The Forgotten Monk

“He lives his act.” -Robert Angier, The Prestige
There’s a scene in movie ‘The Prestige’ where an old, bend over, slow-moving Chinaman performs amazing tricks by making these heavy objects appear. One particular object that appears from seemingly nowhere was a big fish bowl complete with water and a few big goldfish. […]

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Think I’m crazy for creating a blog that talks about things to learn from books, movies and tv? Think again. When we are at a loss of what to do in a situation we can go to our friends, historical figures, and I believe characters in books, movies and tv. […]

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The search for a mentor led me down many paths. Most of them I read about in books or see them on TV. Then I happened upon a show called ‘Kitchen Nightmares’. Gordon Ramsay whose restaurants won multiple Michelin Stars, published several books.. This is a man […]

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