The Librarian’s Gift Guide
for panicking givers.
10k Hours as a Value System
According to (perhaps a misunderstanding of) K. Anders Ericsson[1], it takes 10000 hours to become a master at something. 10,000 hours is a long time: 5 years at 40 hours per week (the average workload), or over a year without…
Sell Me Up The River
The difference between this kind of backstabbing and other ways of being exploited.
people I ought to have been able to mourn
good people who died young.
Pumpkin Spice Season
Who among us does not love the syrupy, seasonally bound gloop? Whether it’s the messy crème egg, the cranberry sauce which belongs only on the Christmas table, or the much hyped, much maligned PSL. I am a great fan of…
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