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What Does It Feel Like To Be 80 Years Old Knowing That Death Is Imminent?
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I am in my 80s. To be this age is largely luck. To be this age and reasonably healthy with peace of mind is even luckier. To be this age, be healthy, and not lonely makes one feel so lucky that you want to gulp the moments down like a drowning man reaching air. I have been in five car crashes without being hurt (none were my fault). During the war as a child, I experienced several bombs falling within close range and where people within yards of myself were killed or injured. Numerous other such incidents sometimes gives one a sense of invulnerability, and other times that the next incident won’t be so lucky.
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Linkage
Read this before you decide to travel to Egypt: 6 People Get Real About Their Experience In This Ancient City – Van Life Wanderer
If you are trying to quit smoking, this book is a really good first step to help you quit – Amazon
Whatever happened to Karyn Parsons, aka Hilary from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air? – Ned Hardy
Four Ways to Stop Imagining the Worst Will Happen – Greater Good
An Economist’s Rule for Making Tough Life Decisions – Quartz
San Diego Comic-Con 2022: Everything Announced So Far – IGN
The Mega Millions prize hits $790 million — the nation’s fourth largest jackpot – NPR
How Often Should You Change Synthetic Oil? – Car And Driver
How the Amusement Park Conquered America – City Lab
What a Body Built to Last 100 Years Would Look Like – Scientific American
6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal – Mark Manson
If you like doing deadlifts, this bar substantially reduces the amount of stress it puts on your lower back – Amazon
An ancient technique can improve your attention span – Big Think
Armed robbery epic fail: suspect didn’t know bystander was packing heat (video) – Crankers
Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair – WSJ
20 Clean Jokes That Are Actually Funny – Linkiest
Kid Cudi Walks Off Stage During A Performance Because The Crowd Wouldn’t Stop Throwing Things At Him – Twitter
New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade – AP News
The Cheapest Places to Buy an Acre of Land in the U.S. – Life Hacker
Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent – The Guardian
If Humans Evolved From Monkeys, Why Are There Still Monkeys?
1. There is nothing in evolution that states, insinuates, or infers that the entire population of a species must evolve in unison so that once the evolved animal (whatever it is) has evolved, it is all that remains.
All species on Earth evolved from bacteria, but bacteria have not gone anywhere, now have they?
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8 Awesome Yoga Benefits for Men
Health and fitness for most men either relies on strength training and/or running. There is a good reason for this.
The benefits of lifting weights for increased self-esteem, physical and mental toughness, not to mention looking great, are well known. All men should do it, and if you aren’t why not? Get motivated and get back in the gym.
With that said, weightlifting and occasionally pounding the streets or treadmill shouldn’t be the only exercise you do. There should always be room for other things that bring something new (and awesome) to the table.
Linkage
Meet Rafael Pérez, The Crooked LAPD Officer Who Stole Pounds Of Cocaine And Inspired ‘Training Day’ – All That’s Interesting
Whatever Happened To Nia Peeples? – Ned Hardy
A very compact, superbly easy to use and a lifesaver when you car runs out of battery and there is no one around – Amazon
When Did Shaking Hands Become a Standard Way of Greeting Someone? – Mental Floss
Dealer Marks Up 2022 Ford Maverick by Nearly $22K, the Price of Another Maverick – The Drive
The 20 Absolute Best Whisk(e)ys for Your Money – Thrillist
14 Deep Thoughts That Only Overthinkers Have But Never Share – Thought Catalog
Nine Movies that you did not know that the Villain Really Wins – Linkiest
15+ Facts About the Amish Lifestyle That Would Be a Challenge for Lots of People – Bright Side
Founders who ‘cannot be trusted’ and a $50 million yacht: New Three Arrows Capital bankruptcy filing sheds light on the crypto hedge fund’s epic demise – Yahoo
Toyota studied a million-mile Tundra while developing new model – Autoblog
A damn fine collection of bewbs, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks
Every home gym needs this piece of equipment! They bring challenge, intensity, pain and willpower testing similar to what weights bring. Do a full sprint for 20 seconds on one, then you’ll know why – Amazon
The 8 Best Pizzas In Orange County In 2022 – Van Life Wanderer
The Incredible True Story of the 30-Year-Old Who Conned a High School into Believing He Was 16 – Mel Magazine
Noah Lyles breaks Michael Johnson’s US 200m record that stood since 1996 – NPR
Which is Safer: Rental Houses or Stock Investments? (a Case Study) – Mr Money Mustache
Off-duty cop getting a haircut engages gunman who opened fire on a barber in Baltimore – Police Posts
Frightening pool sinkhole that opened beneath swimmers at a party takes life of man – NY Post
We all know people who seem to attract fun — here’s how you can do it too – Ideas
11 Signs Your Body Is Giving You Important Alerts – Bright Side
10 things that made us smile this week – Upworthy
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Why Was John Gotti Treated So Poorly By Other Inmates In Prison Despite Being A Powerful Mafia Boss?
John Gotti was a brash, personable yet cocky character, both in the streets and in prison. He was also alleged – by Sammy Gravano, at least – to be very racist; making various disparaging and denigrating comments about black people, even in Prison environments. Given my preamble, that is not particularly smart.
Picture of the Day
Huichol Indian men tie ropes around their testicles when their wives are giving birth. When she feels a painful contraction, she tugs on the rope so her husband will share some of the pain as part of their child’s entrance into the world.
According to the Huichol tradition, when a woman had her first child the husband squatted in the rafters of the house, or in the branches of a tree, directly above her, with ropes attached to his scrotum. As she went into labor pain, the wife pulled vigorously on the ropes, so that her husband shared in the painful, but ultimately joyous, experience of childbirth.
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