Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reminds us that when making a decision, we should consider not only the possibilities, but also the impossibilities.
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What’s your action? (Robert Downey Jr wisdom)
Three pieces of wisdom from Robert Downey Jr’s January 2020 appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast.
Alice Cooper, Pumpkins and Marvin Gaye (#MyInktober2018 IV)
My fourth weekly #Inktober2018 round-up features Alice Cooper and some pumpkins… plus bonus Marvin Gaye and Doctor Who!
What’s driving you?
Gentle reader: Where does your own motivation come from? Where does motivation originate, and how can it be replenished? What drives people to keep going and keep achieving over sustained periods? Martin Amis is the master of the two-worder. He can create pairings of words that cut to the essence of their subject with a […]
The villainy of camels: Arthur Conan Doyle’s dislike for the ships of the desert
Could you trust a camel? Would you trust a camel? Should you trust a camel? Sherlock Holmes creator, eminent Victorian and somewhat eccentric gent Arthur Conan Doyle was most definitely not taken with camels. Camels: “Demoniacal”?Conan Doyle laid bare his views on camels in an article for the Westminster Gazette on 20 April 1896, entitled […]
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