New branding, same site!

I used to write journal-style entries in this blog, which I have cut down on mostly, except where inspirational and interesting. So you might have heard of the guys who I used to call my "teachers". Out of embarrassment I deleted that from some of my prominent posts, because the fact is I don't know what I was smoking but it was strong stuff! Those teachers were silly, manipulative bastards who just happened to believe their own lies so strongly that it drew other people in. I hope you don't think I'm not qualified to write a website about finding truth then - I think this may make me more qualified, as it taught me one important lesson - "Don't be a guru".

There was one lesson however which they accidentally gave me that I haven't tried to clear out of my head; whatever book they stole it from had been a good one. When they replied to the word "thankyou" they would say "thanks to you" instead of "don't worry about it" or anything like that. I took the essence of it - I don't say "thanks to you" but I really like the idea of not negating the other person's sincere thanks.

Steve Pavlina has just made an excellent case for why BDSM is about personal development. So now I'm going to explain why the free, open-source game Nethack has been a help for me in my quest to Remap my Reality :)

Me and Marlem, an employee at the three-person restaurant I work at, were talking. I say "employee". She's an employee, but I'm not. She earns a steady salary, and works 9 to 5, because that's how she needs things to work. Me and Cristian, however, split the rest of the earnings at the end of the month and work as much as we need to/feel like. Pretty nice setup.