Running and Dopamine… sadly not in the same book. Also tedious honour-related violence. Getting Past Your Past – Francine Shapiro, PhD Fuck this book straight up. I actually got it two months ago and was trying to power through it…
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Why I disagree with you about self-checkouts
On Facebook (where all the good ideas go to blossom don’t you know) you’ll see memes about how self-checkouts at supermarkets are bad. They kill jobs and make you a sucker doing free labour. Let’s jump right to Star Trek…
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Race Results
My official marathon numbers: overall place: 204 out of 797 position in age division 30-34: 30 of 88 chip time: 3:43:50 So while it still wasn’t the race I wanted it does look okay in context. I’m comforted by the…
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Race Report: The Marathon
During the race, during the meltdown, I thought I’m going to write a race report and then tell everyone who asks about the race I don’t want to talk about it. I won’t do this chronologically, I’ll get to the…
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Protected: Why I end up resenting the romantic partner I’m with
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Emotional Acceptance
So I’m reading this article from Psychology Today about difficult emotions and how to cultivate emotional acceptance. As I was thinking about the fact that I don’t personally have difficulty accepting my emotions or find myself trying to block them…
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Protected: Limiting Beliefs 1
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Sex Is Not Something That A Woman Merely Allows To Happen
I’ve been trying to write this for a long time and all the hasttagsexstrike stuff seems like a hot enough anvil. The idea that sex is something a woman is holding onto and she grants to men for saying or…
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More On Dopamine
this is kind of a follow up to Alcohol & Dopamine as I, of course, have more thoughts. There’s talk in the book (The Molecule Of More, btw, and not a great book I’ll talk more about in the upcoming…
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