February 2016
The impossible task (of cleaning a bookshelf)
The situation was getting desperate. The shelves were bending. The thing looked like this: The geckos had started renting out The Prophet’s dust jacket to a family of huntsmen. No mercy, we said. Only if [...]
January 2016
Hipster breakfast
I had a hipster breakfast this morning. I ordered Eggs Benedict, and it came on a board...
Word of the Day: Polymath
Definition: A person of wide knowledge or learning. The word comes from ‘polumathes’—a 17th-century Greek word that means ‘having learned much’. Polymaths are usually associated with the explosion of art, creativity and critical thinking that [...]
10 things that drive Rory mental
We all have things that annoy us. Though, part of learning to live happily is learning to not let these things get to you. That being said, here’s a list of speaking, writing, grammar-y kind of things that drive me mental.
Meanwhile, in India…
January 26 is Republic Day—the date in 1950 that India’s constitution came into effect. Marking the end of British rule in India, the new constitution is the People of India’s statement of justice, liberty and equality. [...]
Effect of cognitive ease and readability scores on conversion
If content is written in 'familiar terms', will people trust it more?
On being vegan
Yesterday, I read an article about the ‘true moral bastions of society’ whose efforts are ‘ridiculed, abused and written off …’ Was it about Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement? Volunteer doctors who fly [...]
Word of the Day: Indicators
Definition: Orange lights at all four corners of a car intended to be used—by blinking the relevant side—to notify other drivers of your intention to turn or change lanes. Some people consider the use of these optional.