Decided to make a (likely feeble but will see where it goes) list of films (or stories) I have seen that distort reality (ideally in a clever way). This genre appealed to me in the past. Matrix – I am almost reluctant to list this because it’s just a computer program; brilliantly advanced software. The Jacket – hallucinations and time travel and other dimensions. Very odd, but not a bad flick. It was interesting to see decently talented big name actors in a nuance film (I have no idea how [...]
How to Have More Productive Structure with Your Minimalism
I have had a problem recently deciding on titles for more splendid wordsmithied-up craftmanships of the pen…or something like that. So I wrote that title that you see above and will stick to it. It will not change nor waver. This post is about installing more structure in your life. Not ‘obedience structure’, not the kind of structure one installs just to have the image of looking organized. No, structure to basically code into a day or a week (or heck even a month) some regular habits, accomplishments. Here’s a [...]
Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” (The Lone Ranger Song!): Classical Music Appreciation
I love classical music and if you tune back to validateyourlife.com on most every wednesdays you’ll be reminded of how much I love classical music and you, yourself, may find yourself enjoying the complexity, intelligence, sophistication, and joy that one discovers from appreciating classical music. I delightfully tear and chuckle when I hear some classical music. Brings back great memories and is just one of the most elegant and aligning things for which you can utilize your ears! To me, classical music makes things like ‘wine’ seem like silly retarded [...]
Over-The-Counter Anti-Pain Anti-Inflammation Information – Differences and Similarities – What You Need to Know (Knowledge Mind Map!)
I have written this post to have accessible quick-access information (hence the free mindmap! Download that. It’s useful as heck!). I could have written this in a quite windy and lengthy post, but I whittled it down to the core essentials (again check out the mind map for clutch-key information) so you can access the knowledge you need to make appropriate awesome decisions! Because of stress-related pain in my left trapezius and a corneal abrasion in May of 2012, I read-up and took the time to greatly research on OTC [...]
Combine Contrasts = Sick Awesome Success: Have a ‘Leisure Zone’ to Increase Productivity
Why it’s crucial to have a place/zone for relaxing and leisure. The human body needs to go ‘ying’, to relax and recuperate at times. Many times I have wanted to work non-stop, but that bodily urge leaks out. I end up eating at my workspace or feeling exhausted and wanting to sit at standing desk or having to walk my bicycle because too drained. The human body needs a place and zone that doesn’t feel like constant hell or work or perseverance or stress. Constant bombardment. I elaborate more about [...]
Anti-Marriage
Kafka knew much of his writing and literary prowess was a derivative of being alone. Thus, marriage was toxic and invasive to his ability to write. Kierkegaard feared marriage would obstruct his ability to write effectively. Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir expressed opposition to marriage, claiming that it proposed that two free selves should join into one heading, denying each free self, the complete foundation for each self. I guess a proponent of marriage would claim that marriage completes each self, but I subscribe to the Sartre and Beauvoir point [...]
Voice Journal – 2012, April 30 – Yes, Back in Time….Corneal Abrasion and More…Bollocks….Optomoetrists…MinimalistFTW
Welcome to another ‘Voice Journal’! Be it exciting, boring, drab, offensive, ranty, randomly odd, peculiarly personal, interesting, stimulating, or blend these are more or less pretty candid and while I strive for quality, they often lack direction and are very casual. They are decided a journal that is…well..vocal, thus the appopriately-named voice journals! These are exquisitely different from the weekly Audio Blog Tuesday Post, which is based off a written, often-rewritten, proofread post recording. In contrast, these voice journals are just the auditory equivalent of whatever is one someone’s [...]
Classic Music Appreciation: Franz Schubert
List to the audio version for full details of the : 600 Lieder’s written by the prolific composer, Schubert How could a man whom only lived to be 31 compose so much? How is Schubert and Mozart similar?! What nickname did Schubert’s friend’s call him? Was Schubert snooty or did he throw wild parties? Listen to the full recording to get all the important deets! Love this post? Intrigued by classical music? Want access to the most extensive mindmap on classical music including: all the eras all major composers color-coded [...]
Make Food Taste Better…Using Your Mind: “The Last Morsel” Effect
Great news! Each podcast on Validate Your Life and LinuxGeekoid now undergo much more intensive editing and comprehensive polishing. In short, what you download and listen to is worth your time and the quality of our podcasts have SUPERBLY improved. Whoo-whoo! In this delightful discussion, you will learn about the “Last Morsel, Improved Taste” effect and more tasty, well, morsels I cooked up. I have a miniscule problem. I only enjoy food when there’s barely any left. For example, I was overjoyed and it was tasty finding that one piece [...]
All That Matters is That You Get Paid
I had this realization after seeing a household repair man fix three doors in a place. He would charge the home-owners as he said, “$40 per door”. I knew I could’ve done his handywork in a few hours myself, but aside from the fact that knowing I could do the work that he did, I agreed with his price and felt it was reasonable (I wasn’t paying it and would rarely hire a repair man being a strictly-preferred DIY person…duct tape comes in handy xD). But then the thought struck [...]
Voice Journal: 2012, May 01 – Preferences, Obesity-Challenged People, MMOs as Pure Awesomeness, and What happened today…
Welcome to another ‘Voice Journal’! Be it exciting, boring, drab, offensive, ranty, randomly odd, peculiarly personal, interesting, stimulating, or blend these are more or less pretty candid and while I strive for quality, they often lack direction and are very casual. They are decided a journal that is…well..vocal, thus the appopriately-named voice journals! These are exquisitely different from the weekly Audio Blog Tuesday Post, which is based off a written, often-rewritten, proofread post recording. In contrast, these voice journals are just the auditory equivalent of whatever is one someone’s [...]
The Seafarer Poem
I love this poem. I want it on (one of) my site(s). I gave credit where appropriate. It’s a sick awesome poem. Translated by Burton Raffel from this site This tale is true, and mine. It tells How the sea took me, swept me back And forth in sorrow and fear and pain, Showed me suffering in a hundred ships, 5 In a thousand ports, and in me. It tells Of smashing surf when I sweated in the cold Of an anxious watch, perched in the bow As it dashed [...]
Voice Journal: 2012, May 02 – Rage About Not Publishing Book and Random People-Loathing Ramblings
Welcome to another ‘Voice Journal’! Be it exciting, boring, drab, offensive, ranty, randomly odd, peculiarly personal, interesting, stimulating, or blend these are more or less pretty candid and while I strive for quality, they often lack direction and are very casual. They are decided a journal that is…well..vocal, thus the appopriately-named voice journals! These are exquisitely different from the weekly Audio Blog Tuesday Post, which is based off a written, often-rewritten, proofread post recording. In contrast, these voice journals are just the auditory equivalent of whatever is one someone’s [...]
One has the tendency to eat, what one purchases!
This is an article I wrote based on an experience of perusing a grocery store for two+ hours and deciding beforehand (for integrity of financial distribution; in other words, I made certain I stuck to a budget and I did, and thus couldn’t spend anything at that time) not to spend anything, and observing people seeing grocery store items as ‘inventory’ and other different changes in the lens of how I typically viewed that environment. Doing so was insightful, a bit perplexing, but freakishly, well, different. I may add more [...]
The Victory Trajectory: Use Logic and Transcend Competition like a Chess Grandmaster
This was originally entitled simply ‘Logic and Paranoia’, but that tit evolved into something a bit more interesting with the title “Have a Victory Trajectory of a Chess Grandmaster”, but realizing that behemoth of title might scare people off I changed it to its current heading, but it accomplishes the gestalt of all of those iterations. I pen this not simply because of having just watched the quite good documentary “Bobby Fischer Vs the World” (there also now exists an interesting looking written version of the Fischer-Spassky coverage Bobby Fischer [...]
AtheismFTW: The Study of What’s True
The bulk of the post is in the podcast recording (voice journal). Download it and pop it on your mp3 player if you so choose. Highlights include: The fact that everyone who practices religion is a cult member. People ‘refer to’ religion as “spirituality” or “connecting with a higher power” or some other rubbish, but religion is (whatever you call it) a noxious, toxic cult and anyone who is religious is a cult member Atheism is the antithesis of religion of ‘cults’. Atheism is choosing not to be inculcated. Atheism doesn’t [...]
My Magic Bag – Camelback + Technology
I love my Blowfish CamelBack. Its my magic back for everything. In it I alwyas carry my Garmin GPS watch Forerunner 305, GPS Garmin handheld 60csx, binoculars, and headlamp in the front pocket. In the middle pocket I carry my kindle (with it is a case that holds the kindle charger and cable). It can optionally hold my small netbook in the kindle, middle pocket. It also holds 3 liters of water! Its my ultimate, high-utility, high-mobility, high-minimalism, compact learning, traveling, navigating, health bag! I love it! I love how [...]
The Rule Book for How NOT to Trust
This is important. this is not about creating trust. This isn’t reprimanding people who are distrustful. No, this is the complete opposite. This post is about engaging protocols that deliberately sever contact, rapport, and trust. Knowing how to do this properly (without any leaks) is much more useful and important than you think! Additionally, this should be obvious by now, but this article assumes the perspective that trust with the wrong people not merely “can”, but certainly “will” create doubt (because you then end up in rapport with toxic people [...]
Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”
Classical music appreciation day! This is a classical music masterpiece, often misattributed to Tchaikovsky, but Peter and the Wolf was composed by none other than Prokofiev. Check out and download the audio recording for the full details of this classical music appreciation (with Prokofiev’s classical music composition in the background!). The basic plot Peter, a Young Pioneer, lives at his grandfather’s home in a forest clearing. One day, Peter goes out into the clearing, leaving the garden gate open, and the duck that lives in the yard takes the opportunity to go [...]
What is Home? (Part 2)
This the 2nd Part of a Voice Journal. It originally started (with Part 1) as a post on ‘How computer mice function’. (lol!). Maybe I was eventually getting to the possible personal truism, that for me, my computer is my home. Oath! Truth! However, I never got to that conclusion (although I do think that was the conclusion I was heading towards if I had done a third hour (yikes!)). Anyways, in this Voice Journal I ramble about Criteria of Home such as: a place to which you return connected [...]
Richard Branson: A Homo Sapiens Whom Resembles a Lion
Just to remind you that as humans we are animals, I have provided this delightful graphic I designed. Sure, it’s humourous, but really, humour aside, it’s true…Branson actually does look like a lion! Haha! But really, in terms of evolution, the two photos shown are of the same: Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia So the occasional resemblance between species that share taxonomical “heritage” (if you will) is suprising but also scientifically interesting. Happy AtheismFTW Sunday. Okay…I thought about making this short and sweet. Just a cute [...]
What is Home? (Part 1)
This is a Voice Journal. It originally started as a post on ‘How computer mice function’. (lol!). Maybe I was eventually getting to the possible personal truism, that for me, my computer is my home. Oath! Truth! However, I never got to that conclusion (although I do think that was the conclusion I was heading towards if I had done a third hour (yikes!)). Anyways, in this Voice Journal I ramble about Criteria of Home such as: a place to which you return connected with work shelter familiar safety welcoming [...]
The NLP Swish Pattern: Alternative Palette Procedure
Because this technique is so monumentally significant, in the field of brain transformation technology, I am offering an alternate description of how to install this in your cognitive software set of mental applications. The original 2-step process is not better or worse than this method; it’s simply an alternative installation process. Ever go to download a file and the website provides a “mirror or alternate link”? This is basically that. Sometimes the primary install method is more focused and congruent with your learning style, but everyone has different emphases, so [...]
Atheism FTW: Why the “Compassionate Dalai Lama” Holds No Compassion!
First off, I am qualified to speak with such a controversial opinion on this not merely from taking a college class entirely on “The Dalai Lama” (and academically learning of the rituals, history, and more), but from seeing him speak live in 2007, and from studying many religious texts for many years. A little aside: before realizing I have always been an atheist, I actually sought to believe various religion and thoroughly studied copious texts and took on various religious practices; so I’ve tried it, and know and understand first [...]
