As a techie, it doesn’t seem weird to get excited over software updates. Especially one as big as the OS5 update for Apple products, and the ever growing dessert platter that Android pushes out, like Ice Cream Sandwich. But to everyone else who don’t give a crap, they are perfectly fine not updating their stuff and moving on with their lives. Now I guess I’m just showing my geekiness when I find it ludicrous that…

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Morsels of genius rarely come to us, and it’s even worse when you never have the morsels and just try to wing it with a “clever” blog post. When I say “clever”, I mean remotely funny and informative. For now, I’m just listening to the “Nerdist” and thinking, “There’s so much I want to talk about…so much I want to write about, here, at this broken, wobbly table.” And yet, sitting here at this table,…

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Today marks the day of Steve Job’s passing, and everywhere you turn on the internet you’ll find mention of it, and you’ll see people sharing their condolenses, and people sharing their memories. But buried within all of those well wishes and quotes from a man who is known as a visionary and a person who changed the world, there is a message…do what you love. A once in a life time person is sharing with…

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This may not be news to mose people, but people are not all that fantastic. I was going to start with “people suck”, but I felt that wouldn’t capture the essense of why people…suck. So yes, people are not all that great, sometimes…most of the time…okay, well, enough of the time. Which makes sense why people often find themselves on guard. Just last night I was out with a group of friends, sharing a meal,…

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During the week I normally try to get as much done during the day as possible. Like a lot of people in America, specifically the Los Angeles area, I drive a long, zombie inducing commute back and forth from work. This causes problems, like not getting enough of what you want done, not writing a blog post about a subject you are so into, or even gettingn sleep. And that last part is what’s screwing…

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Gah!!! Okay, maybe acts of kindness are better!! GAH!!!!

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I’ve been itching to write something here on the blog, but real life gets in the way. I don’t really know how people do it. I’m exhausted after work, I use what’s left of my energy to try to stay physically active at night, and I do what I can to read and keep current with what’s going on in the world so that I can at least be relavant and create these exhaustive run…

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Has anyone ever said to you “We need a global epidemic to regulate the population!”? I’ve heard that before, in history discussion, conversation, lectures, and books and most of the time they mean some kind of global disease to wipe out the populace. Well, I hope that never happens, and with movies like “Contagion”, it looks like the casualties wouldn’t be so bad (given we’re over 6 billion people living in this world and well,…

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Image: winnond / FreeDigitalPhotos.netNo matter where I go on the internet, I see a lot of talk about the new television shows of the fall season. Now, I normally don’t talk about TV, as I usually claim that I don’t watch a lot of it, but this year may be different. There’s actually TV out there that I want to watch. Now I missed out on a lot of the big comedies, and the dramas…

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Image: graur razvan ionut / FreeDigitalPhotos.netAre you prepared for every situation that comes your way? If someone tosses a problem at you, do you know how to react? Maybe it’s your girlfriend, your husband, your mother, your buddy, your co-worker, but it’s someone who out of nowhere helps to make life tough for you, so what do you do? No, this isn’t a job interview, it’s a life interview. Okay, that’s lame, but something I…

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via Talk Like A Pirate.comAhoy!! Today be the day we be talkin’ like pirates! I be no bilge rat, but I reckon I don’t really know how tah talk like a real pirate! Batton Down the Hatches! So in honor o’ this day, I’ll be postin’ some pirate pick up lines from Talk Like a Pirate.com. Enoy you ruddy land lubber!!!! “They don rsquo;t call me Long John because my head is so big. You…

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The Macbook Pro via Apple.comA few weeks ago I wrote a little ditty about how my computer was more or less in the crapper. Now, after much debate, research, and just plain curiosity, I decided my new computer of choice would be a Macbook Pro. Now, as a tech geek, I’m very familiar with the fanboi-isms and the craziness that goes with each camp. It’s like I had to join a faction, either Alliance or…

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Image: Andy Newson / FreeDigitalPhotos.netWhere I work I can listen to music while typing away at the old keyboard, getting things done. I share this ominous responsibility with another coworker, while the third one in the room just contently listens to our shared playlists. That’s all find and dandy, until the day my third, silent coworker asks me if the music I listen to take me back? I had an idea of what she was…

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via BBC – Doctor Who WebsiteI normally don’t get to watch a lot of TV or movies, but I try to at least see a movie once a week. Keeps me from going crazy. Lately though, I’ve been noticing more and more television and movies from a particular part of the world. That world, happens to be in the UK, and it happens to be “Great”. That’s right, British TV and movies have somehow inundated…

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Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.netWritten By Dani the Universe It seems to be one of those weeks where I have so much to talk about and yet nothing at all to say. Fan-freaking-tastic. I’m literally about to pull this entire article straight out of my ass so bear with me. Allow me to drop my usual facade of badassery and talk about something uncharacteristically personal for a tetra second, if only for the sake of this…

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Image: akeeris / FreeDigitalPhotos.netEver since I hit puberty, I can remember days in my life that I just couldn’t explain. They were days where I was overly emotional, and overly sensitive. Now, maybe this isn’t news to anyone, but to me it was, and I learned early on in life that men are just as emotional as women, and there are days when it’s just hard to keep sane and your feelings and sexual urges…

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via – Tech CrunchI have a fantastic laptop from Alienware. It’s a nice little 11 in. laptop made for gaming and it’s even got a cool little hybrid hard drive that I installed with it’s own little Solid State Drive. And okay, for many this is a boring train of thought, but the idea of PC vs. Mac, Apple vs. Windows, is something most people can relate to and the fight still rages on. You’ve…

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There are two quotes I really like. The first was said by Harvey Pekar, “Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff” and the other is “Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions” said by my imaginary good friend Woody Allen. In life there are rules and shit. Unfortunately, not everyone has read them, and not everyone who has agrees or goes along with them. Stuff like…

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Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.netWritten By: Dani, the Universe I seem to have this bad habit of lying awake at night, going over past scenarios in my mind and beating myself up over things I wish I had said instead of the things I DID say. It’s a problem. So I’ve been prodded time and time again by Flancis, numerous listeners, and acquaintances in general: Have I ever been in love? I am laying this issue…

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Image: Ian Kahn / FreeDigitalPhotos.netThis is not news, but life is hard. The difference is that some people make it look easy. I don’t know how they do it, but maybe people ignore the things that suck in life, or maybe they are the eternal optomist, or maybe they take out their frustrations on some whack a mole. Well, however it’s done, it surprises me that sometimes the moniker, time heals all wounds, does not…

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I think if you were to ask anyone, even the person standing to your right and a little further up, they’d all pretty much say the same thing. They couldn’t live without their cellphone. Now, with everyone attached to the hip with their smartphone, I think it’s no surprise that, that would be the answer. Take for instance, my situation. I was helping my buddy do some grading for his class and well, I placed…

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WRITTEN BY: Dani, The Universe You know those car rides you take with someone that end up really thought-provoking when one of you starts on a pretty casual topic and it escalates into something Dani decides to write an article about? Totally didn’t happen to me recently or anything. So without further ado… have you ever waited for someone to be single? Believe it or not, I lack the… hormone or impulse or whatever it…

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Okay, so I’m going to tell you a little story about how somehow…my wrist and my entire right arm is in excruciating pain. I had so many ideas for blog posts and everything. I thought, yeah, I’m going to talk about too shy to function, smartphones ruling our lives, The Guard movie, and how I have witnessed that love can last for a long time, even after the person is gone. Now, well, I’m typing…

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I don’t think there’s a place online where you don’t find some kind of reference to “The Legend of Zelda” and all of it’s side missions. Everywhere you turn there’s something relating to the little guy in the green cap brandishing that drool inducing master sword and shield. Love the master sword. I want to get one. Anyway, that’s beside the point. But Link, our hero, is so popular and I don’t even know why.…

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It’s become harder and harder to ignore the past. With Facebook, Twitter, and even our own blogs archiving our lives, you have to admit, it’s hard to escape what was. That’s especially tough when it comes to relationships. How does anyone forget when you have pictures of your ex still tagged on Facebook? Do you have to rummage through your Flickr photos and delete all the one’s with you and her? It’s not as easy…

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Do you know what I love about running? The fact that if you run around your neighborhood and you start to get tired or you feel like stopping, you’ll find yourself in a spot where you have to make a choice. You either stop and just set up camp where you are, or you have to actually run/walk/jog back to where you started from. The beauty of running is that it forces you to keep…

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Via: JoBlo.comI really didn’t start to appreciate movies until I was about thirteen years old or so when I saw Jurassic Park for the first time. So when “This Is Spinal Tap” came out, not only was I too young to even watch the movie, but it was really considered before my time. Thanks to the power of the internet and streaming video, I finally got to watch this movie. Of course, I wouldn’t have…

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Image: Sura Nualpradid / FreeDigitalPhotos.netStarting this week, I’m going to try to do something a little different. I’ve thought long and hard about how I just write about relationships, and I realized something. That can get old quick and that can kind of information can actually run out quick. Yes, there are a ton of new studies (often stuff we already freakin’ know), and there is new research, but really… there’s not enough. And plus,…

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Here I was, ready to post the show notes of the brand new Geek Love Radio and what do I do? I forget to press the button that actually publishes the episode. Now it has to go through the approval process, etc, etc. Then when I get that little e-mail I’ll actually be able to share and share alike! I must have been really tired last night. About as tired as I am today really.…

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Okay, I’m not that busy, I just don’t manage my time very well. How’s everyone doing? I hope you all are having a great start of the week. I take this opportunity to just say, what’s up? What’s going on with everyone? I thought I’d throw out a quick question to everyone. What are some of the things you all are geeking about recently? What’s got you getting nerdy? For me, it’s the upcoming second…

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You know what I hear about a lot? The dreaded Friend zone. You people (and by “you people,” I mean FUCKING EVERYONE) have beaten this issue into death, then resurrected it with self-pitying Necromancy just so you could continue beating it. But you know what no one ever talks about? Something that’s even harder to escape than the Friend zone. Yep. I’m talkin’ ’bout the Booty Call zone. Now hear me out, denizens of the…

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Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.netMaybe you’ve thought about it. Maybe you’ve even tried it. But with the internet as such a part of our lives, it’s difficult to think of a life without it. Well, I’m tempted, to unplug, simply to know what it feels like. Now, this last week you may have noticed a void of blog posts, and that was because I tried to at least unplug a little. I avoided Facebook, Twitter, Google…

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After the excruciating pain the “supposed” beginner level exercise gave me, I realised I needed something meant for total wimps. Thank fuck for the Wii! I wanted to keep this whole thing, object free; as in using no weights, not leaving the house, and pretty much doing what I normally do, only with more movement. The last thing I wanna do is head to the gym. That would suck for me. Also it’s far away…

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So, I started my workout and have been going strong for about the last two weeks. I’m running every other day. Okay, maybe it’s less of a run and more of a jog. Well, maybe less of a jog and more of a stumbling forward. But you get the idea. Mixing that in with some push ups, crunches, and the ocassional weight lifting, I think I’m in the right direction to a better body. And…

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Alright, so… not gonna dance around the issue so let’s jump into it. Sex. Sex is… pretty cool, right? Not a lot of people would disagree unless they have some really unique problems like… well, fuck, I don’t know. If you have a problem with it, go ahead and email me because I’m kind of fucking curious. Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.netHow important is sex in a relationship? I guess the answer would vary for different…

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The Movie: Harry Potter The Deathly Hollows Part 2 The Situation: I didn’t know the Situation was a part of my blog post… (rim shot) Firstly, I want to share my love of this franchise. I enjoyed the books immensely, often times consuming them in a single day. I get a kick out of the movies, where I get teary eyed at the trailers, and feel deeply about the words of the book being realized…

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By Dave the Drummer I realised the other day that there is pretty much no way I’m ever gonna be a fatty. I’ve been very thin my whole life, I’m one of those people that can pile away the food and never put on any weight. Lately, I’ve been eating more than usual, and LOST weight. So lame. So instead of giving up, like I usually would, I figured I’d do something else, because I…

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Roll Intro fade into cool cinematic and lead to a splash screen of the title: World of Flancraft Level Up! via – World of WarcraftI am currently on a quest to find out who I once was. I’ve often talked about it on the blog and the podcast about how I lost who I once was. I can remember being hilarious (if I do say so myself), and being such an uplifting person. For years…

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Of course…I join while I’m at work, so I can’t really play around with it. But I’m excited. I’m looking forward to adding people and goofing around with the settings and inviting…the handful of people I actually know. If it’s awesome, I may have to just give up Facebook all together. Well, only if everyone else joins me on this thing. Anyway, I’ll post a blog sometime in the future, and I’m thinking of changing…

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And…we’re off!! I hate how fragile people’s relationships are. And I’m not just talking about couples, I’m talking about friends and the like. It really does take very little to make that house of cards drop if you say something you regret or do something out of haste. You don’t think it through, you get drunk, and then you make the big step to do something about it. You tell someone you love them or…

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Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.netLately I’ve been finding myself surrounded by incredibly attractive women. It’s not me, personally, its my circumstances. And each woman has something I really like about them. They’re geeky, nerdy side, they’re interest and love of certain things, their sense of humor. Whatever it is, I find them fascinating. Now, I don’t want to be with all of them, but I wouldn’t mind dating some of them to find out whether or…

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Written by Dani: Unreciprocated feelings. That’s what I wanna talk about. Sit down, children, and shut up and listen. Dani’s talking now. You know that shit feeling you get when you have the hots for someone and they either A. designate you to the friend zone or B. couldn’t give less of a shit? Of course you do. Everyone does. And as much as we all absolutely love playing victim, it’s really nothing you can…

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The first season of “Game of Thrones” is all done and gone; season 1 being ten episodes of pure awesome. Why is it so awesome, you may have asked…supposedly? Well, having read the George R R Martin series of books, I was a fan from the get go. This series of books and the resulting tv shows were critically acclaimed, and loved by fans who have read the books or are new to the whole…

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Image: graur codrin / FreeDigitalPhotos.netIt was recently pointed out to me that I’ve gotten comfortable in my life. You know, complacent, fine, lazy, conforming, accepting the mediocre, etc etc. I’m content with the way things are, I’m okay with the way things look in the future, and I have very little ambition outside of the podcasts and this blog. I want to see Geek Love Radio, A Critical Moment of Awesome, and Sincere Sarcasm grow…

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Image via: The Daily PoliticalThe New York governor has recently laid down the law and said to the people of his state, same-sex marriage is legal, something I honestly thought California would have down pat by now. With states so diverse with culture, with people of all types, and with a very accepting populace, you’d think we’d all be right there with Governor Cuomo in saying that the gay and lesbian community have the right…

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Image: Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.netWritten by: Dave the Drummer When I was way younger, I got diagnosed as having bipolar disorder, which basically means I’m an emotional wreck. Being Irish, I thought so what else is new? You can tell a lot about a culture by their drinking songs. Americans love the shit out of counting groups of things in reverse order, Australia has one where the person drinking is a bastard or something, and…

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I’m not complaining. Today is the first day of summer and the clothes are coming off for both women and men. The guys are showing off their guns and their six pack, the ladies are spreading the love with their cleavage and booty shorts, and then there’s me. The medium sized (thanks Dani) observer, watching the people go by as they look all good. I mean, how does a geek, who’s primary muscle that they…

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This has nothing to with anything relationship and whatnot based, but it is a little bit of a rant. How did we find ourselves in a world where spoilers are okay? I know with the internet, it’s so easy to get spoilers out there, pirate out video of movies yet to be released, and even ruin the ending to your favorite book series. (I’m looking at you, ruiners of Harry Potter) So when did this…

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Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.netBy Dave the Drummer I’d like to write more for this blog. Mostly I don’t know WHAT to write. My day-to-day life consists of sitting on my ass, watching movies and blathering away on the Internet to people I know on there. Once in a while I’ll think “Shit, I should really do something with my time right about now.” I’ll sit with Notepad open, then what seems like an hour…

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I was told a story, which means I guess I’ll be telling you a paraphrased story, of a boy/man…probably more “boy” than man, who, on a fairly regular basis, confessed his undying love for this girl. Okay, that’s a mild exaggeration, but you get the idea. He told her how he’s perfect, she’s perfect, so they’re perfect together, born to be forever…and she tells them that there’s no way in hell that they’d ever be…

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Written by Dani: I’ve gotten a lot of grief over the years regarding the way I “love.” I’m not much for candles and roses, as nice a sentiment as they may be, and am a bit too practical for most. A bouquet of flowers may be pretty, but now I have to dig into my shed for a freaking vase to put them in and watch the petals fall one by one as it slowly…

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Stay tuned, because tomorrow I will be posting the first ever drunk episode of Geek Love Radio. Now, if you’re easily offended and easily annoyed, I suggest you probably skip this Red 42’s Day and go for the “regular” show. BUT if you are easily amused, like I am…(I laugh probably the entire episode), then enjoy the next one. So this is a forewarning or a hype up…or just me wanting to fill this sad,…

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Just a quick little post while I have a few minutes left on my lunch break. For a lot of people, or maybe it’s just me, it’s hard to tame your emotions. Like a wild stallion (guitar riff), it’s difficult to rein in and even harder still to control. Now I’m not going to harp on and on again about the whole “passion rules reason” thing, thank you Terry Goodkind, because in this case it…

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Don’t forget to check out the latest Geek Love Radio where you can find on the left bar over there. Yep, right over there. And at the top? A new retro episode, though uhh….wait…can it really be called retro if it’s only a year old? Well, check it out and go to http://glr.libsyn.com for more blasts from the past!

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I always knew that a break up is hard, especially with the popularity of Facebook and what not. I mean, in all honesty, the only reason I joined Facebook in the first place was because of my ex. She was on it all the time, and I did my best to avoid it, but in order sometimes, to just see what was up with her, I needed to go on there. Not that I was…

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Written by Dani: So… feminists… Yeah, you feel that? The air just got a lot more tense. I’m not a feminist; I’m an equalist. I don’t expect being given the right to vote without also being expected to pull my own fucking weight. “Yeah, I can open my own fucking doors but wait… you want me to lift BOXES? I mean, I know it’s equal opportunity employment but seriously? Oh hell no. Get the BOYS…

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Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.netEverything is a bit off today, as well…there was a holiday this weekend in the States, so things are all going to be off by a day. Yeah, I know, there’s no set schedule in the world of Geek Love Radio or anything, but just letting people know. There are shows ready to go up, but they’re not ready to go up. Do you know what I mean? Err…never mind. Anyway,…

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If you’re a geek you know why today are those days, and I hope you’re celebrating it well. I’m doing so by taking a break from writing a blog post about one thing or another and just relaxing with a video game and some movies, like Lord of the Rings and/or Harry Potter. I haven’t decided which. So celebrate that nerd in your life, and if you are the nerd, treat yourself to something. Why…

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I have a few friends who are couples, and many who are single. But when I was in the couple situation, there always seemed to be, more or less, even numbers in our groups. Now that I’m a single again, the third wheel phenomenon is pretty evident. And boy, do they put up with me. Now, if you’re not familiar with what the third wheel is…then I’m surpised. But really, the hardest part about the…

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The best way to live life is to have all your organs in tact. What does that mean? Well, I’m a man who had a life threatening disease as a kid, I broke my arm and had pins in it and I an organ removed because it was causing me problems. Not to say you can’t live a happy and full life with these situations, but boy does it make it difficult. I realize being…

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I started my very first podcast by proclaiming that all people are selfish. That we as human beings are self preserving, self serving indviduals who try to live for ourselves. So why do people go out there and help others? Well, if you stick with my theory, it’s because they get some kind of selfish gains from it. For instance, if I’m in a foul mood and I am unapproachable and things are just crappy.…

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Many times we picture our ideal soul mate with traits that compliment our own. We give ourselves guidelines and we provide ourselves with limits so that we don’t end up getting our heart broken. Call it our own little security system for the heart. And then, someone comes along, and totally tears that all apart. Everything you say you’d never do, you do. Everything you tell yourself you’ll never feel, you feel. With that kind…

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Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Written By: Dani People are really fond of talking about love. There have been entire books published, movies made and songs written about nothing but love. Do you know what love is? Do I? Probably not. Hell if I know what the Oxford dictionary has to say about it and I’ll be damned if I look it up because I’m lazy and because it’s probably wrong anyway. It most likely says…

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Image: graur codrin / FreeDigitalPhotos.netLook, I’m the first to admit I have a problem with this. It’s the one thing I struggle with the most as I guilt people, use denial and avoidance, and a lot of other negative things. Okay, so maybe I’m not that bad…anymore. I’ve gone through a lot of change, but old habit die hard, and for some, this is really the only way to cope with change or anything that…

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Image: graur codrin / FreeDigitalPhotos.netThere you are, flirting with that girl, and you’re striking up a conversation. You’re spouting out slick lines from some book you read or some website you visited and you think you’re untouchable. She’s smiling, she’s laughing, and she knows where this is going. You’re not there to make any deep, meaningful connection. You’re just there to get laid. And then, after ten previous slaps in the face and drinks to…

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The whole point of online dating is meeting people you otherwise wouldn’t have had the chance to meet. You’ll have the chance to have some great conversations, hopefully hook up with people, but it all comes down to messages you send and receive. If people like your profile and think you’re super pretty, they’ll send you some mail. Sometimes it’ll be something great, like “absolutley adoring the rhyming profile man!! wish i could rhyme things…

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Then I reailzed, I don’t remember what it was. Star Wars day threw me off, and now today is Cinco de Mayo. All these pseudo holidays are making me confused. Either way, I guess this is a good a time as any to remind you guys to go ahead and write to me on theglshow@gmail.com. I know there are questions out there, and I’m pretty sure you want to share your ideas on what kind…

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