Money And Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug26_Post.mp3 Imagine having a dollar. And you have two choices with that dollar. Choice one is to spend it on something. You buy that something, enjoy that something, and then you have a memory of enjoying that something. One kind of weird way to describe this is turning […]
Protect Your Territory
Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun29_Post.mp3 Humans are very territorial. This is the idea behind “Molon Labe.” The inscription on the statue at Thermopylae. The famous battle between the 300 Spartans and the “Immortal” Persian army. The Persian general said lay down your weapons and we won’t kill you. Leonidas, the Spartan king […]
Are You Dragging Armor?
Self Help Flim Flam https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July23_Post.mp4 They say the wake doesn’t drive the boat. This is a nice metaphor. Meaning the stuff you leave behind doesn’t impact the future. Or it least it shouldn’t. But like many self-help ideas, this is a description. A description of an ideal case. Metaphors […]
Build The Virtuous Cycle Of Love
Happy Conversations https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun08_Post.mp4 One thing people are terrified of, conversationally, is unexpected questions. Questions that make them feel on the spot. Sales people practice over and over to overcome sales objections. But sales objections aren’t REALLY what they seem to be. If you are selling a car to somebody, and give […]
What If Your Memories Were False?
Self Awareness Deception https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar29_Post.mp4 Once I had to go to traffic school. Where you avoid getting hit by a moving violation, so your insurance doesn’t go up. You still gotta pay the fine, but at least nothing goes on your record. The teacher I had was pretty interesting. A lot of […]
Juggling Hobbies
Food Cult Openings I used to know this guy in my Toastmasters group, a place where you can not only learn public speaking, but meet some pretty fringe type characters. He said he’d joined this kind of food cult, where they had very strict restrictions on what you were allowed to eat. He’d […]
Psychic Alien Invaders
How Will They Come Experts are still not in agreement about how, specifically, the impending alien invasion will take place. One of the biggest issue of contention is their assumed technological advancement. This, of course, is based on when they achieved self awareness, on a timeline compared to humans. Emergence https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr04Loop.mp4 A […]
Ideal Kindergarten Law
Old Weird Friend I had a friend way back in college who worked at 7-11. This guy was a real weirdo. This guys said his favorite part was stocking the fridge. Secret Break Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept29Loop.mp4 That this was a place he could escape from the customers and relax. But then later, […]
The Spirit In The Basement
Party People I went to a networking event recently. It was at this bar restaurant type place and there were a surprising number of people there. I was walking through the park and I saw this guy fishing. Right when I walked up he turned and started to talk to me. […]
Hypnotic Brain Seeding
Birthday Tree I went to a cool picnic recently. It was a 1000 year birthday party for this tree. They had a scientist verify the age with carbon dating. It was a huge event, lots of food booths, barbecues, tons of alcohol. It had a kind of spontaneous, pagan kind of […]