Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon warned that our minds are wired to deceive us. "Beware the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall--they are the real distorting prisms of human nature." Chief among...

It is a beautiful Sunday and we decide to head to Jabal en Knisse. Just close to Laqlouq. We are a group of 10. We all start the snowshoe trek under a beautiful sunshine. The views over the frozen lake are spectacular. We try a local speciality: ba'asama....

I know one doesn't need excuses to party in Lebanon. But we had quite a good one this time: Rita just turned 30. Needless to say lovely cakes appeared once again... everybody cheering up Jeremie and Imad like Marx brothers