Thought of the week – The Paradox of Risk

“The paradox of risk:
 
(1) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. If you lose the basket, you lose it all. 

Image from https://pxhere.com/pt/photo/818612#google_vignette 

(2) Don’t put your eggs in too many baskets. The more baskets you manage, the less energy you can put into each one. It’s risky to do things halfway.
 
Diversified, but focused.”

~James Clear, https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/april-23-2020

February 22 - National Margarita Day in the U.S.

Greetings all!

If you are looking for something to celebrate this coming Saturday, why not break out the tequila and celebrate National Margarita Day?!

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Tequila
• 1 oz. Triple Sec
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• Lime wedge to garnish – classic

Variations

• A few slices of jalapeno – make it spicy
• 1 oz. mango puree – make it sweet

Instructions

Shake all the ingredients with ice, strain and serve in a salt-rimmed glass. 

A little Bit of History:

1938 – If you were allergic to all spirits, except tequila, you were in luck! Carlos "Danny" Herrera created the first margarita in Tijuana, Mexico

1945 – "Margarita: It's more than a girl's name” was the slogan used by tequila brand Jose Cuervo

1971 – The first frozen margarita machine was invented by Dallas restaurateur Mariano Martinez

1982 – “We only go around two times, and then deploy a simulated Margarita before landing” was the message from the shuttle STS-8 astronauts

2008 – Margarita became the most popular cocktail  in the U.S.

2012 – National Margarita Day emerged

Bon Appetit!  

Sources:

• https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/national-margarita-day
• https://nationalmargaritaday.com/ (images and recipes)

Hyvää Ystävänpäivää!

Greetings all!

What do you associate with a traditional Valentine’s Day? Do you think of chocolate, roses, grand gestures, and candle-lit dinners? Or do you feel like one of my friends, who emphatically told me the other day, “Valentine’s Day is stupid”?

Well, if you lived in Finland - do I have any Finnish readers today?! – you would definitely be celebrating something on February 14! However, instead of romance - or in addition to romance - you would be celebrating friendship!

Ystävänpäivä is translated as Friend’s Day, and I doubt anyone can object to showing love and appreciation for one’s friends.

So Hyvää Ystävänpäivää to all of my friends around the globe: I love and appreciate you - today and every day!

Source and image: https://www.gofinland.org/how-finland-celebrates-valentines-day-friendship-over-romance/

Cool Snow Sculpture Art

Source (and more!): https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/01/06/snow-sculpture-art-pictures/