Just dropping a few recommendations of blogs I ❤️ and deserve following:
Old Structures Engineering Journal – folks who post things about old buildings. I don’t know why I enjoy reading this stuff, but I do.
War and Peas – cartoons.
Tag: blogging
Sprezzatura
From Wikipedia: “…the art of making something difficult look easy”. Curiously, the same work done with effortless grace and visible hard effort is perceived differently. Add a pinch of complaining and the good job can turn into a nightmare without any other change in the visible outcome.
ChatGPT agrees and says Sprezzatura is rated 9-10/10, while the work done with complaining is rated 4-5.
I encountered that word in Wolf Hall where the author refers to 1528’s The Book of the Courtier. Wolf Hall is a gem and I hope to dedicate a separate post to it once I finish it.
Twocolor
It blossoms in two different colors!
This flower is called “Night Beauty” in Bulgarian, or Marvel of Peru in English. Someone planted it on the way to the bus stop.
List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.
- The universe exists
- Math exists
- Math can exist without a universe
- Math can eventually explain the universe
- Everything that has a beginning has an end
- You can’t cross the same river twice
- Actions have consequences
- Nobody is perfect
- The future can hold positive surprises
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
The Fourth Monkey is a serial killer thriller where a psychopath avenges the past by murdering women. A team of dedicated police officers races with time to save a teenage girl who was kidnapped. Objectively, it’s a good serial killer horror thriller, although it’s unlikely that I’ll dare to read the sequel.
Here’s the TL;DR of the story and an honest ranking:
