I personally am sick of the government bullshit, the lies, the money passed between politicians and corporations. I’m sick of hearing about stories months after they occur and not being able to do anything about it. Government has grown out of control (particularly in the US, not as much so in Canada) and needs to be held accountable.
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Second Realm and Bitcoin Summary
I have been digging into The Second Realm movement in the past few weeks compiling my notes on the various things I have found. Here are my impressions.
“The Second Realm” is a term used to describe a permanent autonomous zone that certain groups of Crypto-Anarchists, Anarcho-Capitalists, Agorists, hackers, etc. are trying to create. A place where full economic freedom can be achieved with no interaction with “The First Realm” (our current economy, government, corporations, etc.). They claim the reason is to circumvent the governments control over their everyday lives, to live and trade anonymously and build a better world free from the control of “The Man.”
Paranoid Android
I love Radiohead and I stumbled across this video on FB today:
It’s a compilation of different artists performing Paranoid Android which is one of my favourite songs. It inspired me to finally look up the lyrics (funny how you can listen to a song hundreds of times and love it but not know all the words exactly). As I was reading the lyrics I was a bit confused and searched for some meaning (searched on Google haha).
Inception You Got A Brother Dreamin’ Dreamin’
Oh damn Inception was a great movie. I think I had like ten people recommend it to me. I finally took their advice and checked it out. Blew my mind.
I don’t watch many movies and this one really kept my attention. Normal Hollywood suspended belief doesn’t interest me but this kept me right in the story despite being so crazy mind bending. I would recommend it for anyone, and I guess others would as well since it is now #8 on the IMDB top 250 (at the time of posting). I don’t always agree with IMDB, but it means something to be up there with Shawshank Redemption.
The GSP vs. Anderson Silva Fight Doesn’t Interest Me
Seeing Fedor lose and lose bad twice made me realize that seeing your heroes get creamed is no fun.You want your legends to live on forever. When you put a much naturally larger Anderson Silva up against George St-Pierre any fight will be lop sided. Silva is naturally 185 – 205 where GSP is a clear 170.
Stylistically it might be a bit more interesting, but it still wouldn’t be fair. Silva is one of the best strikers in the game, a jedi as he has been called and calls himself, while GSP is the most complete overall fighter. You remember when you used to play video games and you had to choose between the guy with the even stats and the one with the single major advantage? Well Silva doesn’t have many disadvantages, but being prone to want to stand over work on the ground is probably his biggest weakness. GSP is so intelligent he would obviously see ground and pound as his ticket and shoot in early (see Chael). This all sounds well and good and we run it through our heads, but do we want either of them to lose?
Advice You Didn’t Ask For: Reducing Stress
I’m reposting this as part of my Advice You Didn’t Ask For series. It helps me out a lot in my life and I think it will help you. Anything to reduce stress is a good thing.
A big item in my life is stress and how to deal with it. I have come across an interesting theory which I will now share with you.
Advice You Didn’t Ask For: How to Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals
I have been reading a lot of self-help books lately. Actually I hate the fact they are called ‘self-help’ really… I think that if you are not helping yourself by reading books containing techniques from the most successful people then you are really on your own out there in the world with no advantages over the average person.
White Belt!!
I never thought I would be so happy to be a white belt, but I got my first level at Columbia Martial Arts last night. It was a standup and sparring class.
Mint.com: 3 Reasons to Track your Finances
When it comes to tracking your financial statements I will be honest. It’s BORING (and I love accounting, weird I know). I used to make all my payments on time, double check everything but I didn’t really take too close of a look unless something was way out of whack.
I stumbled across an app on my iPhone called Mint. I had been looking for a way to get a better handle on my expenses and I have determined that this is the service to do that.
Gestalt Shift: Armbar your Mind
School has often changed my life and no matter how hard I try to think it’s a useless process I have always been presented with new and amazing ideas.
Tonight in one of my final electives I discovered a new theory which I was not familiar with that has given me a whole new perspective. We learned about paradigms and while I understand the word and some connotations I didn’t fully grasp how powerful the concept is and how it really runs deep as a theme in my life.