Category: Stories from My Life
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Don’t Worry Be Happy
I was 7 or 8 years old when I first heard Bobby McFerrin’s song “Don’t Worry Be Happy”. I lived in Miami, FL at the time and was in the back seat of the car on a family trip down to Marco Island for the weekend. I had the song playing on my Walkman, and was…
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30 Days of No Alcohol Ends
Today marks the 31st day since I decided to drink nothing but water for 30 days. Here are the previous four related posts: One Deux Tres Shi I scheduled this post to be published at noon on 5-10-14, at which time, over a period of four hours, I will be doing my best to…
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Increase Your Brain Power Easily
A large portion of our brain power is used to create the visual experience. ~30% of the cortex is dedicated to vision. Fortunately, it is the sense over which we have the most control. It is possible to increase your brain power in other areas just by shutting down your vision, which is easy: close your eyes. Perhaps the 30%…
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Alcohol Facts You Probably Didn’t Know. This Is Instead of Writing the 3rd Update to “30 Days of No Alcohol” Be…
…cause there isn’t much to update and I’m feeling unimaginative. Today marks three weeks of drinking only water. Due to the lack of alcohol and any semblance of fun times over the last three weeks of my increasingly dull excuse for a “life” (it’s so dull I can’t even bring myself to refer to my…
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30 Days of No Alcohol: 2nd Update
Her icy green eyes, rare for a Mexican, beckoned me from across the table. A hint of sweat formed on her cheeks as she promised me physical pleasure the likes of which can only be experienced in her depths. Would I take her just once? Could I? Knowing myself, I would never be satisfied even if I indulged twice or thrice over the next…
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Fun with Changing Perspectives
Something I’ve been doing lately, especially when bored, is changing perspectives. Wherever I am, whether it’s a social situation, in meditation, in the woods, wherever, I try to switch my perspective from my own to someone or something else’s. I’ve gained a lot as a result: increased empathy, enhanced creativity, and perhaps most importantly, curbed…
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30 Days of No Alcohol: 1st Update, Very Exciting (Not Serious)
This is the first update after the initial post about going 30 days of no alcohol, drinking nothing but water. Today marks a week of drinking only water, and below are my impressions. I’ve been shaking non-stop, my eyes are twitching, I can’t sleep, and I haven’t had a bowel movement in six days unless you…
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Cherry Blossom Photos (Japan)
Those of you who are signed up for the Sunday Newsletter know I recently spent three weeks in Japan. I was in Funabashi for the majority of the time, which is just outside of Tokyo, but I did venture into the city a few times, as well as down the Izu Peninsula to Shimoda, which…
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30 Days of No Alcohol
I’ve been breathing Earth’s air for 30 years as of today. My gift to myself is to drink nothing but water for 30 days (tea and coffee are allowed). No alcohol, no juice, no milk, and no urine even though it’s sterile and I like the way it tastes. There will be a new post…
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OBE: Flying through the Trees
OBE stands for out of body experience. As I become more proficient at lucid dreaming and astral projection, I will document my more interesting experiences here for you to enjoy, and also so that you might learn from them and hopefully have your own experiences. Stay tuned for an upcoming post on how to lucid…