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New Restaurant Model: Steaks
The following is an excerpt from my book Research and Advice (2026). Get a copy today! A great idea for a food truck is calling it “Steaks,” just serving various cuts…
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Why You Might Be Better Off Without Representation
I was appointed a court-appointed private attorney—not a public defender—and my experience was disappointing to say the least, but I didn’t know better. A public defender is a salaried government employee…
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Men: Be Quiet, Observe, and Serve, and the Relationship Will Thrive
Disclaimer: The following applies to any relationships really. If you want to serve someone, shut the fuck up and observe. Study. Then serve accordingly. Men: NEVER interrupt, speak over, or in any way…
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Protein and Calories
Instructions: Take your body weight (in pounds) and multiply it by one of the following numbers. By the way, the squiggly line before the numbers means “approximately”. I’m going to use…
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Squatter or Colonizer, What’s the Difference?
As a first generation immigrant who is a nomadic writer, I fantasize about owning land, this way people can “bug off.” When I think about some people who own land today,…
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Let Your Dog Sniff!
Occasionally I would let my dog sniff ad nauseam. But most of the time, I would tug him and force him to march along with me. It was my “exercise” after…
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Red Flags in BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects (emotional states, moods, and feelings), along with marked impulsivity. This…
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You Did It All, Now Take a Hike
You became a “product” before you were are allowed to become a “person.” If one were to offer advice to a celebrity, it would be to focus on reclaiming their agency…
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Heart Health Essentials; Sodium Potassium, Added Sugar, Fiber, Walking, and Sleep
This article uses the following standards: men, 2,500 calories per day diet; women, 2,000 calories per day. It also follows the American Heart Associations (AHA) guidelines. I. SodiumLet’s talk about the…
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What Happened to WE THE PEOPLE ?
For many of us Americans, the promise of life in this country has always been independence: the simple right to live freely without constant oversight. However, we are reaching a tipping…
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As They Say in Chicago: “News Is Just Old Things Happening to New People”
Despite the rapid acceleration of technology, the core of the human experience remains remarkably the same (at least for the past 10,000 years). This is what social scientists call “perennialism.” It…
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Talent or Beauty? Or both?
My critique on popularity statistics in content creation is simple: it doesn’t always have to do with talent, skill, novelty, or depth of knowledge. Sometimes, it is purely a matter of…
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Cliché, Trite, Trendy Books; Performative Intellectualism
Just like Eminem hated boy bands and pop princesses, I, as someone with a bachelor’s and master’s in English, dislike people who put on airs that they are sophisticated readers, meanwhile…
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What We’re Told Versus What’s Real
As I get older, I find myself questioning war, foreign policy, and the stories nations tell themselves. Not from a place of hatred or ignorance, but from exhaustion and curiosity. Most…
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Female Gothic: A Literary Tradition
What do Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938), Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic (2020) all share? While the settings shift from the windswept moors of…
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Answer Your Phone MF!
We have a $1,000 supercomputer in our pockets that can track stars in the night sky and draft legal manuscripts, but it takes a four-step tactical checklist just to make sure…
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Rule Number One: Don’t Get Sunburnt to Begin With
Preventing sunburn is a metaphor for life. But let’s actually discuss prevention literally. Prevention is always the best method. Without sufficient foreshadowing, one can impulsively go for a “mental health walk”…
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RIP Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
On September 12, 2025, ICE agents conducting a “targeted enforcement mission” and attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican national, in Franklin Park, Illinois. The encounter…
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Great Works In Literature
Ancient & 19th Century Apology, Plato (c. 399 BC) This work records the speech Socrates gave at his trial, where he was charged with impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates famously…
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“Wow, You Look Amazing.” Human Communication in the Online World. Keep It Stranger-Friendly.
In the online world we largely live in today in 2026, human communication is of paramount interest. How do I say something authentic without being ill-received? This is especially true when…
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”
In “Young Goodman Brown” (1835), the line “a rampant hag was she” is meant to sound harsh and insulting by design. First, the wording. A “hag” in older English refers to…
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Pilgrims and Flirting
Excerpt from my latest book Forever ImprovingReleased April 25, 2026 In order to gain in life, you have to use some sense of “gentle” ferocity. Sitting on your ass and “hoping”…
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Advice to Men, Gender Differences, and Hypergamy
The following is an excerpt from my book Forever Improving, coming out April 25, 2026 on this website. Men: don’t fawn over women. Don’t over-signal interest through excessive compliments in the initial courtship phase. But here’s…
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“Developed” versus “Developing” Countries
“First, Second, and Third World” classifications are obsolete.[1] The proper terms are Developed (e.g., United States, Germany, Japan) and Developing (e.g., Brazil, India, Mexico), even though these can be “overlapping and contested.”…
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Tonight’s Dating App Line-Up
The 24-year-old bisexual flight attendant who doesn’t want kids. 35% body-fat. The 24-year-old nurse who sometimes smokes. The 26-year-old who posts pictures of her and her ex. The 26-year-old au pair…
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Advice on Dating: Don’t Try
Do men really choose women, or are women more choosing of the man? It seems like men can flirt, give attention, put themselves out there, but it never works, and the…
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RIP Protein Shakes
I used to dabble with protein shakes, but honestly, they often make my stomach hurt, give me gas, and give me burning liquid shits. To make such, milk or soy undergoes…
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How to Create a Print-Ready Book Using Microsoft Word
Please see the following Google Drive PDF document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ay7sR-kJPDI9SV7sVncf8GY8f1k0qFKs/view?usp=sharing
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Stop Calling The Police On Me
By Elia Kazan, 2/26/2026 There is a growing cultural habit of escalating ordinary social interactions into police encounters. I have experienced this repeatedly while doing nothing more than existing in public…
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Locating Work Without Leaking Your Life
By Elia KazanAn excerpt from “Research and Advice” (2026) Word of Mouth; Nepotism Still AliveWhen it comes to employment, how are people actually getting jobs? The most common way people are…
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Police Asking For Your ID; A Chess Game in Real-Time
The following is a Google Drive protected document (PDF): Police Asking For Your ID; A Chess Game in Real-Time
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“Let It Enfold You” by Charles Bukowski (1996)
either peace or happiness,let it enfold you when I was a young manI felt these things weredumb, unsophisticated.I had bad blood, a twistedmind, a precariousupbringing. I was hard as granite, Ileered…
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Ice Cream: What to Buy; Sweeteners, Emulsifiers, and Stabilizers
Here are store brands you should buy: Rebel Creamery, Simple Truth Keto, So Delicious, Keto Pint. “Artisan”, sometimes referred to as “home-made” or “local” ice cream should be: heavy cream, whole milk, sugar…
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Eternal
It’s eternal. Humpin hoes like a gerbil. Jumpin jailers like a hurdle. Making her moan like Myrtle. She said she slow like a turtle. I make that turtle Squirtle. I’m more…
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