US Social Security system
How well is it being run?
By request
Ponzi scheme
Request: A form of fraud wherein earlier “investors” are paid out with money from later “investors”, despite no actual business being conducted or value being created. This scam relies on a steady supply of new victims and money to continue.
The Virtues Project
To make the timeless knowledge of the world’s great wisdom traditions accessible in our individual and collective lives -- virtuesproject.com.
Goodfellas (1990)
Request: Ray Liotta becomes a mobster and falls in love with the life of a gangster.
T/F: holding someone as lovable raises their level of consciousness
Priority request: Doc said this about the komodo dragon, he said it's cute and its bite is impressive and then said viewing it this way has an effect on its calibration. I wonder if that's true for people as well.
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy"
Elon Musk on the Joe Rogan podcast.
Your Body Doesn't Lie, by John Diamond
A simple muscle test can tell you what stimuli can strengthen or weaken you--how your body responds to stress, posture, specific foods, emotions, and your entire social and physical environments -- goodreads.
gardening
"active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive" -- wikipedia.
jack of all trades
"a person who can do many different types of work" -- Google dictionary.
statement: this is as good as it gets
Request: acceptance or apathy? Answer: neutrality...
Awaken The Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins
Request: Tony Robbins was the trigger of my spiritual journey, but now, 5 years later, I wonder the LoC of his teachings.
calories in/calories out
Request: Weight loss method where you eat less calories than you burn. Is it serving the highest good?
Alex Soros
US billionaire philanthropist George Soros has handed over the running of his $25bn (£19.9bn) financial and charitable empire to his son Alex -- bbc.
cuteness
The source of cuteness.
Traditional Latin Mass
The priest faces the altar with the people, offering a sacrifice to God, present in the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle. With the exception of the sermon to the people, the Mass is sung, chanted, or spoken entirely in Latin -- stmarylatinmass.com