Livia Iacolare

I guess only The L Word fans can understand. Simply fantastic.

Possibly one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen.

What happens when your brain functions fade away? How does reality change? Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor experienced a massive stroke and she shares her amazingly beautiful story with the public at TED. Thanks Marjolein for linking to this precious video.

Does it really matter when it costs $1799, has an iPod HD, one USB port, no CD/DVD and no Ethernet and it’s supposed to be designed for mobile life?

I remember I was 14 and I was going to school. It was a rainy day in Napoli and I had to refugee in a church to avoid getting completely wet. When I entered the church I found a playing card on a bench: it was a seven of coins (in Italy we call it “settebello”, which means “beautiful seven”).

It was a Neapolitan playing card produced by Modiano, beautifully crafted and clearly very old, since its deck had a very particular design. As much as I tried, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it and I was surprised to find such an item in a church.

Then I realized it had been probably left there by some guy who decided to quit playing cards. I picked it without hesitation and I put it inside my pocket. Starting from that moment, it has become some kind of a protection to me. I remember that one day a guy stole my purse (where I used to keep it) at school and I thought I had lost it forever. But that didn’t happen.

After two months my friend found the purse in a huge container filled with water and guess what: the card was still intact. All the beautiful things in my life are somehow associated with the number 7. Want an example? Last year I graduated on December 7th, I was the 7th on the list and I got 7 points by the board of examiners. Maybe it’s just a casuality, but I think that there is a logic in everything. So, in my case my luck charm also contains my lucky number.

What about you? Do you have any?