Life On Discipline (and Adulting — yes again) So I’ve finally figured it out! This thing that has been bothering me about adulting. This thing that is so worthy of Awe, so deserving of Practice, and
adulthood Awestruck by Adulting Over the last few days, weeks, and months, I have been repeatedly awestruck by the process of adult-ing. So awestruck in fact, that it has made me doubt my own
Life A Masterpiece in Progress Between the ages of 20 and 40 we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our
Life On Rejection Rejection, I think, is a profound experience. Especially when it comes from those close to our hearts. Profoundly sad, profoundly lonely, and yet also, profoundly illuminating. Because rejection, leads us
communication The Honest Truth: I Am a Worry Wart The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful consideration, getting them wrong again. That’s how
30th Knot A Butterfly in the Hand A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam… And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world. But then it flies again and though we wish it could have stayed… We feel lucky to have seen it. –
Anecdotes The Seed of Identity When I was younger, I used to marvel in incredulity at some adults over 40. Adults who would say, without batting an eyelid, that they didn’t feel a day over 20. How could decades go by without one feeling or acknowledging the
blogs On Education in Nigeria Hey guys, Sadly I have nothing new for this blog this week, but I have just written what I feel is an interesting opinion piece on education in Africa over in my other blog: To Nigeria, My Country. Check it out here:
29th Knot Life Lessons (The Video) Last month, right around Valentine’s day, my parents sent me a video. A video that I feel explained in 3 and a half minutes, my entire world view. A world view which I previously tried to articulate in my article Life Lessons.
Life I'm a Little Teapot Since my last twist back in August of last year (where I became aware of my inflated ego), I have been taking steps to adjust my sense of self and reign in the more damaging consequences of this character trait. The results so far
27th Knot Back to Basics One of the many things I enjoy about coming back to Nigeria, is the return to a simpler style of life – and by simpler, I don’t mean easier, I mean rudimentary. I enjoy watching myself slowly (albeit reluctantly), shed my dependence
25th Knot Life Lessons As a child growing up, I used to eavesdrop on my parents conversations. I would walk into the living room, discover that they were in the middle of a discussion, and would quietly and surreptitiously take my seat among them: somewhere where I wouldn&
Celebrations Fathers From the Outside As I’ve grown older, words like “marriage,” “husband,” and “father,” have changed. Like some old friends who I haven’t seen in many years, when I see them now, I do a double-take. For they
Healthcare Reinforcement Learning In computer science, the term reinforcement learning refers to a sub-study of Artificial Intelligence called machine learning. The subject itself is actually quite broad and deep, and propels you quickly into the world of probabilities, Markov Decision Processes, weights, and rewards. Thus it is
23rd Knot Immediate Gratification One of the many things I’ve come to realise through my experiences here in the U.S, is that many of the problems plaguing Nigeria, and indeed most of the African continent, are not just Nigerian problems or African problems. At their
Relationships Romantic Love is Selfish Happy Valentines Day Everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve written a twist, but today is Valentine’s day, and I believe it calls for one. As with every Valentine’s day, our thoughts drift to either the
22nd Knot The World Wide Web Ever since we acquired the ability to easily and instantly share our lives with others over the Internet, there have been stories of inappropriate and mistaken sharing. From harmless cases like that of Randi Zuckerberg , to those with grevious consequences like that of Denise
21st Knot One Piece of Profundity There are times when you watch a movie, or a show, and you get a really profound message from it. In my case, this happened while I was watching episode 563 of One Piece . To get the full impact, you would have to have
20th Knot Nature vs. Morality So I think it’s about time I talk about it; the most controversial issue in American society today: Gay rights. 😯 … I can hear the mind gasps already. But before I jump into the main body of the discussion, there are 2
19th Knot The Class Divide I have never felt as discriminated against as I did today. Today, under the guise of the Drexel Senior Experience, I was invited to a business etiquette dinner. This dinner took place at one of the most exclusive and prestigious city clubs in the
18th Knot The Right Term It recently occurred to me that there is a term that describes what type of person I am. I often tell people, that I don’t really care about the world around me. I’m more interested in the people and activities
17th Knot KONY 2012 Joseph Kony Kony 2012 is the latest thing on the Internet these days. It is a video created by the humanitarian organisation Invisible Children Inc. which aims to make the war criminal Joseph Kony globally infamous this year. I could tell you about the
17th Knot Yes vs. No In an uncanny coincidence, my cousin Peter Oye contacted me the other day looking for ideas to aid his campaign for president of the Afro-Carribean Society (ACS) of Loughborough University. I call it uncanny because as some of you know, I held a similar
13th Knot 21 Gun Salute for Steve Pioneers of Innovation With the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. the world has lost another pioneer. The picture above taken at the white house shortly before his death, shows him and fellow pioneers, raising their glasses to the future of American
13th Knot Why I Blog Whenever I introduce people to The Red StringTM, the first question they ask is: So what do you write about? A question which for me is pretty hard to sum up in a sentence or two. But I always manage to say something passable
