Day At The Library The other day I had a few hours to kill so I wandered down to my local library. I grabbed a random book off the shelf and sat next to the window, which had a nice view of a small lake and some ducks. The book turned out to […]
Co-Evolving Hallucinations
Long Form Sales Letters The best form of copywriting, when it comes to long form sales letters is the story format. Especially if these stories contain relatable characters that you can identify with, so when you get to the end of this, you’ll go right along with the main character as they take action. […]
Separation Anxiety
Backpacking Trip I was backpacking with friend once and I had a particularly frightening experience. We’d been planning this trip, a five day loop in the sierras, for a few months. Part of it involved taking a shortcut that was suggested in the guide. Shortcuts Never Work Out https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov30Loop.mp4 We got halfway […]
The Psychic In The Woods
Old Friend I ran into an old friend the other day that I hadn’t seen in a long time. She said she was halfway through her training at a psychic institute. She demonstrated some pretty powerful skill. She was able to read my thoughts in ways that I would never have believed […]
The Hallucinated Dinner Party
Library Expansion I’ve noticed a new thing they are having down at my local library. They’ve been putting up notices for these day trips. They are put on by the city, and I don’t think they library itself is involved in organizing these trips. I think the library is just a convenient […]
Hallucination Instinct
Viking Invasions During the early middle ages in Europe, life was very chaotic. One reason was that for about 300 years, the Vikings had a short term, lighting attack based, military superiority. They had these thin boats that didn’t need a lot of depth. They could sail up rivers, deep into Europe. […]
Sewer Living Thrill Seekers
Crazy Hobbies I have this friend, and this guy is absolutely insane. I mean, not locked up in a lunatic asylum insane. He makes pretty good money, but this guy just likes to do insane things for fun. He likes to do dangerous things for fun. Geo-Caching https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept17Loop.mp4 His latest hobby […]
Social Proof Hallucination
End Of Stone Age The stone age ended when ancient humans figured out how to smelt ore, get the metal out and make tools and weapons. They’ve found very intricately decorated bowls in some of the oldest mines. They suspect it’s the humans giving gifts to the gods of the Earth in exchange […]
Infinite Nests of Treasure
Free Sales Seminar I went to an interesting seminar a few years ago. It was free, and it had a whole bunch of speakers. Each speaker would present for an hour or two, and each person would try and upsell some kind of home study course. One guy started talking, and he used […]
Jesus Origin Story
A Walk In The Park I just moved to a new neighborhood. There are lots of parks, and there’s this one walking path that kind of snakes it way through all of them. It’s a cement path for both walking and biking. Most of the parks are long and narrow. They are kind of […]