February 2004 - A funny thing happened to me. It was quite a laugh actually, and I think the ridiculousness of the situation was what got me through it all.

What you regret most at the end of your life is said to be the things you didn't do -- climb Everest without oxygen, go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, bungee jump into the crater of an active volcano.  Are you crazy?  What I would regret most at the end of my life would be the end of my life.

Watching TV news makes me feel quite normal at times, which is at least an improvement. The usual news is awash with failure, and success is often wiped from the headlines by celebrity scandal and political fiscal gloom.

"Old age ain't no place for sissies," said Bette Davis, who lived till she was 81, and still had Bette Davis eyes.
According to geriatricians, who try to discover new things about old people, our early and middle years are just a preliminary training period for the pleasures of being an elderly adult - what they refer to as "the happy senescence phenomenon."

With a growing public debt and deficit in Portugal, how can Portugal´s government fulfill its promises without huge loans?

People who might not seem to need them often have second jobs.  A good example of this is the American actress Hedy Lamarr, who was also an inventor who developed a radio guidance system for torpedoes called "frequency hopping" as well as the technology that led to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. 

Everything changes.  The top of Mount Everest was once on the seabed.  You could have paddled barefoot on its summit without getting frostbite.  Sharks would be a different matter.

A window cleaner taking his first tentative steps on the career ladder has one of those rare jobs where you can rise rapidly, without your father owning the business.  Or the ladder.  Should you fall by the wayside, you can climb back up and start again.