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Category Archives: Life
What do you want to do with Philosophy?
In the year 1995 Question: What do you study? Me: Law. Reaction: Wow! In the year 2012 Question: What do you study? Me: Philosophy. Reaction: ??? When I studied law more than a decade ago, some of my high school … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philosophy
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Is it really that urgent?
Walking around Vittoriosa (or Birgu, to use the Maltese name) yesterday, I saw this government notice posted on a door, stating that it is “URGENT”. Taking a step back, neither the door, nor the house, nor the street actually oozed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Malta, Photography, Travel
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The “Sunday must be work free” campaign by the Church
Christian churches everywhere are trying to keep Sundays “work free” and try to influence legislatures to keep shops closed on Sundays. I am all for a lot of free time and I think that most people put far too much … Continue reading
I do more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day.
“I do more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day” is one of my mottoes. I love to get up at the crack of dawn, when the whole city is still asleep and I can work or study … Continue reading
Don’t disturb!
It’s probably better to leave these people alone. They will find us if they want to. Of course I am curious to find out about these yet uncontacted tribes. It would probably be extremely interesting. But in this case, moral … Continue reading
An extra day: 29 February 2012
Tomorrow, you will receive a precious gift: an extra day. Because 2012 is a leap year, you will have 24 hours more in your year. Even those of you who pretend that they don’t have enough time, have no more … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Time
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Living the Life of a Pensioner
I am only 36, a student and an avid traveller, but I seem to live the life of a pensioner already: I like to go for walks. I can often be found in the park, reading a book. I don’t … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions for 2012
It’s this time of the year again: people are making resolutions about what to do in 2012: eat less, exercise more, quit smoking, learn a new language, find a girlfriend/boyfriend, become a millionaire. My resolutions for 2012? None. Absolutely nothing. … Continue reading
Leaving London, Moving to Malta
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford, said Samuel Johnson in 1777. I have been living in London for two years now and it is a … Continue reading
Smoking Cigars
The following e-mail might have been well-intended, but not only the subject line has too much of a condescending and dismissive tone to it. Subject: Brainwashed by photographs of writers and other intellectuals From: Andy Kopra (andykopra@mac.com) To: Andreas Moser (moser@moser-law.com) … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 