Mr. Vig

I just discovered this article in Scientific American.

If you don’t like to read boring scientific papers, I’ll tell you what it says.

According to the professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, your brain has a one-million-gigabyte memory.  Read More >

Do you know the names of your colleagues?

The ones who work in your office with you?

You do? Read More >

Have you ever noticed this?

Switzerland has a lot of Swiss things. 

There’s Swiss cheese… Swiss chocolate… Swiss bank accounts… Swiss roll… in the U.S. we have Swiss Miss…  Read More >

Meet the Swiss Army Knife word.

These words look like one simple word…

But like the knife with many blades and many tools….  Read More >

“What does ‘deal’ mean?”

One of my Vig Village members asked me this question during our weekend Zoom. 

“Well,” I said. “It’s not so simple.”  Read More >

This week, not one… but TWO Vig Village members asked me: 

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Americans don’t say “cheers.” 

Unless it’s a special ocassion and we touch wine glasses.  Read More >

“If you have 99 New Year resolutions you have zero resolutions.”

-Tim Ferris on The Tim Ferris Show, episode 717

I saw a woman at the gym today lifting a dumbell while watching a video on her phone.  Read More >

You got some good ideas this week.

Yesterday, I told you to “bring your confidence with you.” 

In other words, choose to be confident.  Read More >

We started the week with an interesting idea. 

Many readers commented that they liked the idea very much.

So let’s keep going! Read More >

“Should we start with Czech or English?” I asked my Greek friend. 

This afternoon I visited the post office in Prague. 

In December, my father mailed me a box of my winter clothes.  Read More >