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Category Archives: play
The weather outside is frightful
Fingernails are pretty, fingernails are good.
Last night I saw the Foo Fighters at the O2 arena and as venues go it was as good as you can expect from any huge stadium gig, easy access in and out, mildly overpriced drinks and food but still a decent view even from the nosebleed seats we found ourselves in.
The Foos were, of course, great. I say ‘of course’ because having seen them 3 times in the last nine years every time I have they’ve been different, sounded excellent and entertained the crowd immensely. If you could buy stock in bands (hmm… would that be a new business model… since record labels are going the way of the dodo?) an investment in the Foos 12 years ago would have been worth it.
In an attempt to be overly analytical I think their gig success (other than obvious musical talent) comes from; Continue reading
“Of course there they’d just call it food”
The first thing to mention about any visit to China, or any conversation with a Chinese person is that there is a national obsession with food (thats from my personal experience, maybe all the Chinese people I met just happened to be foodies but I have a feeling its a common Chinese trait) . The Chinese aren’t unique in this as a nation but the sheer diversity, omnipresence and oddness (compared to our comparatively parochial western European food) make their love of food stand out.
Below are some things about food in China I am no longer ignorant about. Continue reading
My Eyes, my EYES!
This is yet another non investment banking related post I know (really, I will post some more. Just as soon as I get time away from my investment banking related job….)
I’m always interested in how we work and in particular our brains. Another example of our brains trying to do something clever with the information they receive is this optical illusion :- http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.php Continue reading
Posted in brain, optical illusion, play, silly
MMwaaahaaHaaaaa. or something.
I was quite upset to find out which super vilain I am most like. I’d have much rather been Dr. Doom or Doomsday. Oh well….
Your results:
You are Riddler Continue reading
mnemonic flotsam 