Applying fitness wisdom to writing: Why Good is better than Perfect

I’ve experimented quite a bit over the years with my fitness habits. Well, it might not be fair to say “over a few

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century, by Seneca

“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: -Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; -Worryin

Hacking The 7 Deadly Sins: Wrath

(image courtesy of blackeri) What is Wrath? Dante described vengeance as “love of justice perverted to revenge and spite

Week 52. (One Year!)

And we come to the end of an entire year of life-tracking. Wow. This a huge milestone for me- it represents the most amount of

homophobic remarks, 2009

If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely

dealing with siren songs

  In Greek mythology, the Sirens were three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with

Left 4 Dead: Enlightened Self-Interest In A Zombie Apocalypse

Left 4 Dead (or L4D) is a first-person shooter with a simple premise- four people are stranded somewhere overrun with hordes o

live for others

scrolling through my friendslist, posting comments, a cheer-up here, a hang-in-there there, a =) here, and cheers there. i mea

the rogue and the pastor’s daughter

The young pastor’s daughter reaches out to the wounded rogue, who cringes and shifts aside. “Stay away from me,” he snar

enlightened hedonism

Life should be pleasurable. It really should. It’s an incredibly brief period of time, so we really ought to make the mo

The First Thirty Weeks.

The following is a summary of the first 30 weeks of my 90 Week Project. Week 1: Philosophical introspection during gym workout

The Hero Hypothesis

The world needs more Heroes. What do I mean by that? What constitutes a Hero? Everybody has different ideas, but most of them

The (rather strange) Armchair Critic Story

In 2006, three starry-eyed teenagers with almost no musical background or any sort of relevant experience whatsoever created,

How I started tracking my life, Part 2

Continuing where we left off from How I started tracking my life, Part 1: You can see that I started with a monthly perspectiv

Hacking The 7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

(image courtesy of blackeri) Sloth is… laziness, inactivity, idleness, restlessness, ennui, boredom, indifference. Ever

How I started tracking my life, Part 1

I made several random attempts to start tracking my life over the years. I used to have a blog on the now-defunct Diary-X.com

The 90 Week Project

The 90 Week Project is my personal experiment to challenge myself to grow and learn as much as possible within a fixed timefra

The Old About Me

My name is Visakan Veerasamy. I am a Singaporean, born and bred. I am proud of my country despite its shortcomings. I believe

vivid dream- alternate-earth bass player road trip, oct 08

Part two of this post is about a ridiculously vivid dream I had, and I still remember very well hours later. It involved me an