September 3rd, 2010

How to lose weight: on losing 40 lbs in 4 months 14 comments
Published on July 22nd, 2007

This essay is NOT about me attempting to convince you, the reader, that you should follow in my footsteps. I don’t want to engage in any arguments on how to eat right and proper exercise regime. Instead, this is merely a recap of my own experience. I AM NOT A DOCTOR, nor am I a nutritionist.

Back in December 2006, I published an article on this site, where I listed my New Years resolutions, one of them being getting my weight down to 175 lbs by the end of the year. At that time, my weight was 213 lbs. I started losing weight in February, and reached my goal in June. I plateaued for a while, but now my weight is down to 173.

(Read more…)

How to save money, become smarter and more successful 2 comments
Published on December 6th, 2006

“See, the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years you’re gonna start doin’ some thinkin on your own and you’re gonna come up with the fact that there are two certaintees in life. One, don’t do that. And two, you dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you coulda got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library” – Will, Good Will Hunting.

I love reading. I read a lot. And ever since getting my first apartment a few years ago, I nurtured a dream to build an extensive personal library. I envisioned vast walls filled with most fascinating books, and every one of them would be special to me. The dream was born from thinking fondly back to childhood, when I used to spend a lot of time in my grandparents’ apartment. My grandfather was a prominent scientist, and his library was FANTASTIC. He had books on every possible topic – history, philosophy, archaeology, paleontology, biology, languages, science fiction, mystery novels, classics, poetry, books in Russian, English, German, Ukrainian … I credit much of how incredibly smart (and modest!) I’ve turned out to spending time at my grandfather’s library.

(Read more…)

Copyright © 2006 by Alexander Kharlamov.
RSS | Comments RSS