What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
— W. Somerset Maugham, born in 1874
Chekhov's stories have small titles — “A Trifle,” “A Misfortune,” “A Trivial Incident" — but carry big stakes... more »
CAN’T SAY THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY I WAS EXPECTING: An ant’s sense of smell is so strong, it can sniff out cancer.
I mean, I’m not complaining, but even science fiction didn’t come up with this.
Demon of distraction. For early monks, inattentiveness was an original sin of the mind. The war to concentrate was a primordial struggle ... more »
NYC dogwalkers can make more than 100k a year
