Monthly Archives: August 2009

Working in your Underwear?

Posted on 31/08/2009 by Lohcifer

What’s all this buzz about flexi-work? I haven’t had an office since 2001. Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m not retired nor am I bumming around. The organization I am with since 2001 practices “mobility” – you go to the … Continue reading →

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Timidi Numquam Statuere Trophaeum

Posted on 30/08/2009 by Lohcifer

Sharing some quotations: “Timidi numquam statuere trophaeum” – The timid never erects monuments. I’m not sure who said that but I like it. “When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.” … Continue reading →

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Sublimes

Posted on 29/08/2009 by Lohcifer

The Cohiba Sublimes Extra is the vitola chosen by Habanos SA for its Colección Habanos, also known as the Habanos Books. Dedicated to Cohiba, Habanos’ most exclusive and well known brand, each stick measuring 54 gauge by 7.2”. The leaves … Continue reading →

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Cherry Wood Pipes

Posted on 28/08/2009 by Lohcifer

Acquired these three cherry wood pipes not long ago. The smallest pipe – at the top, with the funny face – is a vintage cherry wood “grotesque” pipe from Austria from the 1920’s. The one in the middle is marked … Continue reading →

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Sense and Intuit

Posted on 27/08/2009 by Lohcifer

As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, according to Willard F Harley, the top five of men’s needs are: The first thing he can’t do without – sexual fulfillment He needs her to be his playmate – recreational companionship He … Continue reading →

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Crouching Buaya, Hidden Family

Posted on 26/08/2009 by Lohcifer

At my friend’s uncle’s wake, a sobbing woman showed up with kids in tow. Everyone was shocked. My friend’s uncle was one of those old-time towkays who would leave his house in the morning in a chauffeured-driven sedan and return … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look at It!

Posted on 25/08/2009 by Lohcifer

In 2007 the made-in-Malaysia movie Jangan Pandang Belakang (Don’t Look Back) made headlines all over Malaysia. It was considered a masterpiece in the annals of movie making in Malaysia. I tried to watch it but didn’t get the chance to. … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen, You May Cuss and Swear

Posted on 24/08/2009 by Lohcifer

“Fuck!” It feels good saying it, doesn’t it? TIME magazine reported that a new study by British researchers revealed that saying the F word or any other commonly used expletive can work to reduce physical pain – and it seems … Continue reading →

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West Losers East

Posted on 23/08/2009 by Lohcifer

I write this at great risk of offending some good friends, but these good friends know who they are and that his post is NOT about them. Indeed I do know people who are very happily inter-racially paired and you … Continue reading →

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Reader’s Indigestion

Posted on 22/08/2009 by Lohcifer

The venerable Reader’s Digest has filed for Chapter 11. Reader’s Digest, launched by a husband and wife in New York in 1921 began as a mail-order collection of condensed articles from other magazines and evolved into a direct-mail pioneer and … Continue reading →

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