Posts Tagged as ‘Yoga’

October 31, 2008

I’m crushed: Only 3 out of 5

As you know by now, I’m a humor snob. So I’m gutted to discover, after taking the New Yorker’s test for advanced readers, that I only scored three out of five. Being a Yoga snob as well, the last one threw me off. But even with that allowance, I’d only be four out of five. [...]

August 16, 2008

How I write

I meant that title tongue-in-cheek, and quite literally. Here is how I write: On my tatami mat in front of my laptop, sitting either in Lotus (Padmasana in Sanskrit) ….

… or in Hero Pose (Virasana in Sanskrit). Which is to say, with my butt between my heels, as below. (For the etymologists among you, the [...]

July 29, 2008

It’s a stretch to write a book…

… especially when your children are on your back, and a full-time job, and …..
How does Tom Standage make it look so easy?