It used to be said that there were these sadhus or ascetics with special powers that made them float over what ever they wanted to or put their mind to. These dudes were written about in ancient texts and tales told by grammies.
Now here comes a guy from Florida who just pulled a stunt to one up the sadhus. He walked with a pole on a rope over the Niagara Falls from the US to Canada This person has depicted many qualities -
1. Intense focus the likes of which you can see in a monk
2. Entreprenuerial zest to get a large publicity hungry American media giant to fork out over a $1M for the stunt that gets him more noteriety
3. Political skills to negotiate a bilateral agreement between US and Canada allowing him to perform such a feat
4. Dedication to his art
Truly if you set your mind to it you can pull out a rabbit out of a Red Bull (soda I mean)!
Kudos to this artist.
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
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