It’s nice to have the impression that we have everything under control. From the small things to the big things. From things we think about to things we actually do. Of course, most of the time this is an illusion. What really happens is that our fantastic ability to adapt kicks in. Our mind and [...]
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10 Feb 10
The American Dream: A Ponzi Scheme That Works
Here is an interesting article I’ve recently came across:
Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works
The article makes the interesting claim that coming to America, and by extension following the American Dream, is a Ponzi scheme that actually works. It also goes through a couple of stories that are supposed to be inspiring. They are [...]
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Tagged american, american dream, americans, attitude, culture, dream, local habits, politically correct, US
7 Feb 10
Fat Loss Resources (Losing weight saga – 8)
There comes a time in the weight loss journey when you realize that some things are more important than actually losing weight. I mean, in the first phase of losing weight, a good indicator of how you’re doing is the actual weight. After a certain point you might see that although the amount of weight [...]
30 Jan 10
Eat To Save Your Life (Losing weight saga – 7)
Ran into this on youtube. It’s called “Eat to Save your life” and you can learn a thing or two about healthy eating. Of course it’s made in a commercial manner that can be tasted by the masses. But if you look past that you will see some valid ideas.
Enjoy.
Part 1 of 8:
All the parts, [...]
26 Jan 10
Change of address
When you’re moving you get a new address. Here in the US there are a couple of places which need to know your new address. Here is a list of them, to serve as my external memory when/if we’ll move again:
the Bank(s) – where you keep your money
your Employer(s)
Postal Service – set up mail forwarding [...]
24 Jan 10
Taboo – US as the most beautiful country in the World
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: US as the most beautiful country in the World
Here in the US everybody likes to think in absolute term. Something is either the BEST or the WORST thing. Same applies when we’re talking about geography. And when you apply the absolute thinking terms to the way people here think about their country’s geography [...]
24 Jan 10
Taboo – Ugly Women
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: Ugly Women/People
Hot topic today. We’re talking about being ugly and how you can solve this.
First of all, in the US only poor people are ugly. Yeah, it’s nasty… but that’s the way it is.
If you look, for example at people’s teeth you will see that almost everybody has perfect teeth.
And dental [...]
2 Jan 10
New Year’s Resolutions
So, a New Year begins. In the spirit of improving, almost everybody takes on some kind of New Year’s Resolution(s) for the new year. Something that will make them a better person, improve their lifestyle or the lives of those around them. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_resolution
List of popular resolutions:
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml
To me it seems a bit lame to do [...]
27 Dec 09
Food Content and Labels
Ever wondered how the caloric value for different foods is measured? I mean, everything must have a neat label that informs you, the consumer, about the contents and caloric value of the product you’ve just picked up in your friendly neighborhood (or not) supermarket. But how are those values established ?
Well, it seems that there [...]
26 Dec 09
Calories. Counting. (Losing weight saga – 6)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight
This one is about the importance of measuring and logging what you eat. Yep, as boring as it may sound (at it is) counting the calories and the content of the foods you eat can be a major success factor in losing weight, eating healthier [...]
21 Dec 09
The 3 stages of a diet (Losing weight saga – 5)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight
Although we’re talking about a diet the 3 stages can be applied to any change that you want to make. The 3 stages are:
1) The honeymoon stage
2) The frustration stage
3) The acceptance stage
To give an example, let’s say that starting tomorrow you’ll decide that the [...]
13 Dec 09
Taboo – Money Making
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: Money Making in the US
The way people view and treat money is pretty much the same as back in the Romania. No matter how many money you have it’s never enough. What sets apart people with money in the US from people with money in Romania is the background.
You cannot make [...]
6 Dec 09
Geocaching
Few thoughts about an interesting activity that I’ve picked up lately: geocaching.
It’s about finding hidden containers based on their GPS coordinates (in a nutshell – basic version). May sound easy, but the real terrain looks a bit different than you see it on the web. Also may sound easy, but the precision with which the [...]
5 Dec 09
Non news
These days I remembered why I don’t have a TV (and watch my favorite shows either online or on DVD). The reason is called ‘the news’. From any point you look at it, you would want that, by watching the news, to learn something useful or something that would/could impact you in some way. But [...]
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