Superstitions on Friday The 13th

13.01.2012

By Maya Pillai (read the full post here) Though many believe Friday the 13th to be an unlucky day, there are many groups who defy such thoughts and superstitions. Some activities like cutting your hair or nails, shifting to a new house, commencing a new venture, purchasing a new vehicle, etc. are avoided by many [...]

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10 Reasons Why Having Sex Is Good For Your Health

11.01.2012

(As the article below mentions my name, I got it from Google Alerts. It was written by by Parul Tyagi and published in EzineArticles I do believe that the writer is going too far (in my opinion, sex is good because it is good) but I decided to republish it here…By the way, I also [...]

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Shelley and the drunk

11.01.2012

 After an exhausting morning spent talking to children, I go and have lunch with my lawyer friend, Shelley M. In the restaurant, we are given a table next to one occupied by a drunk, who insists on talking to us. He speaks of his pain when his wife left him, tells us how sad he [...]

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Illustrators wanted

10.01.2012

Two weeks ago I posted an invitation “podcast editors wanted”. We had over 100 submissions, most of them presenting very interesting CVs. I decided for Barbara Zedler and Michele Costa ( @Pitufanys ) who are currently editing and putting subtitles in the podcast you see at your right side. Now my agent, Monica Antunes, decided [...]

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30 SEC READING: why do we shout in anger?

09.01.2012

A master asked his disciples: ‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’ the disciples thought for a while, and one of them said ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’ ‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? [...]

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On roses

07.01.2012

by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841) Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright He dares not say ‘I think,’ ‘I am,’ but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to [...]

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Aleph video (German cover)

06.01.2012

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Paying 3 times for the same thing

05.01.2012

Illustration by Ken Crane There is a legend in the region of Punjab, about a thief who broke into a farm and stole two hundred onions. But before he could make his escape, he was caught by the farmer and led before the judge. The magistrate past sentence: the payment of ten gold pieces. But [...]

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This blog

03.01.2012

As you probably noticed in the sidebar, I am going to start a series of podcasts on subjects that are important to me. This first one was not edited – we will have a better edition next week (I hope!) That said, I would like to hear your opinion on this idea Love Paulo

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Mysteries of Aleph

03.01.2012

(research by Alexandra Jequier after reading ALEPH) The Hebrew alphabet is not simply a collection of abstract linguistic elements, like the English alphabet is. All Hebrew letters have names and identities, and in post-Biblical times were even rendered numerical value. It is said that they contain the precise plan of the principles of creation. Each [...]

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1 min reading: the world as a mirror

01.01.2012

EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Narciso e o lago EN ESPANOL AQUI: Narciso y el lago   (below the opening page of “The Alchemist”. May every single day of this new year reflect our joy) The alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about [...]

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