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Death envy

Yeah Dad, you’re the lucky one

Posted byThomas TimlenFebruary 5, 2022Posted inThoughtsTags:911, autocracy, blogging, climate change, commentary, death, envy, essay, fascism, jealousy, Opinion, politics, racism, Saudi ArabiaLeave a comment on Death envy

Reluctant gratitude; My bicycle Saviours

Zen and the art of changing a bicycle tyre

Posted byThomas TimlenAugust 14, 2021August 14, 2021Posted inThoughtsTags:affirmation, bicycling, Brompton, gratitude, Nigel Mitchell, passion, Paulo Coelho, saviour, Vegan, Warrior of the Light, writing, YouTube, zenLeave a comment on Reluctant gratitude; My bicycle Saviours

The Semantics of Clickbait

Quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff. Deal with it.

Posted byThomas TimlenFebruary 27, 2021March 1, 2021Posted inThoughtsTags:banality, blogger, clickbait, dopamine, human resources, lady gaga, management, performance, personnel, social media, Thoughts, writingLeave a comment on The Semantics of Clickbait

2020: saved by books

With the simple turn of a page, books bring us to places that are currently unreachable.

Posted byThomas TimlenNovember 13, 2020Posted inThoughts, TravelTags:books, cinema, claustrophobia, Essentialism, existentialism, fiction, literature, Minimalism, nonfiction, reading, Sartre, Singapore, smarttv, Travel, WellnessLeave a comment on 2020: saved by books

Things I learned today

There is a big difference between Tony Robbins and Eckhart Tolle.

Posted byThomas TimlenNovember 12, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:bidet, boxers, Eckhart Tolle, existentialism, hush puppies, impermanence, politics, Sartre, string theory, Tess Rafferty, Tony Robbins, Tori Amos, wordpress, YouTubeLeave a comment on Things I learned today

Don’t worry, it already happened.

What, me anxious?

Posted byThomas TimlenNovember 9, 2020November 9, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:angst, anxiety, awareness, existentialism, philosophy, time, Wellness, worryLeave a comment on Don’t worry, it already happened.

Self, minimalized

Impermanence as proof of existence?

Posted byThomas TimlenAugust 4, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:Anatta, Buddhism, Essentialism, impermanence, Minimalism, non-self, philosophical, philosophy, self, Singapore, spiritualityLeave a comment on Self, minimalized

The beautiful tears

Tears cleanse

Posted byThomas TimlenAugust 2, 2020August 2, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:jose gonzales, motivational, rolling stones, survival, tears, Walter Mitty, WellnessLeave a comment on The beautiful tears

The Covidiot

COVID: A confederacy of super-spreaders

Posted byThomas TimlenJuly 21, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:coronavirus, covid, covidiot, diary, human nature, humanism, humanist, journal, pandemic, rant, Singapore, sociology, superspreaderLeave a comment on The Covidiot

My carcass

Where is your cadaver going?

Posted byThomas TimlenJuly 5, 2020Posted inThoughtsTags:afterlife, cadaver, Caitlin Doughty, climate change, coronavirus, COVID-19, death, dreams, funeral, Neil deGrasse Tyson, NYPD, scienceLeave a comment on My carcass

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