A blatant attempt to manipulate the world and get what I want

by | Jul 17, 2013 | Post

Note: Today’s article is biased. In fact, my article is always biased, but today I intentionally cross the line: I try to manipulate a particular group of people into giving me what I want. But I also stand 100% behind my words. There are no lies, only not-so-subtle...

Serendipity = natural to-do list

by | Jul 16, 2013 | Post

I am starting to believe in the universe. I am carefully avoiding the term “god” because I still do not believe in the almighty old man with 5 fingers and occasional temper. What I am considering is the existence of a universal law that even god(s) must surrender, and...

Body scrubbing to complement brain washing

by | Jul 15, 2013 | Post

One of my favorite quotes from Sasha Cobra, the best sexual/spiritual healer I have met, is about the problem of depending on therapies. (Her talks are often fully quotable: highly recommended, especially for men.) In an interview, she says many people receive therapy...

The unbearable lightness of eating (what’s right)

by | Jul 14, 2013 | Post

I enjoyed a memorably weird dinner with my dear friends at Trattoria Reggiano Taiwan, prepared by executive chef Robert Montano. Nothing went as expected. I greatly suffered—and maybe am still suffering—from cognitive dissonance. http://youtu.be/R1BUtYoP0PU Dissonance...

Adaptation speeds up (d)evolution

by | Jul 13, 2013 | Post

Even though I heard the term “disappearing middle class” over again and the statistics clearly show the trend worsening, I still did not have a clear idea of how it happens, until I started to watch some documentaries. http://youtu.be/kV4grZ_Lw5s In the above clip,...