The vast majority of things worth learning take years to master: various sports, medicine, mathematics, painting, dance... In all these activities the brain learns, not the body. The body may develop the necessary muscles, but it's the easy part. It's really the brain that works ( Read more... )

Peniche is a small town about an hour's drive north of Lisbon. Next to it is Baleal, a village right in a peninsula stretching into the ocean, surrounded by beaches.

Due to its excellent position, this location catches swell from different directions and you can usually find a spot that works on (nearly) any given day. In the 2 weeks that I spent ( Read more... )

Impressions from Portugal: large, huge, monstrous, grotesque serves of food; a surprising ability to speak French (!) and sometimes English; a really slow pace of life in the southern sun; cheap prices; good surf ( Read more... )

Я никогда не мог понять, почему говорят, что именно девушка больше мотивирована вступить в брак или долгосрочные отношения, чем мужчина. Я, конечно, понимаю, что секьюрити и т.п. привлекает по идее больше девушек, но, даже оставляя за бортом тему равенства полов, мне кажется, что это нелогично ( Read more... )

Well, looks like the Sydney monorail is to be demolished:


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