Category: DENEMELER / ESSAYS
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs Podcast
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I found out about the 500 Songs podcast from Izi who sent me a link knowing I'd enjoy it. I had started to play the guitar, and I have always been a music geek. After a furtive glance at the website (with horror) I saw a backlog of 150+ episodes. My OCD traits would make…
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Books I Read in 2019
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80% of business books are articles padded with fluff to fill up 250+ pages. The fluff part is usually the beginning where the author has to give examples showing that his premise worked in his sample of companies. Then there is the good part which is the article, followed by more fluff that talks about…
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The Perfect Hobby for Middle-Aged Males: Cycling
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The number of sports one can properly perform decreases with age. I can no longer play football without getting some minor injury, if I stop training for a few weeks I get sore all over when I start running again. Perhaps most depressing is that I have lower back pain if I don’t regularly stretch…
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Ideal Erkek Hobisi: Bisiklet
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Yaşlandıkça insanın yapabileceği sporlar azalıyor. Bisiklet, yüzme gibi sıkıcı, golf gibi uyuşuk, yürüyüş gibi anti-spor olmadığı için güzel bir opsiyon. Üstelik Londra düz olduğundan bisikleti aynı zamanda bir vesait olarak da kullanıyorum: park yeri derdi yok, yürümekten hızlı, çevreye faydalı, metroya göre sağlıklı…
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Why Do Men Get Emotional With Age?
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Heartbroken at 18, I had calculated that the little happiness love would bring was not worth the commensurate pain, and with an engineer’s resolve, I declared myself above human emotions.
