Alexandra Kosteniuk
Alexandra Kostantinovna Kosteniukis a Russian chess Grandmaster and the current Women's World Chess Champion.
Dec 18, 2008
Define Douche Bag
Douchebag Goes Up In Flames
November 12th, 2008by J Diggles · 1 Comment
Well, you asked for it. Literally.
Douche Bag Definition
May 7th, 2007 by Mitch Martin · 14 Comments · 3,748 Views
A douche is basically someone who acts in a way without account to what it looks like, and it just isn't right. Education like Landmark will train us not to care about what others think, when in reality, it's only MOST situations in which not caring is helpful.
In the longer-term type stuff, you should care about what people think, because there's reasons WHY they think what they do. For example, being cool is in general, a really good thing, because it smoothens friction created by our human mind when something isn't cool. We love for things to flow. If you're being a douche bag in any way, it'd be a great thing to know about it so you can stop.
Nov 26, 2008
Nov 25, 2008
Think Different
Think Different
(Apple Computer Ad Campaign)
From Fellow 20-year-old Entrepreneur: http://bigben.blogs.com/website/index.html
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.
(Apple Computer Ad Campaign)
From Fellow 20-year-old Entrepreneur: http://bigben.blogs.com/website/index.html
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Nov 10, 2008
Neuro-Programmer 2
The Neuro-Programmer 2 (NP2) is an innovative software application for the PC, built to help you stimulate your brain and achieve lasting personal change.
NP2 combines brainwave entrainment, hypnosis, visualization and other psychological techniques to help you transform your mind and enhance your mental abilities.
NP2 combines brainwave entrainment, hypnosis, visualization and other psychological techniques to help you transform your mind and enhance your mental abilities.
http://www.transparentcorp.com/products/np/
And the do-follow is back!
http://www.transparentcorp.com/products/np/
Nov 9, 2008
good trick
i went through the "Watch full episode" button on the south park clip embedded on the social networking challenge, which is funny considering they took it off the website. Guess it pays to be a blogger.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/187260/?autoplay=false
UPDATE: Nope, just didn't realize they had removed it and replaced it.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/187260/?autoplay=false
UPDATE: Nope, just didn't realize they had removed it and replaced it.
Nov 8, 2008
What is Landmark?
This is just some masterminding I did on youtube. Here's the guys response. BTW, I didn't say anything about science, he took it out of context, but he brings up some words that have VERY solid truth behind them.
"Science? I must say I didn't see much science there - it was a mixture between common sense, buddhism, oversimplified "mind engineering" lingo [NLP] and group consciousness phenomena. There are loopholes and contradictions in what they present that make you feel like you didn't understand everything yet, but it's a self-contained word architecture, there is no solution- the concepts are dangerous and slippery.Look at Buddhist meditation as comparison. I do admit it has pushed me in a new directions."
Landmark supporters, don't flip out - dangerous is good. But not when it goes wrong. I just know landmark doesn't have to ruin lives like it does with psychosis cases and sucking in volunteers and minimum wage workers. The information is great, but the system is corrupted. You don't know how much I've investigated into DISPROVING that statement... but it definitely accumulates to over 100 hours now.
"Science? I must say I didn't see much science there - it was a mixture between common sense, buddhism, oversimplified "mind engineering" lingo [NLP] and group consciousness phenomena. There are loopholes and contradictions in what they present that make you feel like you didn't understand everything yet, but it's a self-contained word architecture, there is no solution- the concepts are dangerous and slippery.Look at Buddhist meditation as comparison. I do admit it has pushed me in a new directions."
Landmark supporters, don't flip out - dangerous is good. But not when it goes wrong. I just know landmark doesn't have to ruin lives like it does with psychosis cases and sucking in volunteers and minimum wage workers. The information is great, but the system is corrupted. You don't know how much I've investigated into DISPROVING that statement... but it definitely accumulates to over 100 hours now.
Worst State Ever
I've heard shitty things about Arizona and intolerance before, plus, they're one of the most hardcore anti-marijuana states in the country. Not that I can really judge Arizona, but still, I naturally sense that douchbags come from Arizona.
They want to lock a 8 year old up for killing his abusive father. The police really believe that's the right thing to do, even though the judge won't approve it. If they really *got* that absolutely everything has a perfectly good reason behind it (find something that doesn't, and I'll show you WHY it happened anyways), they probably wouldn't be able to live with themselves as police officers.
Well, scratch that, just because it has a reason doesn't mean you don't enforce the consequences. From the perspective, I'd say cops have the most noble of jobs. But, these cops sure anit the noblest - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27600105/
They want to lock a 8 year old up for killing his abusive father. The police really believe that's the right thing to do, even though the judge won't approve it. If they really *got* that absolutely everything has a perfectly good reason behind it (find something that doesn't, and I'll show you WHY it happened anyways), they probably wouldn't be able to live with themselves as police officers.
Well, scratch that, just because it has a reason doesn't mean you don't enforce the consequences. From the perspective, I'd say cops have the most noble of jobs. But, these cops sure anit the noblest - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27600105/
Oct 25, 2008
Oct 22, 2008
God Dammit
Your sassy and snooty!
You love yourself and make sure you come first. If anyone tries to interfere, you remind them it's me, myself, and I....and then them (maybe)
I'm Right Brained
What side of your brain do you think with
30929 other people got this result! That's 82%
You are right brain dominant!
You are creative, intuitive and have a wild imagination! You can do many things simultaneously and you love to express yourself through dancing, drawing, etc. Just remember not to get too carried away and use common sense once in a while!
Why I need to stay in the US
Dude.
I must explore this place one day. And the older I am, the more this adventure will fit..
I must explore this place one day. And the older I am, the more this adventure will fit..
Oct 21, 2008
A Book Called "Thought Reform" Outlines Brainwashing
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
In the book, Lifton outlines the "Eight Criteria for Thought Reform":
1. Milieu Control. This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
2. Mystical Manipulation. There is manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated by the group or its leaders in order to demonstrate divine authority or spiritual advancement or some special gift or talent that will then allow the leader to reinterpret events, scripture, and experiences as he or she wishes.
3. Demand for Purity. The world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection. The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here.
4. Confession. Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality; members' "sins," "attitudes," and "faults" are discussed and exploited by the leaders.
5. Sacred Science. The group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute. Truth is not to be found outside the group. The leader, as the spokesperson for God or for all humanity, is likewise above criticism.
6. Loading the Language. The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand. This jargon consists of thought-terminating clichés, which serve to alter members' thought processes to conform to the group's way of thinking.
7. Doctrine over person. Member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group.
8. Dispensing of existence. The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not. This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious and they must be converted to the group's ideology. If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the members. Thus, the outside world loses all credibility. In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also[1].
In the book, Lifton outlines the "Eight Criteria for Thought Reform":
1. Milieu Control. This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
2. Mystical Manipulation. There is manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated by the group or its leaders in order to demonstrate divine authority or spiritual advancement or some special gift or talent that will then allow the leader to reinterpret events, scripture, and experiences as he or she wishes.
3. Demand for Purity. The world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection. The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here.
4. Confession. Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality; members' "sins," "attitudes," and "faults" are discussed and exploited by the leaders.
5. Sacred Science. The group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute. Truth is not to be found outside the group. The leader, as the spokesperson for God or for all humanity, is likewise above criticism.
6. Loading the Language. The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand. This jargon consists of thought-terminating clichés, which serve to alter members' thought processes to conform to the group's way of thinking.
7. Doctrine over person. Member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group.
8. Dispensing of existence. The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not. This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious and they must be converted to the group's ideology. If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the members. Thus, the outside world loses all credibility. In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also[1].
Oct 20, 2008
Scientology is the Foundation For Landmark
First 1:25 of this clip reveals how landmark spawned from scientology, and how the "technology" behind landmark may have "not existed" prior to landmark, but the ideas sure fucking did, and everything BUT the specific "technology" of distinctions landmark has... which is very doubting... DID exsist.
Important Statement of the Integrety, Congruence, and Progression in the field of Science of Thoughts
The Difference between self help / science of thoughts and PSYCHOLOGY is in how they approach the same variables. IT'S A FRAME OF MIND.
This is why Scientology rejects psychology, and also explains why I dislike psychology so much - because I'm all about SELF help (he explains the concept of it being focused on self in the beginning and throughout.)
Scientology has made some major advances in a whole array of fields, but unfortunately, L. Ron was a foolish fiction writer and told everyone he spoke the truth. I don't even believe in truth. It's a relative ideal. Everything I progress on is just that - progress, distinctions usable as tools with real science, like statistics & proven psychology, that backs up the research.
So Scientology failed harshly thanks to L. Ron basically fucking with a bunch of people because it made him happy. Let it be said that everything in science of thought is accepted by at least 95% of all professionals in psychology and other brain sciences as proven science.
So what's important now is to use the tools of Scientology, stripping them from their context and reforming them in science of thoughts.
And NLP
And dig into hypnosis, meditation, buddism
And Landmark & Neoscience
And everything & anything else, which can only be done in a way that gets the ball rolling in a way that makes it stuck to that exact context.
Last 100 seconds of video
Oct 15, 2008
What Episode of Battlestar was this from?
This just seems incredibly funny to me because I'm sure the scene it's making fun of was extremely cheesy.
Oct 11, 2008
Sep 26, 2008
Cool Picture... I wanna use this shot some day
Steve Hudis jumps the 28,000-pound behemoth through a giant fireball and over 15 motorcycles before crashing to earth
It's not the usual school run - flying 109ft, over 15 motorcycles and through a giant fireball before crashing to earth. But driver Steve Hudis was delighted to break a world record in his yellow bus at this stunt filmed in Las Vegas.
Sep 20, 2008
this is the right way to do positive sarcasm... omg this is funny..
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Sep 4, 2008
Spellcheck of Video games
Funny as hell, this talks about how annoying it is when spell checker goes off every time they post a video game on their site with firefox - and they use photoshop to show how outrageous it can be:
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/game-names-corrected-by-spell-check/a-2008060510229942037
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/game-names-corrected-by-spell-check/a-2008060510229942037
My Personal Blog
Hey, you're reading my first blog post. Good for you!I made this blog, because, after a long time debating it, and not having anywhere to post ridicules pictures like this one (from an article on the future of advertising)... I decided it was time to make a place for all the crap I want people to see.
At the time I am writing this I am preparing to go into some of my first markets. My Dad's business is just starting to see more than a couple of interested prospects, and the direct mail campaign is about to begin. I haven't yet made any flow of money on the internet.
And there's two things I want to say right now, so people finding this post in years to come can realize a couple of things about me.
I KNOW, right now and always, that I will be a successful entrepreneur and a millionaire. I have no power on the internet, no one to help me, and statistically, a very small chance of making it. I just wanted you to know that without any prior knowledge, I knew it in advance. Sure, I have about 40 hours a day to put into this thing for about 2 more years (9 months down..), but it makes a difference when you're totally committed to something. I have dropped out of school until I am in a better position to complete my Bachelor's degree and am currently faking my attendance so my parents don't freak the fuck out.
If you want the power of knowing you can accomplish your goals, just read my number 1 rated book, Think and Grow Rich (if I haven't made it, DON'T READ THAT BOOK!)
And another thing - I have huge plans for what I will do in this world. I'm going to spread happiness and self-help with a program called Journeys. I want to help reform our fucked up school system (wikipedia = 3x learning you get from class). I want to be in the business of giving other people businesses. And my greatest goal - no my spirit - is to obtain as much steady happiness as I possibly can - one of the main ways I am going to do this is by spending my "working" life "working" on skill sets - like getting skills in the areas of attraction, relationships (affirmation), NLP (memory), and many others.
My theory on happiness is that what you have is totally irrelevant. It's what you do with what you have. If I had a house overlooking the beach but I only looked out on the view a few times a year, what would be the point of having the house? Wouldn't it actually end up making me feel kind of shitty (subconciously) for not using something I have? On the other hand, I could have a log. Just a stupid log. And I'd turn that thing into a whole fucking world.
My theory on philosophy is that there is some truth in everything. You can invent anything for yourself by digging through truths and connecting them for relevancy.
My theory on money is that the more you have, the less you deserve it. If you make a Billion dollars a year, that means a thousand people could make a million dollars a year. You COULD make 1000 millionares... and I know that probably isn't achievable, but the point gets across.
My ethics are of a high standard. I value giving people stuff for free, and then asking for compensation. I value supporting everyone and hogging nothing. I believe that if what you have isn't selling well enough - and your qualified prospects are there - then the answer is NOT in conversion - it's in the quality or type of your product. Do the work and be a value giver and you will go far and be happy - do the opposite and you'll have a bad reputation (whether it follows you or not) and you'll drive yourself down the road of unhappiness.
I hate it when people sell you on their book, and then the content is crap. I would never give someone crap, not even for free.
The reason I chose to "make it" was simply because of how incredibly fucking lucky I am. I'm a white guy, 20 years old, living a very happy life with my parents in southern California on a beach, sexy, smart, and with nothing but college looking me in the face for the next 5 years. I had to take advantage of this situation. I just wish that I could give back to others - so they can at least have some of the things I had. When I look at sean stevenson, I feel like the self-help industry does good work of that.
But I'm going to have to get successful before I can give back in the magnitude I want to... so, here I go...
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