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PODCAST — Martinez & Bens Debate Russia and Russophilia

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Jan 22, 2017

I spoke again with Andrey Bens this time about the faults of Russia and the double standards and faulty arguments employed by Russophiles within the alt-media, anti-imperialist and alt-right circles.

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DOCUMENTARY — The Century of the Self

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July 9th, 2015

VIDEO — Ken Rohla – The Physics of How Consciousness Creates Reality

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Dec 6, 2016

Fresh And Alive founder, Ken Rohla, discusses scientific evidence supporting the concept that consciousness creates reality.

VIDEO — The Control of Society Through Sex

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Aug 30, 2016

8-29-16 – Jeanice Barcelo interviewed on World Beyond Belief. The video exposes the deliberate manipulation of human sexuality and the machinations that were employed to change the sexual attitudes and sexual behavior of the American people. From Alfred Kinsey’s “research”, to the introduction and saturation of our society with pornography, now being introduced into kindergarten classrooms through “sex ed,” the American people have been led around like puppets, complying with their Luciferian masters in their focus on orgasm rather than authentic and enduring human love. The consequences of what we are doing are enormous.

For more information on this topic, please check out my 2.5 hour DVD series entitled “Human Sexuality, Pornography, and the Attack on Human Love” which you can find here: birthofanewearth.blogspot.com/2016/05/human-sexuality-pornography-and-attack.html

Please also check out my website: http://BirthofaNewEarth.com

And the youtube channel of Mindy Urken and Paul Marco: http://www.youtube/pineconeutopia

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Jan 12, 2017

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Tonight we are joined by Dr. Wil Spencer for a discussion on our emotional health and how that affects our body.

VIDEO/PODCAST — Steve Outtrim – Silicon Valley’s Secret Weapon: The Shadow History of Burners P5a: Burning w/the Man

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Jan 5, 2017

Episode 257: Steve Outtrim returns for his fifth time to continue our discussion into his recent research into Silicon Valley and Burning Man, titled: “Silicon Valley’s Secret Weapon: The Shadow History of Burners Part 5A: Burning with the Man”

Steve Outtrim is a technology entrepreneur from New Zealand, who now lives in San Francisco. He created the HotDog Web Editor, which was named as the 3rd most downloaded software on the Internet by WIRED in 1997. He IPO’d his company Sausage Software in Australia in 1996, making him at age 23 the youngest CEO of a public company – a record held by Rupert Murdoch for more than 40 years. He has invested in more than 50 early-stage technology companies and founded 4 that he exited via IPO or trade sale.

Steve is a Shadow Historian, and for the last 3 years has been writing a book series looking behind the scenes of the tech world. Steve created the blog Burners.Me in 2012 to discuss Burning Man and Burner culture. It is the largest independent Burner site, with more than 200,000 followers. He has been to 12 burns since 1998.

Steve brings a first-hand, unique perspective to Silicon Valley and its ties to the military and Burning Man.

VIDEO — Radionics interview with R. Murray Denning

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Oct 30, 2016

Radionics interview with R. Murray Denning
Your Health program – February 2, 1978

R. Murray Denning grew up during the first World War. At the age of 21 he contracted an ‘incurable’ spinal complaint, which dominated his life for 25 years, until at the age of 45 he met, and was cured by a remarkable “Healer” working in a London Spiritualistic Center.

This experience led him to devote the rest of his life to helping people with a wide range of health problems, working first as a ‘straight’ Healer himself, and later as a Radionic Practitioner, in which cause he qualified as a physiotherapist.

During his life he spent much time researching into the whole spectrum of Healing with particular reference to the study of the works of eminent Radionic scholars and pioneers of the past. He strove to present the ‘lost’ knowledge he has uncovered, as well as to project radionics into modern scientific thinking.

VIDEO/PODCAST — Masaki Miyagawa on Numerology, Energy Work, Energy Tools, Healing, Hollywood Mind Control and Russia — Potent News Podcast #003

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Dec 15, 2016

Our guest on this episode is Los Angeles based Masaki Miyagawa from akaida.com.  He is a psychic and has over 10 years of experience studying esoteric aspects of our world.  His family has studied Buddhism for over 400 years.  He currently provides various classes, workshops, services and consultations in order to help us get acquainted with the value of energy work, meditation, numerology, and energy tools.  His research and grounded experience has culminated in an empowering solutions-oriented perspective and lifestyle which many of us can indeed benefit from.

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When President’s only daughter, Liu Xin Ping, checked into the hospital for her chemotherapy treatment, the head of internal Medicine, Dr. Xu Da-Ming, and the head of surgery, Dr. Tang Guo-Tai, became the core members of the President’s medical team. Both men planned to use this opportunity to prove themselves to be the best person for the hospital director’s position.

Xu advised Liu to have a Central IV implantation to alleviate the discomfort of her treatment. He appointed Dr. Su Yi-Hua, an expert in this type of operation, to perform the surgery. When Tang found out, he was furious that Xu appointed one of his surgeons without his explicit approval. To spite Xu and take credit for the treatment, he replaced Su with Dr. Qiu Qing-Cheng and publicly announced that he himself had performed the surgery. However, this move put himself and the hospital in a very difficult position when Liu developed serious complications after the surgery.

Through out the ordeal, Su tried to maintain his integrity as a doctor by standing up to Tang. His actions created great displeasure in his boss and caused him to be alienated by the entire surgical department.

While Su was experiencing alienation, the woman he loved was also under duress in the hospital. Anesthesiologist Guan Xin was caught in a medical malpractice claim involving hospital director Huang Kai-Yuan. Through Tang, Huang put pressure on Guan to take the blame for the malpractice. Guan refused. In the ensuing media circus, Guan endured pressures from both the hospital and the victim’s family. She learned that it’s difficult to maintain principle in the face of reality.

Tang’s overbearing attitude eventually led to his own downfall and Xu’s rise to power. The shift in power stirred up series of personnel changes, of which, directly impacted the future of Qiu, Su and other members of the surgical department.

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Transcript of 1950's

We Didn't Start the Fire
January 1, 2014
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Brief Overview
Entertainment and Leisure
Values and Culture
going to the local drive in to eat
roller rinks
learning to hula hoop
movies *theater or drive in
listening to rock and roll and learning to dance
bowling leagues
watching baseball
playing cards
going to amusement parks
The 1950's was a time of economic stability for most people in America. New machines allowed for more products to be made with less effort, cost and time, so the average income grew and more leisure time was allowed. In America, the average income was 2x the size of the average income of a European resident, and 4x the size of the average person living in Italy. Families were growing due to the baby boomers, so small apartments turned into houses, and most families were expected to own a house and a car. There was on average 1 car to every 3 americans in the united states and a car was seen as a status symbol. Also, in the 50's supermarkets and fast food chains emerged, further changing the way food was bought and sold.

Media was popular during this time. It consisted of music, movies, and television and had a variety of topics for people with different interests.
Common Pastimes:
Inventions and Technology
The first Fender Electric guitar is available for a relatively cheap price.
Sam Phillips begins Sun Records which will become the label of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.
Elvis is discovered!
Elvis Presley went to the Sun Records Studio to record a couple of songs as a present for mom but he ended up impressing the office manager with is vocals and musicality.
The Beginning of Fast Food
The 1950's was the beginning of an era, starting the idea of Fast Food. Restaurant chains began opening, leading to the idea of bringing food home to eat. Restaurants such as Dunkin' Donuts, KFC, Denny's, Burger King, IHOP, and Pizza Hut.
Basic Entrees
Family meals were very common in the 1950's. Often times the mother or woman in the family would spend most of the day preparing dinner. Some popular meals included meatloaf, burgers, casserole, deviled eggs and TV dinners, meals that could be eaten in living rooms in front of their new television sets.
The Introduction of the TV Dinner
The Hydrogen Bomb
-The US tested the first H-bomb in 1952
-The H-bomb uses nuclear fusion to achieve detonation
-It can yield over 1000 times the power of the atomic (fission) bomb
Nuclear Weapon Safety Video
A Vaccine for Polio
In 1952, Jonas Salk created the first effective polio vaccine.
It was not available to the public until 1955
In '52, there were over...
58,000 victims
21,000 disabled
3000 deaths
...from polio
1953: James Watson and Francis Crick discover the structure of DNA
Their discovery was a milestone in the field of molecular biology and genetics
The Space Race
The USA and USSR began competing in August, 1955
The Soviets launched the Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957.
President Eisenhower founded NASA in July, 1958
Other Significant Inventions
1958: Earl Bakken (founder of Medtronic and U of M graduate) invents a wearable pacemaker
1955: Velcro is patented, and later adopted by NASA
1959: The first plastic credit card is issued
1956: The first videocassette recorder is made; it was larger than a washing machine and cost $50,000
Other Significant Inventions
1955: Seat belts made available for automobiles. They were invented in order to reduce the large number of head injures due to car accidents.
1954: Solar cells are made at Bell Labs
1957: bubble wrap developed
1951: The first color TV program is broadcast
1954: IBM scientists create the hard disk drive. It was larger than two refrigerators and held 3.75 megabytes
Other Significant Inventions
Microwave ovens were modified and sold for use in homes (1955)
3D films become a fad with the advent of polarized filters and other new techniques in the film industry
Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
Cost 17 million dollars to build.
The original park included main street, adventureland, frontierland and tomorrowland
In 1955...
-Snow maker
-Leaf blower
-Automatic sliding doors
Expected to get married at a young age. Either right out of high school or during college.
People of Color
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Native Americans
White Americans left cities for the suburbs and isolated themselves from other races.

Discrimination in public facilities similar to what african americans experienced.

In Texas, after the first 100 years after gaining US citizenship, many lost their land due to unfamiliar American laws. Losing land caused many to go from wealthy ranch owners to farmers.
Southern whites move to South Texas bringing with them the racial social code of the Deep South which applied to blacks and Mexican Americans
Termination Policy: gave up responsibility for Native American tribes by eliminating federal economic support, discontinuing the reservation system, and redistributing tribal lands.
Bureau of Indian Affairs began a voluntary relocation program to help them resettle in cities
Urban Indian Relocation Program relocated them to seven major cities.
They would receive temporary housing, help in finding jobs, community and social resources, and money depending on the number of children in the family.
Example: $80 for a mother, father, and 4 children, a week for four weeks
But not everyone was receiving what they were promised so some began to go back to their reservations while others stayed.
Marilyn Monroe was a favorite among all people
Best known for her acting
Died August 5th, 1962
Monroe died for a drug overdose and several people think it was suicide but it very well could have been an accident.
Marilyn Monroe
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Health Matters – a new resource for professionals

Welcome to PHE’s Health Matters, a new resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective (and cost-effective) interventions to tackle major public health problems.

In creating Health Matters, we’ve been inspired and helped by our US colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their influential Vital Signs monthly reports.

In the first year, we’ll aim to publish a new Health Matters every eight weeks. This launch issue focuses on smoking cessation.

Future Health Matters will cover topics such as obesity, early years, dementia, antimicrobial resistance and alcohol, among others.

We’ve created Health Matters as a way of putting in your hands and on your screens useful and engaging material that we hope will help you to make the case for effective action.

In designing this new material, we’ve focused on three things.

First, we want Health Matters to reflect the range of PHE’s health improvement offering. That’s why we’ve included population data on smoking, as well as policy and programme expertise, and campaigning and social marketing resources.

We believe there’s value in presenting this package of knowledge and intelligence in one place (you can sign up to our e-bulletin to keep receiving the latest information - select 'add subscriptions').

Second, we’ve tried to design the messages and key facts in engaging and easy-to-use formats. We hope you’ll take the infographics, the slides, the video clips, the tobacco control resources, the case studies and share them with your stakeholders.

If the data we’ve presented help you in your briefings and presentations, then Health Matters will be doing its job. Here are some examples (below) of downloadable graphics from our launch issue and you can find all of the resources on GOV.UK.

Third, we’d like Health Matters to be a two-way street. We’ve heard from our stakeholders that they’d like more targeted and usable support and more practical advice on what works and what doesn’t. We also know that local leaders value their links with the national public health agenda.

Health Matters is part of our effort to respond to this feedback. We’ve specifically designed Health Matters so that it includes both national and local level data; case studies of local tobacco control as well as national policy issues.

We’d love to hear your thoughts about the type of content we’ve chosen to include, where you think the gaps are and how well we’re presenting the materials. Please let us know how we can improve the product so that Health Matters can help you to make a difference.

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Health Matters is a resource for professionals which brings together the latest data and evidence, makes the case for effective public health interventions and highlights tools and resources that can facilitate local or national action. Visit the Health Matters area of GOV.UK or sign up to receive the latest updates through our e-bulletin. If you found this blog helpful, please view other Health Matters blogs.

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Dr. Cuevas is an attending physician in radiology at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and UW Medical Center. He specializes in pancreatic cancer and liver tumors with a multimodality approach: ultrasound, MRI, and CT. Dr. Cuevas is a member of the Hingorani Lab researching pancreatic cancer.


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Arizona Spotlight for February 5, 2016

Research at ASU to better understand concussions; Fort Lowell Day celebrates Tucson history; a woman shares her bi-cultural world on "Dímelo"; "Old Jews Telling Jokes" brings laughter to The Live Theatre Workshop.

Arizona Spotlight for February 13th, 2015

A student learns to balance family, education, and work with limited income; translating Murakami's stories into English; repose as a way to deal with stress; a bull rider's quest for the Gold Buckle.

The Gold Buckle

Join a real-life cowboy competing in the 90th Annual Tucson Rodeo, on a quest to earn his sport's most valued prize.

Christine Clark Holds Court at Basketball Camp for Girls

Before launching her professional career, 21-year-old Tucsonan returns home.

AZ's Vintage Baseball League Wraps Up Season in Historic Park

Game played with original rules, uniforms, songs and traditions at Bisbee's Warren Ballpark.

Tucsonan Aims for 2016 Olympics

Mountain View High School senior hopes to land a spot on the team USA's skeet shooting team.

Bike Fest Celebrates All Things Bicycle in S. AZ

Bicycle enthusiasts are encouraging more people to discover the benefits of "pedal power" by using bikes as a form of transportation.

Bisbee's Warren Ballpark is Major Component of Town's History

Built in the early 1900s, stadium has housed minor league games, as well as relics of baseball’s bygone past, such as outlaw leagues, barnstorming games.

UA's Women Wheelchair Basketball Players Heading to 2016 Paralympics

Three team members have committed to travel to Rio de Janeiro for the games "Gold medal...that's what we want."

Audio Postcard: Wildcats Basketball

Hear the sounds from McKale Center during a victorious home game against arch-rivals Arizona State

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Book Review: Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Kiersten White‘s Paranormalcy is a wonderful amalgamation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kristin Cashore‘s Graceling and Fire, and even Hellboy, with her own unique dash of dark, cute brilliance.

Evie’s life is going much the way it always has: evenings spent in graveyards, tempting stray vampires with her bare neck before turning the tables on them with her pink, rhinestoned taser named Tasey. She works for IPCA, the International Paranormal Containment Agency. She’s a normal teenage girl, except that she can see through glamor (the illusion that paranormals put up to deceive normal people), something that no one else in the world can do. This makes her a coveted member of the IPCA. Her best friend is a mermaid with the mouth of a sailor (which is a good thing that her translator has a built in censor), her ex-boyfriend is a pushy, overpossessive fairie with a thing for dancing, and Evie has a alarming addiction to dramatic teen television. The problem is that someone out there is killing off paranormals, and that person is getting dangerously close to IPCA and Evie. A prophecy arises which hints that Evie is inextricably linked with that unknown entity, and she finds out that much of what she knew before is not exactly as it seems. She meets a boy who is as unique as she is, and finds out some unsettling things about herself along the way.

I love White’s voice most of all. I fell right into her quirky way of looking at things, her chaotic mind, and her hilarious quips. Her emotions bleed through, providing more than simple narration, but a real poignancy shines through at times. There is a twinge of romance in the book, though nothing too gushy or overdrawn, but, due to Evie’s near-cloistered lifestyle, it is an entirely new experience for her, one which she does not treat lightly and really thinks through when she needs to.

One of the great themes of this novel was the unreliability of appearances and perceptions–something I’m always happy to see in YA lit. Evie is not your run-of-the-mill imposing or terrifying figure, but with Tasey she’s dangerous. Her best friend is not another teen girl, but a mermaid (who looks nothing like Ariel from The Little Mermaid), and her boyfriend can look like anyone. Those who seem to be her friends or potential allies could be the most dangerous to her; those most beautiful might be the most deadly. Evie is a non-traditional, kick-butt heroine–part of a growing trend in YA lit that I’m really growing to love more and more. There are a lot of great examples, with more coming out all the time–this is a prime representation.

I look forward to reading Supernaturally, the sequel which will come out in July.

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  1. Hi~ I was deciding on book titles to get for the month of June so that I could make it in time for the bookstore promotion and I’m glad to have come across this review! It certainly looks interesting and I would most likely be getting this book~:D

    Thank you for the recommendation! 🙂

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Proclamation 4948 -- Baltic Freedom Day

June 14, 1982

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A Proclamation

The independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia was extinguished in 1939 as a result of a nefarious deal struck between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Hitler handed Stalin the three Baltic republics as a bonus to secure his cooperation in the destruction of Poland and to obtain a secure eastern frontier which enabled him to launch war against the western democracies. Subsequently, hundreds of thousands of Baltic nationals were deported to the Soviet Union where many of them perished in prisons and forced labor camps. The darkest day of that great human tragedy occurred on June 14, 1941, when their homes and jobs were taken by Russian settlers.

Today, some of the survivors of these mass deportations are citizens of the United States. Their aspirations for a better future for the peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have helped to bring new meaning to our nation's commitment to freedom for all people. The United States has never, over the intervening forty-one years, recognized the forcible incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union.

As a nation, we remain dedicated to the furtherance and preservation of the fundamental human rights and freedoms of all people and take note on this special day of our hope that the blessings of liberty will one day be part of the national life of the courageous people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The Congress of the United States by Senate Joint Resolution 201 has authorized and requested the President to proclaim June 14 as Baltic Freedom Day.

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate June 14, 1982, as Baltic Freedom Day. I call upon the people of the United States to reaffirm their belief and hope that the citizens of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia and of all nations will one day achieve through peaceful means the goals of democratic freedom and self-determination.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth.

Ronald Reagan

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:44 p.m., June 18, 1982]

Note: The text of the proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 19.


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Happy Book Birthday to For the Love of Murphy (and me :P) #Romance #NewRelease #Sweet

Yes!! It’s finally release day for the sweet romance anthology, FOR THE LOVE OF MURPHY, and the debut of my tale, A Slippery Slope.

So excited to be sharing space with some fantastic authors for this one. Let me share the details, and you will see why…

A Sweet Romance Anthology

Author: Lisa A. Adams, Michelle Ziegler, Annabelle Blume, Rebecca Hart, London Saint James

Publisher: Roane Publishing

Release Date: TODAY!!

Description:They say love conquers all, but whoever “they” are, must not have heard of Murphy’s Law — whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

These five tales of sweet, accidental romance prove Cupid’s arrows are a lot tougher than they seem, and sometimes it pays to be unlucky.

  • No Wrong Turns – Lisa A. Adams
  • Falling for You – Michelle Ziegler
  • Coffee and Cufflinks – Annabelle Blume
  • A Slippery Slope – Rebecca Hart
  • The Shamrock Incident – London Saint James

No Wrong Turns by Lisa A. Adams

Jessica Brannah is escaping from her last heartbreak with a loaded car and a new address. But, when Murphy’s Law finds her stranded in a back country town, she realizes there’s no outrunning love.

Falling For You by Michelle Ziegler

Darci’s ready to move on. Too bad the dating pool stinks. Until, a ghost from her past resurfaces—the man she missed out on in college.

Andrew was the one man she’d always loved, but neither of them ever made a move. But, old feelings aren’t the only thing resurfacing of late. Darci’s ex comes crawling back at the most inappropriate time, and with all the testosterone flying, she might not end up with either man.
Coffee and Cufflinks by Annabelle Blume

Fresh out of a failed relationship and exhausted by a constant barrage of fiascos at work, Olivia Johnson doesn’t see the man of her dreams standing right in front of her. She tells herself the morning coffee meet-ups with Daren are nothing but coincidence, but even she can’t deny his unequivocal attractiveness. When a night entertaining clients takes a turn for the worst, and Daren shows up where she least expects him, failure starts to look more like fate.

A Slippery Slope by Rebecca Hart

Anne Montgomery is psyched for her girl’s only weekend, despite her friends’ choice of vacation locale—the snowy slopes of Harris Peak Ski Resort—where someone as notoriously accident prone as she has no business being. When Murphy’s Law finally catches up with her, Anne is forced to consider there may be times when it pays to be unlucky.

The Shamrock Incident by London Saint James

Florist, Marissa Carmichael isn’t usually a klutz, but she’s in a hurry and having a bad day. In her haste, she loses her balance and tumbles from the back room of her shop, arms flailing. Her less than graceful entrance halted by a headfirst crash into a display case chock full of silk flowers.

Trey Cleary didn’t think his day could get any worse, until he finds. himself picking the side view mirror of his BMW up from the ground. On a mission to do something about it, he locates the flower shop matching the name on the back of the van that mangled his ‘baby’. But, his car is forgotten when a beautiful woman bursts into the room like an out of control whirling dervish, and takes one mother of a wipeout into the shop’s counter. Coming to her aid brings out the hero in him like no one he’s ever encountered, and leaves him with a need to know more.

For Marissa and Trey, this just might be the one time it pays to be unlucky.

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Im a single parent of three and a published author of romance in all sorts of sub-genres. A full time IT geek, Managing Editor of Roane Publishing, cover artist and a reformed gaming addict -- I live to write fantasy peppered with a dash of romantic nonsense :P Addicted to all things pirates, penguins, Johnny Depp and rum. Follow me on Twitter: @Rebelhart69

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    Congrats! 🙂

  2. Congrats, ladies. These stories sound terrific.

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We want to read your poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, drama (full plays or excerpts), graphic novels, and translations. Visual art is accepted too. Send us something (or two!), and if selected, you will be published on our website and stand a chance to be featured in our 21st issue this year.

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Nopales con Huevos (Cactus w/ Eggs) March 13 2016, 0 Comments

This lady has a nice cactus recipe....

our cactus are easier to clean than hers...

and ours don't really need cooking.

The Nutrition of Cactus Juice March 12 2016, 1 Comment

From the article:

Cactus juice, also known as nopales, nopalitos or prickly pear juice, is a popular beverage in Mexico, South America, India, the Middle East and parts of Europe. This beverage has recently caught on in popularity in the United States.

The fleshy oval leaves of the cactus plant have a sticky liquid that is similar to asparagus, green beans or green peppers. The nectar of this plant is composed of water, sugar and minerals.

fleshy oval pads of nopal cactus

The Nutritional Value of Cactus Juice

Cactus juice provides you with beta-carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron, magnesium, calcium and numerous other minerals and vitamins. Additionally, this fruit is rich in amino acids, specifically taurine. Taurine has antioxidants and flavonoids, both of which are beneficial to the body.

Health Benefits of Cactus Juice

Cactus juice has shown to help to prevent inflammation in the muscles, arteries, gastrointestinal tract and cardiovascular region.

Cactus juice has a laxative effect and has shown to effectively treat constipation. In addition to easing constipation, cactus juice can reduce inflammation in the urethra and bladder.

Cactus juice is a good source of photochemicals, which can help strengthen the body's immune system.

Additionally, the nopal cactus has high levels of betalins, which are antioxidants.

The American Heart Association has conducted research examining the benefits of cactus juice in reducing cholesterol levels.

Cactus juice has shown to be an effective remedy for non-insulin diabetes. Research shows that cactus juice can help decrease and stabilize blood glucose and insulin levels

Enjoy 1 to 2 tbsp of cactus juice up to three times a day to benefit from the numerous benefits provided by this fruit.

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"Nopal - Anti-Inflammatory and Lowers Cholesterol" March 12 2016, 0 Comments

Nopal cactus grows all over the world and it’s used as a great food in Mexico, South America, and many other areas of the world. And it has amazing health benefits such as: Its a powerful anti-inflammatory, a very good antioxidant, helps with weight loss, lowers cholesterol, has plant sterols to dissolves arterial plaques, lowers blood sugar, detoxes the liver, good immune booster, helps with gastric ulcers, lots of fiber, promotes the grow of probiotic bacteria, helps with hangovers, lowers blood sugar, lowers blood pressure and more.
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Nopal cactus crece en todo el mundo y es usado como una gran comida en México, América del Sur, y en muchas otras zonas del mundo. Y tiene increíbles beneficios para la salud tales como: es un potente antiinflamatorio, un muy buen antioxidante, ayuda con la pérdida de peso, reduce el colesterol, esteroles vegetales que disuelve las placas arteriales, baja el nivel de azúcar en la sangre, el hígado detoxes, buen refuerzo inmunológico, ayuda con las úlceras gástricas, mucha fibra, promueve el crecimiento de las bacterias probióticas, ayuda con la resaca, baja el nivel de azúcar en la sangre, disminuye la presión arterial y mucho más.
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Healthy Cactus Soup Recipe From Singapore January 27 2016, 1 Comment

Healthy Cactus Soup Recipe From Kin Yan Agrotech (仙人掌鸡汤)

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Wanna try Cactus Soup? My first reaction was, "Yucks!" Somehow, the staff at Kin Yan Agrotech managed to convince me to pour the mini cup-size soup into my mouth. The next thing I knew, I was totally intoxicated by the delicious soup!

Nopales Con Huevo (Cactus and Eggs) January 21 2016, 0 Comments

The family that cooks together stays together. Even decades from now, this grandmother will be connected to her granddaughters children when they cook this nopales cactus meal, handed down for generations.

Prickly pear leaf soup with chicken January 18 2016, 0 Comments

mm-MM-mm Good!

Edible Cactus should be regarded as an herb.

Mix a little bit with almost anything else one is eating.

NOPALES EN CHIPOTLE - CACTUS STEW January 17 2016, 0 Comments

Here's a Spanish-Language video with English subtitles showing how to make this mouthwatering cactus stew.

Oh, this makes me hungry.

How to prepare and cook nopales cactus♥Nopales and Diabetis♥Mexican Cactus January 17 2016, 0 Comments

A cute Mexican accent and a fine dish of cactus!
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outer banks again for 2016

ocracoke, look at all those birds around that ship, I used a 600 mm sigma long lens for these shots of ships

great shots you can even see the crew, while I was watching these guys a dolphin went buy close to shore

here is some more,

cormorant back of fatty resturant in buxton, at a salt water marsh that leads to the sound,

this guy I got alot of shots of, behind fattys resturant again, (if you want real honest to goodness ice cream their herseys ice cream is the bomb.)

ah what is over there, hark, it is my imagination running wild again invisioning me living by this lighthouse where I plant a giant red wood 100 feet from it and watch it grow to full maturity and die in God’s new world where death and sin and wickedness and property taxes and man made oppression will be gone. actually your laughing at me arnt you?

sunrise over the atlantic ocean, very pretty,

sunrise behind the lighthouse view motel, really nice motel you get a nice clean room at a reasonable price off season.

remember this plant from past posts? this was behind the falcon motel which is now in disrepair and being sold (the fence is damage by thepool and the pool was full of debris and stuff) now look at it after hurricane matthew

poor plant was so pretty now it is destroyed from the salt water flooding.

we fished on this soundside peir we were actually on our way to the aquarium when we came across this (and we also came across the visitor center for alligator river refuge and pea island refuge and allthe cool stuff they had inthere plus a gift shop which I naturally bought some pretty things there ) I did not catch anything but it allowed my husband to show me how to cast and now when something has the bait stuff like that.

bodie lighthouse,

my hubby fishing ocracoke island.  this is all for now.

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In the line of fire

I just felt a bit too restrained with Twitter last night to describe what actually went down. So, this will be too personal and perhaps too graphic. Consider yourselves warned… 🙂

The scene

Imagine last night about eleven in the evening. Our bathroom downstairs consists of a toilet, a bath tub with shower and then an inner room, with washing machine and a table for changing diapers. It has a door that you can close, so no one in the actual bathroom will see you, and vice versa.

After a weekend with the family and running around playing with kids, I thought I’d let myself have some quiet time in the bathroom. Meaning, sitting down, doing no. 2 and winding down before yet another week in the mines at work. I just started doing my business, when Fredrika knocks on the door and says that she has to come in and change diaper on our youngest (currently sleeping) daughter Filippa, 15-months old.

Somewhat annoyed by being disturbed, I understand that this has to happen. While Fredrika and I aren’t shy of each other, we haven’t gotten to that stage in our relation that we can have a shit while the other person is in the same room (and I hope we never reach that either). So, feeling a bit awkward, I tell her that she can come in, walk straight through to the inner room and close the door.

That way I can finish up, wipe myself and get the hell out of there. The door opens and…

The event

Fredrika comes into the room with Filippa in her arms. She has just woken up, and out of nowhere she starts to vomit; like, projectile-style. She throws up all over me, sitting there on the toilet. Fredrika hurries her into the bath tub so she can spew whatever needs to come out, and then use the shower to clean her.

Perfectly normal situation with a kind. except… There I am, still sitting on the toilet with shit in my ass and vomit all over me. And I don’t really want to start wiping myself either while Fredrika is still in there. It would just feel… nasty.

So, my only option is to sit there in that lovely odor that throw up gives away, still with the need to use some toilet paper to become decent; looking on to how things progress with poor Filippa.

Filippa was throwing up some more times during the night, but today she actually seems to feel well; she even has an appetite now! Apparently she burped up something at lunch today, but since she ran away from Fredrika, laughing, when she tried to change her shirt, I think things are just fine. 🙂

  • Olly says:

    That's a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.

    Don't know if I'll bother with lunch now 😉

  • Ahahaha, you had me laughing out loud here. I'm sorry, but that is just too funny. 😉

    Hope she'll get better soon though.

  • Remy Sharp says:

    I'm "so" glad I decided to catch up on my RSS feeds while sitting down to lunch!

  • Funny story, Robert, and good to here your daughter is alright 🙂

    While Fredrika and I arenâ€™t shy of each other, we havenâ€™t gotten to that stage in our relation that we can have a shit while the other person is in the same room (and I hope we never reach that either)

    I can't say I feel the same way. I would have freed myself from your situation in the blink of an eye without a doubt 😉 But I have to admit I would've felt nasty all the same.

  • Dana says:

    Ah, the life of a father isn't always pretty. Glad to hear that Filippa is doing better. Keep sharing!

  • Steven Clark says:

    eewwwwww… ha ha.

    Projectile vomit is also something that comes back when they turn mid to late teens, discover alcohol and ask for a lift home from a party. 🙂

    Something to look forward to Robert.

  • Ed says:

    At least you're in the right room so could deal with it. My boy once came and leaned right over me in bed at around 4:30am and said "Dad, I feel ….<puke>" Needless to say the clear up exercise was exhausting, the smell disgusting. Then I had to do a days work on top.

    Kids eh!

  • Jim says:

    Truly, Robert, you live the dream!

  • Hahaha! Great story. As a new father myself (3 months) I've gotten used to dealing with a whole new level of "disgusting". Although I hope "taking a shit with baby spew" remains firmly your story and never becomes mine.

  • Pat says:

    I wonder how this post will captivate Google's interest?!! 😀

    You had me in stitches… glad to hear your daughter is feeling better though!

  • peder says:

    oh the joy of family life

  • Robert Nyman says:

    Thanks everyone, I'm glad that you appreciated it! 🙂

    Well, I've been through that one as well… 🙂

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MUST-SEE VIDEO!!! David Hedrick is a US Marine veteran. Listen to him blast US Representative Brian Baird at a town hall meeting. This is HUGE. (Text transcript available here.) Hedrick wrote the following about the video that he posted on YouTube: I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy. Related: Marine Takes Oath Seriously, Why Don't Congressmen? Town Hall Meeting with US Congressman Brian Baird “Stay away from my kids”: veteraan veegt vloer met Democraat Cool Hats & Shirts for Cool Conservatives Leave a Comment... Chicago News Bench RSS Feed We're on Twitter...


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The Confusing World of Diets© Part One There are only two types of diets in the world. This has been true since the beginning of recorded history - and probably before. Wait a minute. I can just hear you now saying there are hundreds of different diets. However, all these different diets fall into two categories. The Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, the Mediterranean diet, the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet all fall into one category or the other. The two types of diets are diets for health and diets for weight control. The weight control diets are mostly about weight loss. Although some people do have a problem gaining weight, they are the only ones interested in weight gain diets. Since the vast majority of people who are interested in weight control are concerned with weight loss, that is what we will concentrate on here. Part of the confusion over how diets work or don't work revolves around the fact that very few people like yourself are aware of these two different types of diet. Not only are you unaware, but you have no clue as to the importance of each. Now before you get too mad at me, this is not your fault. This is not talked about in the diet and weight loss industry. After all the diet and weight loss industry is a multi billion dollar business - every year. They don't care if their diets work or not. In point of fact, they know their weight loss diets don't work. But, they are good marketers and they keep you coming back for the newer and more improved latest diets. Just look at how the Atkins diet phenomenon took over. Now, the Atkins diet did have some good points, mostly in bringing an awareness of the overeating of refined carbohydrates in your diet. That is about it however. And Atkins high protein diet was not new. The first recorded high protein diet was developed back in the late 1700's. It didn't work then and another "new and better" diet came along to replace it. This is how the diet industry works. They bring out one diet and hype it to the limit. It gets on the news, there are diet books on the new diet, there are new foods for the new diet and this goes on and on. Until the next diet is ready. Then that one is the latest and greatest and gets hyped to the limit. This pattern has been followed for decades and people have been going from diet to diet for year after year. And the population has been getting heavier year after year. Does that mean the key is to stop dieting? Well, we will get to that a little later. As you can see weight control diets are a big industry and they continue to make tons of money for the industry. On the other hand we have diets for health. That will be our topic in part two of this special report. Part 2 will be coming your way tomorrow. If you want to make sure you get the next two parts in this series, The Confusing World of Diets, please sign up for our newsletter here: If you have not done so yet and want to continue getting the latest no nonsense information about your diet and fitness please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter at: Thank you, Mike Pickering To find out the no nonsense way to lose weight, check out: COPYRIGHT 2006 by Michael Pickering. All rights reserved. Please feel free to forward this article exactly as is, including all Michael Pickering's contact information, to your friends and family. 86 Monroe St. #5, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA To unsubscribe or change subscriber options visit:

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The Dress-Suit Bribe

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There’s a theme in the works of Upton Sinclair called the “dress-suit bribe” which he returns to over and over. It’s the the name of a play written by a character in Dragon’s Teeth, a throwaway line in his essay Mammonart, and called out as a corrupting force in his expose on the American university system. But it’s mostly clearly defined in a chapter of The Brass Check on how good people get turned around. It goes something like this:

You pay a shoeshine $5 to shine your shoes. But do you know what you got paid to have your shoes shined? You might buy a suit for $500, but do you know how much you get paid to be well-dressed? Or to drive a nice car, to shave and get your hair cut a certain way, to orient your life around an arbitrary schedule of this hour to this hour for this many days a year?

The dress-suit bribe works particularly well because it doesn’t seem like a bribe. People can’t say no, because it wasn’t directly proffered so much as sublimated inside ordinary things. Think about the first nice business lunch someone took you to. This was the offer. How long did it take you to work your way back up to sitting in a chair at that same restaurant for a purely social occasion? This was when you took the bribe.

Forget answering: my salary is ________. This is about all the little things that you think are your preferences but were actually given to you like gifts. People like nice things so they’ll lease themselves the car it becomes OK to have. People want to be recognized so of course they’ll join you at the right events and press flesh with the right folks. People need to be responsible so they’re going to save up for a down payment on a house. It is, after all, an investment. When I was younger I didn’t realize that these acts were bridges, and that there would come a time where you were pressured to cross them. And that in many cases, it wasn’t clear that you’d done so until after you were on the other side.

What Sinclair meant to provoke with his question was an understanding that seemingly benign decisions trigger commitments to larger ideas than we might imagine. In the case of something like a mortgage they are literal contracts that require decades of a very particular kind of lifestyle. Which should explain the forces that act on a person to ring that bell.

On the lower rungs of the system, we can clearly see the relationship between service and payment—like in the case of a shoeshine. However our own position in the scheme remains in a fog of rationalization and unintentional obfuscation. The things we have to do as employees, as a member of a class, as a certain type of professional are tacit extracurricular duties that not only coincide with the amount in our paychecks but make us dependent on getting one every week. If we really calculated this labor, we’d realize it not only wasn’t cheap but if we stripped away the illusions, we’d see that we weren’t asked very nicely if we felt like doing them. They were as mandatory as wearing a uniform and saying “Yes, sir, let me know if I can get your anything else.”

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48 responses to The Dress-Suit Bribe

  1. ….the best thing that I’ve seen you write.

  2. Being around the environment that assumes a certain upper level of dress, manner, “class”, absolutely begins to infect your thinking, preferences, and eventually which philosophies to adopt or reject. If you like the environment and can afford it, great. But If you’re in it and poor, or tend to strive for broader philosophical/iifestyle goals that aren’t really compatible with that environment…it kind of sucks. Example:

    I worked at a high end clothing store for a year. I was resolute in my desire to remain thrifty and use the money I made for only basic overhead and a few books or music or whatever. After a year I had done well with my resolution…but I felt horrible and had definitely made a few purchases that in retrospect, were kind of dumb and pointless. Why did I feel horrible? I had made friends in that environment who could afford a lot more leisure and activities than I could, I was around women who were into guys that made more money and valued the same material stuff as they did, and generally speaking…the people were pretty ingrained in the system and excepted it. It takes a toll on the psyche. I worked there to get money to simply spend my time operating OUTSIDE of work, putting effort into whatever things I personally felt good about, creative stuff, etc. That takes a bit of determination, resolution to operate on the outside, and to adopt a non-distraction, anti-short term pleasure/hedonistic mindset.

    Its hard…but the best way to go about life independently without getting distracted by the material nonsense is to find a job (or place where you spend most of your hours) that doesn’t already embody a culture that overvalues it. (this advice might only apply to a few, but whatever. Sorry for length.)

    Good post dude.

    • Yep spot on. Know what that’s about. We can easily spend most of our lives trying to maintain an image that we feel obliged to maintain but for what? why? was that a conscious choice? Or were we lured into it?

  3. I just ran into this notion the other day. A friend was given an old (yet large TV) and is planning on buying a new (and large) TV, because he says he has become so accustom to it. Makes sense, but, and I think this is your point, the acceptance of the 1st TV tied him to a lifestyle that he was consciously committed to. And this is someone who “isn’t materialistic”. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the act, since the manipulation was self-imposed yet unconsciously decided. Perhaps we should keep a better guard one what we agree to do. Or better yet, strip items down to what they actually represent, and why we cherish them so.

  4. Good post. Another one I like to think of, that is especially dangerous, is student debt. Think of how much debt one acquires by going to college (especially if they don’t graduate in 4 years, which is common). The real hustle here is that student debt is a bitch to get rid of. Even if you file bankruptcy the debt is still there. Most people, if they do manage to graduate, will not end in a great career. They’ll most likely be a bartender, waitress, etc. It takes a long time to pay off thousands of dollars in debt while working as a bartender, all for a few years of drinking at some distant location. Talk about a major commitment.

  5. Damn good post. Thanks for this.

  6. Great post. I did not realize this until I was 40. By 40, many of the mistakes had been made. I have spent the last seven years righting the wrongs. Life is better now. I’m glad I ran across your blog. Keep it up. Thanks………..

  7. I’m so happy to have found your blog – via Tim Ferriss.
    This post is exactly what my husband has gone through for the past few years – the lifestyle behind the corporate high-life, which doesn’t resonate with his surfer ethics…

    Your posts have re-invigorated in me my love for philosophy – but I’m starting to see it’s all philosophy though, right???
    (and by ‘all’ I mean ‘every thought that is written’)

  8. Ryan – Good post. Simple, subversive. You’re way ahead of the game than me. I have to admit that I came to the same conclusions when I reached my 48th birthday. (I’m a slow leaner). My own tale is that I’ve made and lost a lot of money, and am now making lots again and I’ve , almost, repaid the massive debts I had. But having lost almost everything, it puts a very different perspective on things; the people you meet, the friends you have, or had, and the commitments you sign up to. There are very few things you really need to sign up to, and each one of those you can name, hug, caress, or drink with. The rest is just timewasting scenery.

    But just one thing. You may be right, but I detect a tone in your post that makes me worried about you. I’ve never met you, and never will, but there’s a bitterness in your posts that is worrying.

    Take care of yourself kid.

  9. Excellent post Ryan. I’ve been working my wading my way through this notion for about 8 months now and this is one of the best ways i’ve seen it described.

    “People like nice things so they’ll lease themselves the car it becomes OK to have. People want to be recognized so of course they’ll join you at the right events and press flesh with the right folks. People need to be responsible so they’re going to save up for a down payment on a house.”

    What I read is, “these are my interests at this time”

    “However our own position in the scheme remains in a fog of rationalization and unintentional obfuscation.”

    What I read is, “this is why i think these are my interests.”

    If we hold all external pressures/forces constant, aren’t we all just practising a form of cognitive bias?

    My question is, putting yourself in this situation, what is your personal process of determining which ‘bridges’ you should cross?

    • You’re starting from a false premise–that I took my own situation and translated it into the second person. I’m not. This is simply what happens when you get a well-paying job. It doesn’t matter what the industry, what the generation, or really, even how much you’re making.

      There’s a reason that Sinclair wrote about it in like 5 vastly different books. Journalists are offered the dress suit bribe, professors are offered it, stay at home moms are offered it, soldiers are offered it, et al.

      For instance, I mentioned that there is pressure to cross the bridge that is buying a house. Think I’m exaggerating? What happened when the speculative real estate market fell to pieces? The entire world economy felt the effects. Why? Because they’d all been roped in.

      If need an analogy, it’s kind of like how a gang will force a new member to commit a serious crime in order to tie them into the group.

      • Thanks for replying. I didn’t mean to sound as if I was assuming you wrote this piece from personal experience.

        You took what I’d been struggling with a summarised it in less than 600 words. Regardless of the derivation of this piece, I was trying to imply that you, myself, and nearly everyone else can relate to these kinds of pressures. Just that, many of us are just not very good at defining them or recognising them during the act.

  10. My spouse and I are were just discussing this very thing over a quiet dinner last week: in what ways have we “opted-in” without realizing it, without having ever been asked, without ever consciously choosing it.

    In some ways, this realization becomes more poignant if you don’t have kids, because many people who have children don’t need to look too closely at this as they figure they want to opt-in for their kids’ sake anyway — and give their kids the choice to decide whether they want to buy-in to the status quo when they’re old enough. Totally understandable. Without kids, however, it’s a bit more eerie to realize that you may have bought into something that doesn’t nourish your soul.

    • As a parent, I think the choices we make in these matters require even closer consideration.

      What am I giving my kids? If the answer is “financial advantages” that’s fine, but then what’s the cost? Most likely it means less time with them, fewer opportunities to learn from one another, and possibly even giving them the false belief that the money I earn “for” them, is more important to me than they are.

      On the other hand, if I’m giving my kids as much of my time as I can, embracing opportunities to teach and learn from them, and living a life of charity and good will, what does that cost? Most likely, it will cost you a high paying job – the kind that offers beyond financial security, but affords financial advantages.

      If you think realizing you’ve bought into something that doesn’t nourish your soul is eerie, I invite you to lay awake at night wondering if the choices you’ve made will help the tiny person snoring next to you make the best decisions when it their turn.

  11. This post was a pleasure to read, Ryan. Thanks for your thoughtfulness in writing it.

    For my part, I’ve observed that there are many moments to “opt-in” without realizing it (degrees, possessions, debts, careers, marriage, children), and yet there are also ways to move beyond those decisions without having to turn back entirely.

    For instance, my husband and I have a huge mortgage (this was a tough decision for me because of all the reasons in your post — I was aware that I was following a path that I “should” follow rather than one I really wanted, but I felt swept along). On the bright side, however, that very hefty monthly mortgage payment (and all the furniture we bought along the way) is now being paid for and used by a renter.

    Everyone we know said we were crazy to think we could get someone to pay so much rent. And yet, with faith and determination, we not only found someone to pay “that much rent” — we were actually able to negotiate for a bit more than the listed rent amount! (Another story for another time.)

    My point here is that we took a small intentional divergence rather than a complete reversal — and in that step reclaimed our power and our path. So, to others, take heart. Reversal or retreat may not be required. Capitalization on less than ideal choices is mission possible.

  12. I am a new reader, I heard an interview about your book on CBC radio in Canada and it resonated with me. I have only read this post and your Montaigne post and I am slightly perplexed by the comments people leave. Their testimonies, albeit probably reinforce their autonomy, but this seems to be nothing more than an exercise in empathy. These are positive conversations to have, but when do the conversations start to discuss how to reinvent what is considered virtuous. We cannot just pat ourselves on the back for rejecting the norm. Having this mentality doesn’t build community, it breeds narcissism. I am all for self realization and development, hell I wouldn’t be writing this if I never read Walden, but we can’t become so caught up in our own transformation we lose sight of those behind. I think it is so sad when I hear about Todd being 40 before he thought like this, not saying in anyway it is Todd’s fault, but rather how our system left him behind. We live in an educated society with all the tools available to individuals to help them understand themselves and their place and the system fails people like Todd time and time again. How do we help those people? I suppose as you outline in your book, people will continue to do anything for a dollar.

    a couple of reads I recommend,
    Fame, by Mark Rowlands and Two Ages Kierkegaard

  13. Uhh.. I don’t get it. Sorry I don’t understand what this post is about at all. Why is it called a bribe? I’m confused.

    • same question, requires a bit of elaboration

      Do you mean to say that the unseen cost of a certain type of job is the external ‘appearance’ costs associated with it?

      e.g to be a investment banker, you have to dress a certain way, have your hair a certain way, project a certain type of imagery with your choices, which quickly escalate from small decisions into bigger sunk costs?

      [found your blog by way of tim ferriss and the travel article, great stuff]

      • Yes that’s exactly what it means. But the emphasis is more on the bigger sunk costs.

        Getting your shoes shined is not that expensive. BEING the kind of person who now NEEDS to shine their shoes? A little more costly.

  14. I agree with the whole idea of the “dress suit bribe” in this post. I’ve experienced a bit of it myself. But I have to point out that the choice not to opt-in to certain life paths is mostly reserved to people of privilege to make that choice. In other words, if you are poor, you will be very willing to take a job that pays well, even if it subtly requires that you also buy a dress suit, etc. Many people won’t have the luxury to turn down that great job, or refuse an acceptance letter to a good college, because these choices hold huge benefits to people who started off on lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder, or are desperate for money.

    As for me, I’m currently searching for one of those dress suit requiring jobs, but to hold it temporarily (long enough to build up savings, pay off debt, and come up with some more creative and liberated way to live my life, maybe Tim Ferriss style), and hoping not to get roped too far in… :/

    • That’s the line that everybody tells themselves however. They will only be in the game long enough to save money and they’ll be out. But once you’re in, the opt-ins are still required so you’ll be adding more debt just to keep the job you only took on in order to get out of debt. It’s a trap — for the rich, for the poor, for everyone.

  15. This is the third time I’m reading this. It is finally hitting.

  16. This is so true. And it’s something I could never place a finger on until now. I’ve been feeling this for the last few years. Feeling like I’m trading my life for things that I “should” want but don’t really have a connection to. And the pressures to cross those bridges come at you from all angles. I’ve felt them from work, friends, family, even significant others. Is there any escape from succumbing without alienating everyone who blindly follows this path and does their best to drag you along? I’m sure there is a way, just no easy way.

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  19. So much of life is simply a fight to see. This write-up helps to legitimize that truth by painting a picture that hits dangerously close to home. For example, this year I got the raise I wanted, the bump in title, the window office, etc. Six month in, I found myself completely consumed by my work, and utterly self-obsessed. A few days after gathering my thoughts, it hit me all at once. The question that weighed on my mind was “when did I sign up for this?”

    “The devil is in the details.”
    “Little strokes fell great oaks.”
    “Look at your eyes, they’re small in size, but they see enormous things.”

    Forever and ever, Amen.

  20. Interesting article – thanks for writing it. I thought a little bit about the real estate example you provided and how the purchase of a house can be for purely financial reasons but how the root cause of the housing meltdown could have been a dress suit bribe (promoted by government). Clearly, government caused the real estate bubble since without government backing risky mortgages, banks would not have assumed such risky loans themselves. Yet, a house also has intrinsic value, since humans need shelter, so buying a house isn’t necessarily yielding to a dress suit bride and wanting/attempting to profit off of the purchase isn’t necessarily a dress-suite bribe motivation either. The physical characteristics of the property (size, location, etc.) would seem to have a lot more to do with the dress suit bribe.

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