The rich, they fall upwards.

Because you are only temptresses. Because. No, stop talking—the answer is "because."

I wish it wasn't true but it is. It sort of shattered my world and made me recallibrate pretty much everything I thought I knew about love. I know it's chemicals bathing my brain in "do not kill" signals but there you go.

You're getting other replies but I'll point out the Canadian context. 1972-4 recession + stagflation; 80-2 recession (maybe depression); 89-91 recession; Persistant wage supression beginning in 70s so that real wages declined. Youth unemployment never recovered from hit in 80s. Entry level manufacturing jobs in union…

You and me both. My family reviewed our pictures on SLIDES the other day. So much mocking. But we can do it. You youngster—shut up!

That why they invented this other term for a study: qualitative.

"the first study to formally examine and validate the issue." — and this is why academics get a bad name. it's also increadibly insulting to breast having folks. "that's all right honey, I know you say they hurt but I'm really going to need a peer-reviewed study to take you seriously.

Yup Deeba, you nailed it. Stop this stupid shit right now. I hike in cougar country in the summer. I do not need that shit in my house, crapping in a box and plotting my death. Seriously people get a f-ing clue.

She also spoke something like 5 languages, knew latin and played god knows how many instruments. Reading her diary you get to really understand the depth of cultural knowledge and skill Jewish Europeans of a certain class demanded in their children. She was 14 and wrote better than I'll ever manage.

You're right. Her and sigourny weaver are often credited with redefining women's bodies and roles in action movies. Those arms changed everything—and that's both good and bad.

Economists [eyeroll .gif]. This only works if the entire state apparatus is there to protect you and your money. Otherwise you reach the point where your wealth imperiles your safety—Hannah Arendt's thesis. The trick rich people divised is that they coopted the state into their own private army to protect their…

As soon as you hear the word "clean" you're in the land of poetic language used to define an aestehtic and ethical system of meaning. So says anthropology. Listen to anthropology.

I'm a vegetarian. work out every day. play sports 3x/wk. have a nice job. good people around me. hate and have trouble falling asleep. go figure. best of luck to you.

or Hapkido. My joints can't take it. Also, I'll never have a high fast kick. Thanks for the reply.

So I've done various MA off and on. Never enough to get good but enough to be useful. Now I'm middle aged and can't take the beating I once could but would like to get back into it. How? and What discipline.

I suppose a healthy lifestyle and zen-like detachment from worldly problems are an option. Sort of. Thanks for the reply.

gf likes me scruffy. will not kiss me when scruffy. we have problems making this work.

Alcohol. Formerly, pot. These are short term solutions to long term problems and are no longer helping—well they help but f-up other parts of my life. Thus I am reading comments with great attention.

That sounds about right. I know there's collections of American spells from the north east usa but I haven't read them.

The problem with your question is the word "work". But I have an expansive sympathy for beliefs (professional habit). My advice is to pick the belief practice that most closely reflects your friends traditions. A few common ones include: rubbing a coin on it and then giving the coin away; rubbing a piece of potato…