Old Pyramid Schemes Back during the seventies, pyramid clubs were very popular, but they were made illegal very quickly. The concept was simple. Show up, pay ten bucks to get in, and try and recruit more members. If you ever got to the top, you would get all the money from everybody […]
Editorial Magic
Invention of Writing Without question, one of the most profound inventions of human history was written language. Humans have been able to speak and think for at least 50,000 years, but written language has only been around for a few thousand. This means that for most of human history, our thoughts and words were […]
Blind Date Horror Story
No Expectations I have a friend that likes to set me up on blind dates. She’s been doing it for quite a while. I learned a long time ago that the best way to approach this is to go on there without any expectations whatsoever. No expectations that we’ll click romantically. No expectations that […]