Another fantastic TED talk here… on innovation Actually, I clicked on this talk hoping it’d play out like a Buzzfeed list of 365 ways to unlock my creative ballpoint bearing braininess that didn’t wanna come out and write today. Just to show what a “dur” state I was in (my coffee was still brewing; get off me) before I pressed play, I didn’t even make the obvious connection literally anyone.. Read More
3 Hypnoses you can try, at your own risk.
I always wanted to try hypnosis. But I’ve never done it professionally because, well, that’s a lot of effing trust in a person. A person like you or me capable of beauty and evil alike. And you don’t know which one they’ll do to you once given total dominion over your mind and body. But with the advent of Youtube, self-hypnosis with the help of pre-recorded narrations made that problem.. Read More
“What if…” (5 creativity sparkers I need to do more)
Some days, yes. On such mornings, I try to ignite my imagination by employing the innocent phrase, “what if…?” Like… “What if… this bottle wasn’t a bottle?” (So what?) “Okay… What if… (*picks up peel with Dole sticker still on it*) this banana was alive? Before I ate it?” (You did that already.) “What… if I’m a bird?” (Did you take notes from Shia LaBeouf’s notebook before you plagiarized “The.. Read More
Misophonic masochist: why do I keep doing this to myself?
Nope. Can’t do it. Okay, maybe I’ll try one more ti–… NOPE. I’m sorry! I’m sorry. I gave it my all. Really. I tried several months ago. And then I tried again last night. And then I tried again today when VICE posted this thing synchronistically about it, but I just can’t. I can’t… with ASMR. And this one might just be the worst I’ve heard yet. Go on, try.. Read More
Paint that pain gold.
Ever heard of that “manifesting” thing? The whole “law of attraction” concept? Wherever you focus your attention and intention, becomes real? Like, if your focus is on fear of spiders (hi.), you’ll think there’re more of them in the world than there are oxygen molecules. If you’re obsessed with Starbucks (hi, again.) it will seem like there’s one on every street corner. (Realizing this last example may be ineffective. Because.. Read More
MUST maturity be mundane?
As adults…must we end our weekend rerun marathons of Aqua Teen? Quit being giddy? Develop that annoying “work voice” that jarred us the first time we heard dad enact it on the phone with his boss because we could totally hear the hidden terror in his voice? Must we transmogrify into that? My buddy Richard had this convo with an anonymous acquaintance he was trying to Socratically assist. Eh –.. Read More
Post 300: Are you not entertained?!
In commemoration of my 300 post mark… (waits for applause to abate) …this post’s about productivity. And as someone who took 300 years to figure out how to post more than one thing a day, I’m obviously a quality locution gladiator capable of offering others self help. And (*takes crown and flowers in hand*) I thank my betters who motivated me by showing me magical writing tools and tricks… So,.. Read More
Home hacks assessed by cranky cat
Change is tough. But wasting change to make changes is a horse of a different design (I feel like that’s what the idiomatic phrase should really be – I mean what else could they be referring to than a zebra? What horse is more unique than a zebra?). And speaking of designs, that’s why yesterday, when I documented my design demi-makeover, I explained that it’d take some world class worldwideweb.. Read More
Life hack analysis by cranky cat
I love useless nuggets of knowledge. You know who else loves them? Curmudgeonly cats. (That’s right. We don’t have to use the names or fonts they do. We’re adults! We do what we want!) So instead of hearing my musings about a page of bright ideas I’ve stumbled across, let’s see the infamously cross philosofurry’s critique on these questionably random reality challenge hacks. Great. This will help me when I.. Read More
ASMR – climax of the mind?
I tried, man. So, you might know I love brain hacks. And not just the self-trickery sort, either. I think I even posted an entry about binaural beats not long ago and how they can tune your brain into everything from sleep to caffeine style inspiration. And there’s heaps of other sound styles like those, too. For example – ASMR. Some people (douche residue, I believe they’re collectively called) pronounce.. Read More