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Klara and the Sun
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Causation and Correlation
Simply put “causation” implies something caused by caused by another and “correlation” implies two, or more things, that are related. But other than just the difference in the definition of the 2
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Correlation vs Causation | Differences & Designs by Pritha Bhandari
Coffee Places
I do like coffee. Interestingly, I used to not drink coffee, or tea, when I was growing up. I started when I was working at Tivoli. I noticed many of my co-workers gathering in the kitchen area for coffee and just chatting. I really got intrigued and just got into it.
But as much as I wanted to get into it, it being coffee, it just didn’t taste right. Many told me that it was an acquired taste. Which I found baffling – why would I want to try anything that requires me to “acquire a taste” for. There are so many yummy things that I never had to “acquire” the taste for. They were just delicious.
Anyway, I gave in – and put all the cream and sugar that the beverage would take to make it drinkable.
Over the years my taste for coffee has changed. I now take my coffee black and without sugar / sweetener. For a while I was really into Latte and Mocha Latte, both of which I find very good, but don’t care for either too often. If I am looking for a specialty coffee, I look for a cordato.
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Birthday
I have always felt birthdays to be a special thing. For as long as I can remember, my birthday was a special day that my family and friends had celebrated in some form / fashion. When I was really, really young there would be parties – even with some decoration and what not. But that didn’t last long. What did last is the wishes. No matter where I have been, I was always reminded that my loved ones were always there.
I have also never really associated “birthday” with “age”. Not to mention that I don’t really associate “age” with the number of years one has been living. One’s “birthday” to me is more of a yearly marker. An opportunity for the friends and family, i.e., loved ones, to remind that [s]he is special and our lives are brighter because of them in our lives.
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Drive My Car
Just learned about the movie and am looking for the book. So far no luck 😦 But I’m not giving up. Doraibu mai kâ
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Just Go with It
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2021 . . . . . 2022
We all seem to have a pretty strong feeling for the year that we are about to leave behind. And for the most part it seems to be fairly negative.
But not everything was bad. I am sure if we are honest, there has been positive events that has happened to us during 2021. Yes, no doubt, collectively we have been going thru some really trying times for the last couple of years. And every time it feels like we are about to turn a new chapter, somehow we end up back where we were.
If we try to look at the various good / positive events of this year, I am confident we can all find a few things.
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Dust if You Must
by Rose Milligan
Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake a cake, or plant a seed;
Ponder the difference between want and need?
Dust if you must, but there’s not much time,
With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;
Music to hear, and books to read;
Friends to cherish, and life to lead.
Dust if you must, but the world’s out there
With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,
This day will not come around again.
Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go (and go you must)
You, yourself, will make more dust.
I am More than My Accomplishments
I am not defined by my accomplishments nor am I diminished by my failures. A very important lesson that we are not really taught nor reminded. Thank you Simone Biles for doing it for us all.
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