Ridiculous gym behavior, nonsensical gym rules, and the occasional death-defying stunt from fellow club members.
More than a decade ago, I went to go see a psychiatrist because I was bummed about having lost my job. The doctor listened to my story and prescribed me a drug called Lamictal. He explained that Lamictal is an anticonvulsant that carries only a slight risk of causing permanent hearing loss. I didn’t fill…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork to run for president last week. He’s running as a Democrat, but the terms Democrat/Republican, Left/Right mean little today. What animates U.S. politics now is the ruling class vs. the people class. Take a glance at Kennedy’s announcement remarks: “My top priority will be to end the corrupt merger…
I recently finished one of the definitive works on World War I, a book called “A World Undone.” The book brings to life, says one promotional blurb, how the Great War crippled many of world’s mightiest empires, and “cracked the foundations of the world we live in today.” Through simple editing, you could replace the…
I just finished a book called The Curse of High IQ. The premise is that, because of the way standard deviations work, having an IQ of just 130 means that the daily activities and decisions of almost everyone around you are incomprehensible. Let me give you an example. The gym in my condo building is…
One of the more annoying and arrogant things a doctor can do is post a sign in his or her office like this one: These signs are real, and there are matching coffee mugs if you’re interested. My take specifically is the hypocrisy. The United States is one of only two countries in the world…