Archive for February, 2008

More On The Power of Vagueness - Dating

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I had a post recently called The Power of Vagueness, which you can find here.  In the first post, I focused mostly on vagueness when it came to the political arena and only touched on it slightly in [...]

The Rocky Fallacy

Last year, I went to see Rocky Balboa in the theaters. I’ve always loved Rocky movies, especially the first one, and I thought it was a great ending to the franchise. But as I sat there in the theater, it reminded me of how different it is to watch a Rocky movie with [...]

Portraits in Charisma, Pt. 2

I did a post a while back about what charisma is and what it isn’t. You can find it here.
The basic premise is that what separates charisma from mere charm is the ability to suck people into your reality. You need to have a frame and sense of who you are that is so strong [...]

Best Quote Ever, or Let’s Do Something With This Fucking

 
Rob Thomas and wife:
serious about their fucking 
In a world where people are getting married later, divorcing more and having less kids than ever, I find people often sound almost wishy-washy or apologetic when announcing their desire to have kids.  But not Rob Thomas, who comes real with it (emphasis added by me):
Q: “Do You Have A [...]

The Power of Vagueness

Derren Brown is a skeptic that likes to go around debunking the supernatural and displaying how tricks are done.  What he does in this clip below is show one of the ways psychic readings work. You have to go in a little past the 1:54 mark to get to the psychic trick.

One of the most [...]