I revisited my old friend StumbleUpon yesterday. As always, that old friend had a serendipitous article for me stroking my entrepreneurial ambition, striking so many chords I felt like an old guitar. The article was by Paul Graham, one of the founders of Y Combinator (a Yahoo! company focusing on helping startups), called How to... Continue Reading →
On Immigration (In Europe)
I'm currently reading a book called Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, by Christopher Caldwell, which talks about how immigration (and Islam) has affected Europe. Early on in the book Caldwell writes that though Britain has generally been against mass immigration, it has been without much conviction, which could be due to a sense of... Continue Reading →
What other wedding expenses do we need to consider?
Just the other day the Lix started worriedly asking me if we had enough money to get married. I told her we mightn't, and that if it came down to it we'd just borrow what we needed. But Lix has a strong aversion to borrowing. "If we can't afford it," she said, "we shouldn't be... Continue Reading →
The Wheels on the Bus
Night beckoned; the bat's dawn. The moon's out; the sun's gone. Life retreats; life begins. Hidden virtues; hidden sins. Then the wheels on the bus bursts into my head like a mad man opening fire at school children for no reason other than that he's opening fire at school children for no reason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnupL42gmF4
Donn, fragments 