Cycling in Europe

Some of you have asked me what it’s like. This pretty much sums it up:

A Swiss state of mind

Only a few of these resonate so far! You know you’ve been in Switzerland too long when..

Beans and Noses

> One piece of advice I keep coming back to is about managing expectations. It came from an old friend, just a few days after I’d started my consulting practice. He was a seasoned consultant himself and I had asked him what I should know, just starting out.

> He told me his First Rule of Consulting: No matter how much you try, you can’t stop people from sticking beans up their nose. – [Jared Spool](http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2011/07/08/beans-and-noses/)

15 seconds of fame

An Italian TV station came to Zurich to see the office and a coworker pulled me in to be interviewed. Check me out at 1:12:

Literally Unbelievable

I still remember the exact moment I realized that I didn’t have to believe everything I read in books; that some things that are printed are not actually true (it was embarrassingly late, I’m afraid).

Apparently [some people have yet to make that leap](http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com/).

He’s back!

Clever people

Just found out that a single coworker of mine:

1. [Played drums in They Might Be Giants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtTBzj9yGAI)
2. Created [Wordle](http://www.wordle.net/)
3. Built [a tool to discover accidental haikus in Twitter](http://mrfeinberg.com/twaiku/)

I think he wins the internet.

Old men

Just found out that I’m the same age as Bart Simpson. And yes, [that does make me feel old](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/40-things-that-will-make-you-feel-old).

Not reassuring

…to have your safety helmet read “Die” on the side. The liability form was covered in the word as well.

From a ropes course offsite today near Luzern.

Reminds me of [The Simpsons’ take on German](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrTGyGSdrtI) (German translation, which is even more confusing)

Gotta love that attitude

> “People may say I can’t sing, but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.”

– [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins)

Do what you love.