. yes, like that, thank you. I will begin my lecture now. Please all be seated.

 

Breathing is an essential requirement of life. If you stop breathing, you die. If you die, you stop breathing. While this sounds the same, it is not. This is one of the profound truths of the Universe. While we continue to maintain that reality is an illusion, a simulation that has been perpetrated upon us , please do not forget to pay the club fees before the 25th of each month. Whatever you do, do not try to hold your breath for longer than necessary, remember what I said about breathing ?

Other than this, we aren't too interested in what you do. Do feel free to hang around. Tea is at five.

 

Peace !!

 

Two raised to the power of sixty-four is a 20 digit number. I read it in a yellow-jacketed maths (max?) book brought out by Mir Publishers. Borrowed from the neighbours. Nerdy days.

milestones

No one listens to me
I won't tell anyone anything anymore.
I'll ask them all to go away
then there'll be no one to listen to me
anymore

why did the tortoise ...

Q : Why did the Tortoise cross the road ?

A : 'coz Achilles was already on the other side