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Tell me I am wrong
An African legend says that death entered the world in the following way: long ago, people were able to shed their skins, like a snake. Everyone did this and lived forever, renewing their youth. One time, a woman forgot that she should do this and pu...
The scheme of happiness
"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem". Richard Bach, "Illusions" What erroneous wish have I made when I was 7 years old and blew my birthday cake candles? What evil fairies have I conjured by mistake wh...
The fat, the terrorist and the whore
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent (Eleanor Roosevelt)I wished the title of this piece to have been the title of a movie script, which you have to admit, it would have resulted in an awe-inspiring, if not bizarre, film. But this i...
The importance of being unhappy
Life is nothing but an emotional roller coaster and we live for the thrill of the ups and downs of the journey. Median lukewarm relations don’t make us exalt, and the force of habit and routine acts manage to strangle any glimpse of passion, leavin...
Socializing for dummies
Warning for the "sarcastically challenged". This post is sarcastic, not ambiguous. Now go ahead, read it.Lesson 1: Never be honest. Deep emotions are laudable but no one needs or wants that kind of intensity.In order to properly socialize, we need t...
On open letter to Tony Blair (Bill Donahue and alike)
There was a brilliant movie called Wag the dog (1997) that basically told the story of an American president who had an indiscreet relation with a girl a few weeks before elections. Consequently, his spin doctors along with a genius Hollywood movie p...
