On body – Dave Martin

Pain is your body telling your brain: ‘If you keep this shit up, we’re about to die’. But is it possible to override it and use your mind to tell your body: ‘Yo. Shut the fuck up and chill the fuck out.’? And tell your brain ‘Don’t listen to that stupid asshole. We’ll be fine. No one’s about to die.’?

Admiral James Stockdale spent over 7 years in a Vietnamese Prisoner of War camp, where he was tortured by having his legs crushed, his back […]

Missing the point #6 & [Am I full of shit? #2]: Why am I getting a tattoo of Snufkin today?* (Especially since he’s maybe the last person who’d see the point in getting one) *Actually,2 of him and 2 of what he says.

What’s the point of tattoos? I don’t know and it might be different for every person, but today I’m getting this done on one arm: […]

A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.5] – The Fear of Going Bald (+ The Fear of Getting Old)

As it’s Halloween, it’s the perfect time for this is a I-haven’t-decided-how-many part long form examination of the one emotion that drives most, if not […]

I’m hungover. But is telling yourself ‘I’m hungover’ or ‘I’m sick’ just a self-fulfilling prophecy?

I go for the Oakland Raiders in the NFL. And last night I watched this happen: Anyway, I celebrated like it was 99BC and now […]

If everything in nature exists only for its own improvement, then what of the fact where our eyeballs are?

NATURE hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. – from The Philosophy […]

Who or what do you ACTUALLY need?

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison. And even then, after the government had decided to let him out, he still tried to get more […]

The philosophy of: Some little girl at the local $2 shop

There was a dad with his two kids browsing the toy aisle of the $2 shop at the local shopping centre yesterday. And when it […]