Supermarket Battle I was talking to a friend of mine from Japan a couple days ago. Somehow we ended up talking about American food you can find in Japanese supermarkets vs. Japanese food you can find in American supermarkets. Since we’d both lived in both places, it was a compare contrast kind of […]
Brainless Society
Drug Ads on TV It’s a widely accepted fact that 70% of all television advertisements are paid for by the pharmaceutical companies but what’s unclear is why these ads are so uninteresting. If you watch ads from other consumer products like fast food or shoes or Doritos or Snickers, these ads will be very […]
Unthinkable Thoughts – Unspeakable Things
Lenny Bruce Lenny Bruce was a very famous comedian way back in the day. He was famous for being somebody that pushed the limits of what you are allowed to say in public. In fact he was famous for getting arrested for saying and doing things that you were allowed to say and do in […]
Gold Horsemen And Apocalypses
Wizard Of Oz One of the most interesting stories that is been around for a long time is the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is a good story for a lot of reasons. For one it follows the heroes journey to a T. There’s been a lot of comparisons between the Wizard of […]
Life’s Viciousness
Clint Eastwood Samurai There’s a lot of similarities between the Clint Eastwood cowboy character and a lot of man-with-no-name samurai characters. In fact a lot of the Western movies with Clint Eastwood were remakes of Japanese period piece Japanese samurai movies. The idea that drives evolution is natural selection and you’ll find natural selection […]
Curiosity Of Knowledge
Science Test There’s a very famous psychological test that was done shortly after World War II. They wanted to find out why an entire country had gone crazy and done such crazy things. They organized this test with three people. The Authority figure, The Teacher and The Learner. The Authority figure told the Teacher […]
Multi Level Deception
Gorgeous Neighbor I have this next-door neighbor that is absolutely gorgeous. I mean she’s about 5’10’, 5’11’, gorgeous body. She could be a fitness model. Nice natural breasts, gorgeous face, blue eyes, blonde hair. I finally got the nerve to start a conversation with her in the laundry room. I was absolutely stunned for […]
Blackness Behind The Curtain
Depressed Friend I have a friend, she’s mid-late 30s, very attractive, very intelligent but for as long as I have known her she’s been always very unhappy and depressed. I always assumed it had something to do with the broken heart or perhaps a deceased child. Then when I finally sat down and talk […]
Cycles Of Corruption
Three Periods Of Japan You can separate Japanese history into roughly three very broad categories. The period before the first military ruler took over all of Japan, the period during that time, and the period after that. The period before that is commonly referred to as the “warring states.” If you’re a fan of […]
Poison Snakes And Unintended Outcomes
Funeral For A Friend I saw friend a couple of days ago and he was just coming back from a funeral. I asked him who died. He told me, and it happened in an accident that was in the news a few weeks ago about a building that had collapsed. When I first saw […]
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