Monthly Archives: June 2005

Rhetorical questions that shouldn’t be

Posted on Jun 29, 2005 by sim

Ever notice how some people often ask rhetorical questions that shouldn’t really be? In other words, they ask a question and then don’t either wait for an answer or care about the answer even when they should. In the English-speaking … Continue reading →

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Review: Suden Vuosi

Posted on Jun 27, 2005 by sim

Virpi Hämeen-Anttila’s Suden Vuosi (literally the Year of the Wolf, but AFAIK it hasn’t been translated) was this summer’s first fictional book that I read; my wife accidently picked it up from the library and recommended it to me after … Continue reading →

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Ever heard of a shower?

Posted on Jun 25, 2005 by sim

Ever noticed how some people have apparently never heard of of personal hygiene, taking a shower, soap and all that good stuff? I recently encountered one at the workplace cafeteria – of all places! This guy smelled so terrible that … Continue reading →

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On competent jerks and lovable fools

Posted on Jun 23, 2005 by sim

The latest issue of Harvard Business Review had one interesting, albeit a little light article titled “Competent Jerks, Lovable Fools and the formation of Social Networks” by Tiziana Casciaro and Miguel Sousa Lobo. It’s about how we choose those who … Continue reading →

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Sins of summer

Posted on Jun 21, 2005 by sim

The Finnish summer is great. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s not necessarily great in absolute terms, but subjectively thinking it’s awesome – because of the crappy other seasons. Anyhow, that is not the point now. The point is that when … Continue reading →

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