When I saw the big Jesus on the t shirt of a guy at the gym I thought to myself: he must be one of those hardcore Christians than everybody in the US has grown to accept. Still had a slightly WTF feeling, but you cannot really question the beliefs of a hardcore Christian, can [...]
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26 May 10
On Linchpins and Tribe Leaders
This are my thoughts after reading 2 of Seth Godin’s books. In case you don’t know, this guy claims that he’s the most influential business blogger in the world. Maybe he is. The 2 book are are: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us The recipe seems to be almost identical: [...]
21 May 10
Mioritics
Miorita is a pastoral ballad that defines the quintessence of the Romanian way (or at least that’s what we, the Romanians, like to thinks). In a nutshell, it’s about the attitude in front of death or by extension (we can only die once remember) the attitude in front of inevitable things. The attitude is: whatever [...]
10 Apr 10
The Broken Shopping Cart
I’ve blogged about different supermarket related things in the past (here and here). Now, since I’m going to do it again, I start thinking that I have a small obsession with supermarkets. You see, they represent the essence of the American Dream and are part of the 4 big essential activities that you do: eat, [...]
25 Mar 10
The Health Care Reform – A Tale of Despair
Lots of talks and controversy on the long awaited Health Care Reform. By many people this is regarded as a victory for the ‘American People’, while other see this as a big mistake. The usual controversy associated with an ‘important’ law is everywhere. It is, in the end, the American way, right? It’s funny and [...]
14 Mar 10
Supermarket Feng Shui
We all know about the positive effects of channeling energy by wisely using Feng Shui at home, but how do the same guidelines apply to supermarkets? Before diving into how this works, I’d like to clearly state that I haven’t got a glue on how Feng Shui is supposed to work and what all this [...]
1 Mar 10
Workaholics
Everybody knows (or should know) what a workaholic is. In short, a person who cannot seem to do anything besides work. Now, that might seem interesting and you may admire those persons for their dedication, but rest assured, there is nothing to admire here. A person that is obsessed with its work or is always [...]
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10 Feb 10
The American Dream: A Ponzi Scheme That Works
Here is an interesting article I’ve recently came across: Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works The article makes the interesting claim that coming to America, and by extension following the American Dream, is a Ponzi scheme that actually works. It also goes through a couple of stories that are supposed to be inspiring. [...]
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9 Feb 10
On Human Stupidity
This post is not going to be easy to digest so if you don’t want to ruin your day please don’t read it. The topic is human stupidity and how people can be easily manipulated to do whatever you need them to. The lame part is that usually this is masked under some charity work [...]
26 Jan 10
Change of address
When you’re moving you get a new address. Here in the US there are a couple of places which need to know your new address. Here is a list of them, to serve as my external memory when/if we’ll move again: the Bank(s) – where you keep your money your Employer(s) Postal Service – set [...]
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