1. Shun losers. They will magnify your worst personality traits. 2. Acknowledge your strengths AND weaknesses. Improve those things about yourself which will benefit most from your efforts and avoid squandering your energy trying to attain minimal competence in areas you are naturally weak. 3. Dispel negativity. Always picture yourself at the top of the […]
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Posted in The Good Life on Dec 14th, 2007
It slows down time . [W]arping of time apparently does not result from the brain speeding up from adrenaline when in danger . Instead, this feeling seems to be an illusion, scientists now find. We feel time moving slower when we are in danger or experiencing novel stimuli because of a trick played by the […]
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This story from my past is reproduced in its entirety from an email exchange I had recently with someone. Originally intended to be private, we both thought it should be flung across the worldwideweb for the glimpse it gives into what made me the lover of myself thousands I am today. *** when i was […]
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You should have listened to what mama said And walked away with someone else instead You should have listened to what grandma said And married someone more like Fred You should have listened to your inner voice While you had time and still a choice You should have reached for the emergency brake Before it […]
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I think the Bedouin lifestyle is for me. With eight wives and 67 children, Shahadeh Abu Arrar has given new meaning to the term “family man.” Abu is 58 years old. Suffice to say, if his wives are still pumping out children this prodigiously, they are considerably younger than him. 67 children is what happens […]
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Posted in Beta, Escape, The Good Life, Ugly Truths on Oct 16th, 2007
Common American Man, this is how your life will unfold. You will start with dreams, big dreams. You will believe you are ordained for exceptionalism. You will reluctantly abandon your dreams as the years pass and reality inexorably descends upon you like a choking shroud of grit. That reality looks like this – You will […]
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you’ve got her back at your place. light dimmer pre-adjusted before you left for the night to loooooooooooooow. (you’re a good boy scout. always prepared.) bowl of chocolate covered strawberries on the coffee table. you hand her some matches and ask her to help you light the candles. (good job, son! you know doing little […]
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Posted in Dating, The Good Life on Aug 20th, 2007
Late summer afternoons, when I was a young teenager full of innocence, suburban angst, and sappy love poems, I would bike past a certain house to catch a glimpse of the girl who, by dint of having never been corrupted by actual bedsharing, would remain a lifelong figure of purity to me. Being my first […]
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An American friend, let’s call him Phil, has discovered the bounties of East European girls. After a lifetime of drama dating compatriots of every known taxonomy, he recently hooked up with a cute Polish chick and, in his words, “there’s no going back”. We had an IM exchange where he explained his revelation: Phil: she […]
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Posted in Girls, Inner Beauty, Love, The Good Life on Jul 31st, 2007
according to a girl whose opinion I value. Set the scene. A man is returning home after having been away for months, maybe years, sacrificing his body in war or his comfort in third world charity work. He is scarred from his experiences but has kept the memory of his lover close throughout his ordeal, […]
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