T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/8/2025, 7:03:22 PM

https://ranchosblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/and-ajalon/ Part 2 of the above story. An oldie, but still good

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/8/2025, 7:05:09 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/ What is the worst "investment" you can make? Diamonds, is what. You're guaranteed to lose money buying those industrial drill bits which are now marketed as some symbol of love, romance and permanence. (Bonus: like cars, diamonds lose most of their value once they are bought [you simply will not find a buyer or a decent price for most gem-quality diamonds], and their correlation with relationships is the world's most successful marketing scheme)

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/8/2025, 7:05:32 PM

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/my-last-day-as-a-surgeon In this beautiful yet haunting essay, this doctor/writer discusses how it feels to know your life is running out, to go from being a doctor to being a patient, to watch the hard work that you've put into your career fade into irrelevance

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/8/2025, 7:05:52 PM

https://longreads.com/2024/11/12/hunger-belonging-pregnancy-surrogate-kristina-kasparian The Kitchen With 2 Doors. As an itinerant worker, this resonated. When you're away from your home, your family, your people, food is a metaphor for the things you feel,, the strings that tug your heart, the absences that pockmark your spirit. It might be _mulukhiyah_ (ewedu, to Nigerians), it might be jollof, it might be a cup of tea, but making and savoring it reminds you that you came from somewhere and belong to someone, and distance will not eradicate that fact. I enjoyed this a lot

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/20/2025, 5:11:49 PM

https://www.vogue.com/article/chimamanda-ngozie-adichie-the-story-of-my-first-love My president, Odeluwa 1, is writing again, and her easy, charming prose warms the cockles of my heart and lights up my eyes. Chinua Achebe is nonpareil and will always be my favorite author, but the greatest compliment I can give Chimamanda is that she writes her prose in the same brisk, relatable, familiar style that made Achebe such an easy read

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/20/2025, 5:12:36 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/15/cancel-culture-we-should-stop-it-end-of-story-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-on-backlash-writers-block-and-her-two-new-babies More Chimamanda. This is an interview as part of the press tour for the release of her new book. I like her clarity of thought and expression, and how she relates her stance to first principles

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/20/2025, 5:13:08 PM

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/17/chuka-fiction-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie Because good things come in threes, enjoy this belter of a story from Chimamanda. There's much to be said for choosing the life you want. There's crushing expectation on every side, but the only opinion that matters is yours. I hope you listen to your heart and live a life that matters to you, like the protagonist of this story

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/24/2025, 6:57:12 PM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-14425401/Gerald-McClellan-boxing-blind-brain-damaged.html Tremendous, emotive, powerful writing about (in this case) boxing, but really a reminder that your life can change in a split second, and through no fault of yours

T's Nook: Interesting Things I Have Seen And Read

2/8/2025, 7:02:47 PM

https://ranchosblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/the-butterfly-effect-gibeon/ I like the idea behind this story, a retelling of Biblical stories from another POV