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Fatal familial insomnia is a rare genetic degenerative brain disorder. It is characterized by an inability to sleep (insomnia) that may be initially mild, but progressively worsens, leading to significant physical and mental deterioration and death.
How does it feel to constantly be awake?
Tiresome. Like I just woke up 20 minutes ago after a shit night. I’d say the very closest thing I could compare it to is the first hour of being awake, where your body and brain are never fully turned on.
1. We do ~$85k/month in revenue. We are a small software development company and license proprietary software to prime contractors for the Federal government, so our contracts are mostly long term (3-5 years). I have 5 FTE’s including my wife. My wife and I pay ourselves $100k/yr each, make sure we have our employees’ undivided attention through bonuses, and we keep the rest of the money in the company for reinvestment. Started in 2015 with $8k/month in revenue and have grown it since.
Picture it: 1956. The world is in the grips of the Cold War, Elvis is shaking things up on stage, and in a hospital bed in Duluth, Minnesota, the last living link to the American Civil War takes his final breath.
Albert Henry Woolson, the last surviving veteran of the Union Army, closes his eyes on a world utterly transformed from the one he knew as a young man. Now, I want you to really try to wrap your mind around the scale of change this man witnessed in his lifetime.
1. I knew someone who got a loan for their wedding, but decided to blow it all at a casino. Now they have a loan for 20k to pay off and nothing to show for it.
2. A coworker I used to have worked every second of overtime he could for several years to save up for a house. When he applied for the house loan, he based his mortgage payment on all of the overtime he had been working. I tried to tell him that wasn’t a good idea but he didn’t want to hear it. He ended up divorced a few years later because his wife got tired of him always working.
George Tooker’s “Government Bureau” is a haunting masterpiece that captures the alienation and bureaucratic nightmare of mid-20th century America. Painted in 1956, it’s a work that feels eerily prescient, reflecting anxieties that have only intensified in our modern era.
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
This quote from George Orwell’s “1984” delves into the profound human desire for genuine connection and understanding.
In the novel, the protagonist, Winston Smith, lives in a society where the Party dictates every aspect of life, leaving little room for authentic relationships or personal expression. The oppressive regime forces people to conform and suppress their true selves, making it nearly impossible to forge real connections with others.
Picture this: It’s the turn of the century in the burgeoning American West, a time of extraordinary change and raw opportunity. Amidst the dust-choked streets and the clamor of progress, there stands a defining institution of frontier life—the saloon.
These establishments were far more than mere watering holes; they were the beating heart of social, political, and economic life in an era where the Wild West was a living, breathing entity.
1. Honestly turned out great. I realised my band wasn’t going to get a record deal after a few years and then after playing for other peoples bands for a while it starred to become less fun.
I got a ‘proper’ job, started working on my career and used my new spare time to start playing rugby again. Now I’ve got a really good job in a sector I enjoy working in, married, kids, nice house all that stuff and I still play rugby on Saturdays (pre pandemic) to keep things a little different as well as keeping in shape.
1. If she REALLY likes u then she will make time to meet up with you. It is generally as simple as that. Once I figured that out, it was a lot easier to figure out if I was wasting my time or not.
“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
The quote is often attributed to Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher and writer, considered the founder of Taoism. However, the authenticity of this attribution is debated, as it doesn’t appear directly in his main work, the Tao Te Ching. Regardless, the quote is rich in meaning and aligns well with Taoist philosophy.