Not all competitiveness manifests itself in the same way. Legolas is unbearable when he wins. He is smugness personified. Gimli pretends to be dumb and recounts all the kills he gets in a drawn out way so everyone can see how clever he are. Aragorn takes immense delight at the failings of others. And Boromir … Continue reading Competitive manifestations →

Thought experiment - if there was a simulator where you could be happy all the time, and you would forget soon after entering it that you are in a simulation, would you enter it? Most people would say no because it would lack 'realness'. Which begs the question - does happiness need to be earned? … Continue reading Happiness simulator →

The digital version of the Irish Times is laid out the exact same way as the printed version.Which struck me as odd because it makes for a terrible user experience on any device smaller than a laptop.It would be much easier to read if they reformatted the articles to resemble blog posts with the text … Continue reading Familiarity over convenience →

I think you can tell a lot about a person by the decor of their home.How many family photos do they have?What hangs on their walls - fine art or framed jerseys?Do they have a giant TV or a huge bookcase? Or both?It's inevitable, if they are in the home long enough, eventually their personality … Continue reading On their walls →

'No I'm ok' That is a possible response that everyone offering anything should be ready to hear. But the person doing the offering then got upset and tried to shame me into taking one. It's clear they took my rejection personally when the reality couldn't have been further from the truth. My saying no had … Continue reading No I’m ok →

The resting bored face. It may not be intentional. It may be automatic. But it deters me from speaking and makes me feel like returning the spotlight to the other person is the only way to feel comfortable again.

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There's only so much you can invite someone out of their shell. After a reasonable effort you have to defer to free will because let's face it there is a real danger you will scare them back into their shell.

Sport has an incredible capacity to bring a community together. Now it's fickle. It relies on the team winning. But if they are, consistently, it creates this amazing sense of momentum. This tangible positivity that unites strangers in a common goal. I think the key element is hope. The die hard fans will attend the … Continue reading Sport hope momentum →

It's interesting to see people who are happy with their romantic relationship flirting with 'not their partner'. To be clear, I'm not talking about the adulterers of the world. The segment of the population I'm focusing on would never cheat but still step onto that slippery slope. They don't want to leave their partner, they … Continue reading Not their partner →