Timeless Principles to navigate life…
When I’m confused, I look for timeless principles.
Most of the content on this site is speculative, ‘thinking out loud’ stuff – but publishing incomplete ideas can help refine them…
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Preston Sturges’ magic films
Preston Sturges was the first Writer/Director in hollywood. He lived 3 lifetimes before he started writing at the age of 30…
3 books on Preston Sturges
Two biographies and an autobiography… Biography: Madcap This is a crisp and thrilling read. Makes you realise that the author of a biography can make or break it. I now want to read anything Donald Spoto has written! Biography: ‘The Last Years of Hollywood’s first writer/director’ Written by Nick Smedley…
Preston Sturges-‘The Players’ restaurant
In the 1940s, there was a tunnel beneath the street, connecting the Chateau Marmont to ‘The Players’ restaurant! The Players restaurant is the smaller pink building – in front of Chateau Marmont. I discovered Preston Sturges only recently, after a visit to Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Someone mentioned that…
Affogato to go
What is Affogato? The fancy version is Espresso ☕️ coffee poured over ice cream🍨 (See the left pic). But how can we experience the joy of Affogato on the go? 🏂 STEP 1: Buy mini ice-cream scoop for local cafe STEP 2: Order espresso in take-away cup. STEP 3: Add…
Protected: Behind Bars
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Religious art – geometric shapes
Why geometric shapes in Mosques?
Movie list: Best drama
Movie Camstars Comments The Godfather ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I know… Everybody says The Godfather is great. But it is. Mongol Gengis Kahn OMG what a story Casablanca (1942) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Spellbound (1945)
Movie list: best romantic comedy
Movie Camstars Comments Tootsie (1982) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Delightful! Bill Murray. The Philadelphia Story (1940) Hi Girl Friday (1940) Priceless (2006) French subtitles, but worth it. The Holiday (2006) Lost In Translation (2003) Overboard (1987) Lars and the Real Girl (2007) About a Boy (2002) Sabrina (1954) Don’t bother with the ’90s…
Mont Blanc ballpoint pen hack
Here’s how I hacked the perfect Mont Blanc *Ballpoint pen. They said it couldn’t be done.
Create books in ‘Barber Format’
Barber format = Cut…and Styled. Einstein worked with 3 different collaborators over his lifetime, to simplify ideas and present them with fewer words and more visuals. in other words… Barber Format. Maintain an objective outlook – see the world from differing perspectives. ie: A barber can’t just place a haircut…
How to breathe
Buteyko Nose. Effortless
It’s hydration, not 6 glasses of water
The First Principle of health is hydration. When a doctor puts on the glove and sticks a finger up a man’s arse to check the prostate, the doctor hopes to find ‘soft and moist’ rather than ‘hard and dry’. ‘Soft and moist is the state you want all your organs….