Someone once asked me something interesting. He said, “if The Secret’ and all this stuff is not real, then why do so many rich people endorse it?” I thought it was a good question. So, here are two possible answers: 1. The “rich people” are the people who became rich selling Secret-related products 2. Rich [...]
READ THE FULL POSTEverything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from Mr. Rogers
July 20th, 2010 with View CommentsSomeone once asked me if I could “model” myself after anyone who would it be? After thinking about it, I said, “Fred Rogers.” Now, THAT got a laugh. But the reason is simple. Fred Rogers did what most people dream of: he spent his life doing the things he loved and at the same time [...]
READ THE FULL POST3 Dumb Yet Highly Successful Get Rich Quick Schemes
July 3rd, 2010 with View CommentsReaders of this blog know just how much I “love” get-rich-quick schemes. I’ve even go so far to show why people fall for them. But what I don’t get is just how dumb some of them are. But even worse, they are so darn successful. It’s like are falling all over themselves to get ripped [...]
READ THE FULL POST3 Reasons People Fall For Get Rich Quick Schemes
June 18th, 2010 with View CommentsI used to wonder how people could fall for these crazy get-rich-quick schemes. But as I came to find out…it’s not all that hard. The reasons people fall for these thigns are the same reasons they play the lottery. The only difference is that the lottery probably gives you a higher chance of making nay money. [...]
READ THE FULL POSTAffirmations Suck
May 13th, 2010 with View CommentsOn this blog, I have criticized a lot of people and a lot of ideas that people hold sacred. It’s not my fault that there’s a lot of poop out there and that people believe it. And, yes, I do get hate mail from time to time. But the funny thing is that there is [...]
READ THE FULL POSTSuccess Through Daydreaming and Slacking Off: Why The Secret is So Popular
May 10th, 2010 with View CommentsI shudder to see there is now a new book called The Secret to Teen Power. I shudder even more to think that teens might actually read it. I haven’t read it, so I can’t review it. I won’t buy it because I don’t want to waste my money. Someone can give me a copy [...]
READ THE FULL POST5 Wacky Conspiracy Theories
May 7th, 2010 with View CommentsThere are a lot of kooky conspiracy theories out there. But here are 5 that I think are pretty weird, yet believed by people (some of whom have a brain somewhere). And just for fun, I decided to add an alternate conspiracy theory that I’m sure someone at some time will start spreading. 1. 9/11 [...]
READ THE FULL POSTWhy You Shouldn’t Believe Conspiracy Theories
May 6th, 2010 with View CommentsWhen I was younger I dabbled in conspiracy theories. I wrote a column for a now-defunct music magazine where I came up with Stream of Consciousness Conspiracy Theories (TM). Man, was that fun. Some of my theories included: Mechanics are a communist plot to bankrupt hard-working americans by chanrging a ton of money for fixing [...]
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