Cats, good books, AI, and religious walking in the city of Sofia
Lorna Shore is one of my most favorite currently active bands and probably the only one I’d still love to watch in person. Their songs are technical and extreme in a way that makes you hit repeat. The vocal performance is the obvious most insane part but I think all of the musicians are like that in their own way.
I found a video today about Lorna Shore’s drummer. Watching him play is like watching David Blaine doing street magic.
The following video is best consumed with headphones.
I had a period of chess addiction around the time my big kid was 5-7 years old. He showed interest in Chess, so I started learning it to make him a world champion. My kid lost interest in chess quickly but I kept playing and even attended the national championship for Rapid chess, where I had a terrible performance and got my soul crushed.
One of the streamers I watched at that time was the then younger Levy Rozman, GothamChess. I even subscribed to his Twitch and bought his courses before switching to streamers, more appropriate for my level. That period of my life ended long ago, I no longer study chess, don’t follow the developments, and very rarely play blitz. But I was surprised to find out that GothamChess grew so much in popularity that he got translated to Bulgarian.
In order to answer this question, I need to remove a word from it – the word “yourself”. Sure, I learned stuff about myself when facing moments of struggle, suffering, risk, or terror. But the learnings in general are far more interesting and readily available than learnings from nearing breaking points. And you can learn from anyone.
I read this concept from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People where he makes a point that you should listen to people so they like you more. There is a quote predating his work and I think it’s cleaner than Carnegie’s as it means that you should just listen to understand with no particular goal. Here it is:
In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
So, you can learn things from almost everyone, as long as you listen. Listen with curiosity and no judgement, as Ted Lasso says.
Arch Enemy released the new version of Nemesis with Lauren Hart. It’s a completely different song, compared to the iconic 2008 version with Angela Gossow. I’d love to see the live performance. I think it would be quite nice because Lauren Hart radiates energy like a Tesla coil.
Of course, the bar is set very high.
I hope they come to Sofia.
Eating and drinking too much can undo any fitness progress you can make. Sooner or later, adults reach the point to try to put eating under control. I love food. I can eat more than I should. I can say that I reached that point years ago. I’ve tried a bunch of things and am currently following only two.
I know that the real thing I need to do is to stop eating chocolate but I’m still hoping that the salads will somehow be sufficient.
Me, going after green salad.
