Zerebria

I pour water in the cup and say to myself: (more…)

Bitter experience has shown me that, whenever you have an issue with the administration that requires (yikes) interaction with a public servant, a sure way to frustration is (more…)

Today I start this new series about people who might have been great bloggers if they had had the technology we use now. My intention here is not to write profound and very precise essays full of data and biography (they can be easily found anywhere else in our very informative age), but to share my love towards some of my authors, in the mood of someone who spreads the news of some dear friend’s achievements.

Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859)

De Quincey, besides, is a particular case (more…)

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The point of view of Neuro-Linguistic Programming about words is very interesting: they consider them as a kind of hypnosis – a series of actions intended to (more…)

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I have a few cases of depression going on in my world (I myself practice depression now and then, but just as a humble amateur ), and there is an important improvement opportunity that I have noticed, common to all of them. (more…)

I learned this sentence while looking for some information on empathy. I did not believe much in it at first, it looked kind of naive to me. Here’s how it was supposed to work: (more…)

It always happens as a surprising yet pleasant accident: I suddenly find myself interconnecting fields that have very little or nothing in common. I cheer up my 80 years old aunt using (more…)

I feel terrible. My throat is spiked with thorns, I have this intermittent pain in my articulations, I’m cold, I’m hot. A few minutes ago, I went into the shower before removing my soaked sheets, after a night of what only very generously could be named as “sleep”. I remember a moment after shower, when I (more…)

Don’t you even think for a moment that I have given up my practice of writing down the successes of the day. In fact, it gets (more…)

Yes, we read a lot more than before. But is it quality reading? The spirit of each age modifies our habits and perceptions, and (more…)