The Curiosity Index: Week 52


Well here we are right at the end of 2023. How has this year been for you? What are you looking forward to in 2024? I wrote 31 of these Curiosity Indexes, I’ll try and aim for 52 next year. Anyway thanks for reading, sharing, liking and I hope the coming year is a good one for you.

You Should Read These

Not especially New Year related but still here are 7 articles worth you bookmarking, reading & thinking about

  1. These ’52 things I learned this year’ posts are also quite popular. Here are two more one from Kent Hendricks and one from Jason Kottke.
  2. Not unrelated. ‘Procrastination is the thief of time’
  3. Months after attacks, Pakistan’s Christians still feel unsafe
  4. Stunning Photo of an Aurora Over an Icelandic Waterfall
  5. 100+ Architecture Terms That Will Help You Describe Buildings Better
  6. Earthships: Self-Sufficient Architecture Style. Some ideas in case 2024 goes very badly
  7. Here’s How Much of a Threat Asteroids Really Pose to Our Planet… And Us. Shouldn’t spoil your New Year festivities.

You Should Look At This

Spectacular Winners of the 2023 reFocus Awards Capture Diverse Images of the World

“The Tie that Binds” by Michael Pachis. Non-Professinal Wildlife Discovery of the Year.
“Orangutans, mother, and son embrace.”
“COWS AND KITES” by Andrew Lever. Non-Professional Nature Discovery of the Year.
“A herd of cows sunbathe on a beautiful sandy beach with kites flying in the backround. I took the image in Tarifa, Spain.”

You Should Listen To This

This is, what I would call, a banger


You Should Watch This

It had to be right?


This Week’s Postings

  1. Everyone Else’s Favourite Books Of The Year Lists (2023 Edition)
  2. My Books Of The Year (2023)
  3. My Films Of 2023

From The Archives

It’s a humbling thing to think through the many advantages and benefits simply from being born in favourable circumstances. It’s a pin-prick to my easily inflated ego. Into that thought comes the words of Jesus in Luke 12:48, “Everyone to whom much was given, much will be required.”

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?


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