This is not the sort of book I generally read. Actually, eyeing the multitude of chapters, all of which are further broken down into subsections, I picked this book from the pile because I like to read between turns of Civilization V, and considering that its Brave New World expansion has just … Read More
Once upon a time—say, the late nineties—its was taken for granted that men spent all their time thinking about sex and women did not, presumably filling this tremendous gap in their schedules with wedding planning and thinking of increasingly creative ways turn down sex with their boyfriends. The stereotypical man … Read More
The Charitable-Industrial Complex – The New York Times “Early on in our philanthropic journey, my wife and I became aware of something I started to call Philanthropic Colonialism. I noticed that a donor had the urge to “save the day” in some fashion. People (including me) who had very little … Read More
Canadian whisky used to enormously popular. Back in the sixties, it was considered something sophisticated. Sadly, those days are past. In fact, Jim Murray of the annual Whisky Bible fame calls Canada the “forgotten whisky empire”, and he’s not wrong. Single malt Scotch is the reigning king of the whisky … Read More
I did three things last Saturday. Firstly, I visited my tailor, where I selected fabric and was measured for a new pair of bespoke pants. Then, I met up with my local butcher, where I picked up a specially ordered cut of dry-aged skirt steak. His assistant informed me that … Read More
