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
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