I love beautiful things. This is not a secret. I like wonderful hotels. Excellent restaurants. Champagne served in thin glasses. Fresh flowers. Soft sheets. Beautiful clothes. A car arriving exactly when it is supposed to arrive. All of civilization, really, can be measured by whether someone has figured out how to make an experience more [...]

I am very good at several things. This is fortunate because I am absolutely terrible at many others. I recommend this arrangement. Being competent is useful. Being incompetent is interesting. There is a strange point in adulthood when people begin avoiding activities they are not already good at. Children do not behave this way. Give [...]