Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Guess What, my fiends!! I do you big favour and do travel guide to all 16 host cities for 2026 FIFA World cup in USA, Canada, and Mexcico/. All the best sports – Boom! All the best food -bang! All the best comedy and comedians – blop! All th best music – boom bang! All the best writing and writers…
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 broken and his shoulders torn from their sockets. And the thing that kept him going, by maintaining control over his own mind, was the philosophy of ancient Roman Stoic Epictetus. By putting everything in perspective was…
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: And this on the other: With this text somewhere too: It’s so exciting… Things which you have no control over… You can see a great big storm coming and you can’t do anything about it.…
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 all, of our major life decisions – Fear. Here’s: Part one – The Fear of Death, Part two: The Fear of Dying Alone Part three: The Fear of Being Alone and Part four: The Fear of Not Being…
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 my head hurts and I want to vomit. But is it possible to detach yourself from the pain? Because when you’re sick or hungover, the mind has not been affected at all. Just your body.…
NATURE hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. – from The Philosophy of Epictetus (Fragments) VI You’ve probably seen a few of these before. Yep, you guessed right, it’s a face: Nature and evolution put eyeballs in the face for one reason, so that we understand…
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 time (so people outside could have enough time to plan events to mark his release). The only things you need are the things that keep your mind ticking over. Food, water, shelter, warmth¹ –that’s it.…
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 was time to go, he called his two kids, telling them just as much. The son quickly hurried after him but his 4 or 5 year old daughter lingered behind, with a toy in her…