Sanity is overrated. — Gustav Hasford The Short-Timers No fun times Periods when I have to be highly efficient are often followed by days on which I can hardly get out of my mental mess; days when I ask myself why there is so much pain and suffering in this world and why so many of
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Setting some priorities or: how to prepare for a conference (sort of)
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill (as so often, Winnie knows best :)) "lol best conference fails" As some may remember, I'm about to give a talk in London six weeks from now (nevertheless, let's feel stressed out already). Now, some may wonder how to prepare
Giving a talk, losing a mind…
London calling A few weeks ago I sent a conference proposal to the organizers of an upcoming event; I finished it hastily, of course having waited until the last possible moment to get it done, and Wonderguy did his best revising it even though he generally only edits German papers. Mainly, I just wanted to
No one is an island…but me!
They say you should start a new blog by writing something about yourself and the main stuff you want to write about. Don’t ask me who “they” are, but there are plenty of smart people out there who know much more about blogging than I do. So let’s just roll with it for a while.