I have met a bunch. I would say only 5-10% are actually self reflecting, the rest are highly insecure, chasing whatever they seem to be missing in their life...a hole that can't be filled.
The most humble one I know sold his sellf built company after 30+ years, because he said he realized he was coming to work and seemed he was adding no value to the system.
On the other end of spectrum they take every comment as a personal insult even though its not directed at/to them.
One place I worked the guy has built his empire from his garage up. But had this drive to one up every competitor. Like competitor buys a Porsche, he has to buy something better, etc.
I had been power lifting for 5 years and at one meeting I had my arms folded and I noticed the CEO staring at my chest and forearms. A week later he's got a personal trainer at the office and taking what I assume were steroid type supplements because he was getting huge fast. LOL.
In the grand scheme there is no point. A few 1000 years and nobody even knows we existed. A few million years and maybe the earth has died. You just enjoy it while you are here , and do no harm to others.
Yeah, a good strategic leader of the forces would be looking at supply chains, timing, weather, and more factors than I know about, and all that is ruined by a overriding idiot like trump saying full speed ahead, no wait backup, OK now turn broadside for a photo op
I have heard that once. My child was upstairs and the phone rang, they talked for a bit and then I hard that guttural heart breaking scream you described. They'd found out some devastating horrendous news from a family member.
Your therapist seems to have some boomer gender stereotype ideas
When you first boot its normal that zypper is blocked by packagekit checking for updates. Just let it run and do your zypper stuff later. It usually only runs for a few minutes
They heat efficiently rather than transfer through the stove and the pot, etc. And so fast.
Very effective
I lock ours out of habit as soon as its shut, that way you never need to check if its locked before bed, because its part of the process of closing the door.
Some like to live on the edge I guess.
No I have "friends" who would still vote for Doug, because they don't want a leader that is going to mandate your kids must be gay by end of highschool, and will keep immigrants here as part of a hardworking body of the economy.
These are beautiful. I love that you captured the unique essence in the stylized art
Some Lemongrass Chickenless Thai and Chowmein noodles. Chicken chunks came with a Thai lemongrass flavour, but I added a premix Bulgarian sauce (roasted peppers,tomatoes, eggplant, onions, etc) along with chiillies and various curry spices. And added water and coconut cream.
My wife was sick today and she finds that spicy food seem to help her feel better.
So South Asian lentil base Sambar soup for dinner, but I added some leaks, ginger, peas and orzo to give it some heartiness.
Very hot, since a big part of the base is ground chilly powders.
Spicy corn dish as a snack. Normally you garnish with some coconut and eat with Roti, but corn tacos work too.
My wife ate too much risotto yesterday, and some for breakfast, so its a quick stir fry just for me tonight.
Tonight's dinner for two is Mushroom Risotto. Normally risotto asks for white wine and chicken broth. For the base I sauteed onions and carrots in some juice from Majlis green olives (it has like a vermouth flavour to it) with a few fennel seeds and some sage and rosemary, mushroom salt, pepper and some lemon.
Tonight we were running out of veg, so a simple Broccoli and "Beef" teriyaki.
Beef was from dried Soya Wadi from an Indian grocer. They are a dried and defatted soya product. Simmered those in a combo of spices and soy sauce and Marmite mixture.
Teriyaki sauce was: 1 cup of water, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 table spoons of brown sugar, some ginger and garlic. Warm it up then add a 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to a 1/4 cup of cold water and once mixed, dump into pot and simmer about 5-8 minutes till it thickens.
Crispy Tofu tonight with some stirfried veg in a sweet chilli sauce, and some flat rice noodles.
Today, as an old guy, I was cleaning our glass top stove. The Weiman cleaner is in the cupboard above the stove. I squirted a bunch on the dirty rings and then realized its normally white not blue paste.
Turns out I grabbed the Cascade Complete dishwasher liquid. Duh.
I started to wipe it and realized it was pulling off the baked on food better than the stove cleaning product.
Best it has looked in 5 years.
P.s. made sure to fully rinse all of it off so no residue remained.
My wife liked the Polynesian sauce she had as a kid. So I reduced black cherries and pineapple down into a thick sauce, and a bit of ketchup and Catalina dressing to give it that zing she remembered. Poured that over some veggie chicken tvp product, and various stirfried veggies.
She loves the sauce so my plate (shown) has very little.
Still working on getting my tawa seasoned and batter consistency sorted out. But making dosa batter from scratch with cumin seeds, chopped chillies, ginger, curry leaves, and cilantro, is so delicious compared to the boxed mix. (And if I can say so, better than some dosa places I have eaten at)
Pot of bean and tvp chilli, and some slices of homemade bread. A good sharp breadknife makes life so much easier.
Till its gone. Nothing is forever