PAMELA SLIM ~ A SOLID BUSINESS CASE AND AN EAGER MARKET ~ ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION ~ 2009

~ HYSTDADYI? ~ Have You Spent Time Developing And Defining Your Idea?

~ HYPATYIWRPIYTM? ~ Have You Prototyped And Tested Your Idea With Real People In Your Target Market?

~ HYMS-O-SUPOYML-O-GTTDYTP? ~ Have You Made Sales – Or – Signed Up People On Your Mailing List – Or – Gotten Them To Download Your Trial Product?

~ DYHAVBM? ~ Do You Have A Viable Business Model?

~ AYWTCSIITDGAP? ~ Are You Willing To Change Strategies Immediately If Things Don’t Go As Planned?

~ CYIYC? ~ Can You Identify Your Competitors?

~ CYDWMY-D-ME-O-MA? ~ Can You Describe What Makes You – Different – More Effective – Or – More Appealing?

~ CYBSITMRS? ~ Could Your Business Survive If The Market Radically Shifted?

~ DYHATUPOS? ~ Do You Have A Truly Useful Product Or Service?

~ DYHATRBPAIIPTEYBI? ~ Do You Have All The Right Business Processes And Infrastructure In Place To Execute Your Business Idea?

~ HYCWP-TMSYWG-S-A-O-A? ~ Have You Consulted With Professionals – To Make Sure You Won’t Get – Sued – Audited – Or – Arrested?

~ AYPFVD-NAO? ~ Are You Prepared For Various Disasters – Natural And Otherwise?

~ CYDYTMICAST? ~ Can You Define Your Target Market In Clear And Specific Terms?

~ DYKWTC-IP-O-IA-O-ITM? ~ Do You Know Where They Congregate – In Person – Online – In Associations – Or – In The Media?

~ HYSLOTWT? ~ Have You Spent Lots Of Time With Them?

~ DYKWTC? ~ Do You Know What They Crave?

~ DYKWWHTTOTBYPOS? ~ Do You Know What Will Happen To Them Once They Buy Your Product Or Service?

~ DYKWTCAD? ~ Do You Know What They Care About Deeply?

~ DYKHTLTC? ~ Do You Know How They Like To Communicate?

~ DTHAT-C-H-C-TPYFYS? ~ Do They Have Access To – Cold – Hard – Cash – To Pay You For Your Services?

~ ATTKOPWWBFTHOW-RIYWDBON? ~ Are They The Kind Of People Who Would Be Fun To Hang Out With – Regardless If You Were Doing Business Or Not?

PAMELA SLIM ~ SIGNS YOUR BUSINESS IDEA MIGHT BE FEASIBLE ~ ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION ~ 2009

~ YHAU-A/S/C-TWAYTSTNBTAE ~ You Have A Unique – Approach / Skill / Capability – That Will Allow You To Serve This Need Better Than Anyone Else

~ YH-T-C-R-A-S-FGTBLIATM ~ You Have – The – Capacity – Resources – And – Support – For Getting The Business Launched In A Timely Manner

~ UHCAAIWYPVBCPP ~ You Have Chosen An Area In Which You Provide Value Beyond Cheap Production Price

~ YTMNOIIIWYHTO-B-HTMTPFWYAS ~ Your Target Market Not Only Is Interested In What You Have To Offer – But – Has The Money To Pay For What You Are Selling

~ YCAPAIGBAI ~ You Create A Prototype And It Generates Buzz And Interest

~ YHAFGOTFMOYB ~ You Have A Firm Grasp Of The Financial Metrics Of Your Business

~ IYROTBYB-YHANOSACPWWLTWWY ~ If You Require Others To Build Your Business – You Have A Network Of Smart And Capable People Who Would Like To Work With You

~ YWAAAFAYBI-A-UITCIYPOS ~ You Welcome Any And All Feedback About Your Business Idea – And – Use It To Continually Improve Your Product Or Service

PAMELA SLIM ~ SIGNS YOUR BUSINESS IDEA MIGHT BE AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY ~ ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION ~ 2009

~ YFTIAMBOHAAFC-O-DIYG-YANSTIAGI-B-YATPTAI ~ You Feel There Is A Market Based On Hunches And A Few Conversation – Or – Deep In Your Gut – You Are Not Sure This Is A Good Idea – But – You Are Too Proud To Admit It

~ WYDTIWPWWBTTMFYPOS-TAEOBAES-O-AD-AS-‘TITWBIIHEH’ ~ When You Discuss The Idea With People Who Would Be The Target Market For Your Product Or Service – They Are Either Overcome By An Embarrassing Silence – Or – Are Direct – And Say – “That Is The Worst Business Idea I Have Ever Heard”

~ WSCYI-YGVDAICTS-T-‘TOANSETGMBI’ ~ When Someone Challenges Your Idea – You Get Very Defensive And Immediately Change The Subject – Thinking – “They Obviously Are Not Smart Enough To Get My Brilliant Idea”

~ YS-H/W/M/SY-WOTI-WEBIIFOEAPIOC ~ You Spend – Hours / Weeks / Months / Sometime Years – Working On The Idea – Without Ever Bringing It In Front Of Either A Potential Investor Or Customer

~ YAUTDTTNTPOSMFITEOYC ~ You Are Unable To Describe The True Need This Product Or Service Might Fill In The Eyes Of Your Customer

~ YHNUAVLTB-A-YDSYWPWH ~ You Have Never Undertaken A Venture Like This Before – And – You Don’t Surround Yourself With People Who Have

~ YPNIVL-A-YDTAYMHWWITPWBWTJYIYV ~ Your Personal Network Is Very Limited – And – You Don’t Think Anyone You May Have Worked With In The Past Would Be Willing To Join You In Your Venture

~ YVYVA-‘AON’-A-WOCLOBI-ROFFO ~ You View Your Venture As – “All Or Nothing” – And – Will Only Consider Launching One Business Idea – Regardless Of Feedback From Others

PAMELA SLIM ~ THE FLASH OF BRAND INSIGHT ~ ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION ~ 2009

~ WAI-WIMB-M ~ Who Am I – What Is My Brand – Me

~ WI-M-P/P/P-M-M ~ What Is – My – Promise / Personality / Positioning – Me – Me

~ WDIWTS-HSISI-M-M-M ~ What Do I Want To Say – How Should I Say It – Me – Me – Me

~ IOICGTDR-IOICDME-M-M-M-M ~ If Only I Can Get The Details Right – If Only I Can Discover My Essence – Me – Me – Me – Me

~ B!-TFOBI ~ Bam! – The Flash Of Brand Insight

~ IWWTA-T ~ I Wonder Who They Are – Them

~ IWWTD-T-T ~ I Wonder What They’re Doing – Them – Them

~ IWHTF-T-T-T ~ I Wonder How They’re Feeling – Them – Them – Them

~ IWHICMLBFTAMTFBAT-T-T-T-T ~ I Wonder How I Can Make Life Better For Them And Make Them Feel Better About Themselves – Them – Them – Them – Them

PAMELA SLIM ~ ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION ~ 2009

~ FWTYAPATT-BU-TK-S-A-E-TBTGATW-I-ALOILAS ~ Finding Work That You Are Passionate About Takes Time – Building Up – The Knowledge – Skill – And – Experience – To Be Truly Great At This Work – Is – A Labor Of Intense Love And Sweat

~ CABOOTW-A-B-I/C/F/A/M-RP ~ Creating A Business Out Of This Work – And – Building – Infrastructure / Customers / Fans / Advocates / Mentors – Requires Patience

~ HYJIINABP ~ Hating Your Job Intensely Is Not A Business Plan

~ BATE:CAPOYIL-DALTWMYH ~ Begin At The End: Create A Picture Of Your Ideal Life – Design A Life That Will Make You Happy

~ FABNITIH-IASI ~ Find A Business Needle In The Idea Haystack – Identify A Specific Idea

~ FOTM-MSYHTFWTSCE ~ Figure Out The Money – Make Sure You Have The Financial Wherewithal To Seriously Consider Entrepreneurship

~ DTSOYB-LHTSOFTC ~ Define The Spirit Of Your Brand – Learn How To Stand Out From The Crowd

~ RYT-ITPWWSGAPWY ~ Recruit Your Tribe – Identify The People Who Will – Support – Guide – And – Partner – With – You

~ TAP-FOIYAHABWQYJF ~ Test And Prototype – Find Out If You Actually Have A Business Worth Quitting Your Job For

~ PTL-ON-MAD ~ Prepare To Leap – Or Not – Make A Decision

~ SBD-‘TT’-TPWTYMF ~ Start By Defining – “The Thing” – That People Will Trade You Money For

~ IYWTBS-YMCA-C-A-A-SB-TWDYICTYLFTH ~ If You Want To Be Successful – You Must Create A – Compelling – Authentic – And – Sticky Brand – That Will Draw Your Ideal Customers To You Like Flies To Honey

~ YCSIRWPYAS ~ Your Customers Should Immediately Recognize What Problem You Are Solving

~ DYICIAACPOCYBP ~ Defining Your Ideal Customers Is An Absolutely Critical Part Of Creating Your Business Plan

~ TBGTYCGYBSYB-ITU-YO-T-F-A-B-AM-SYCCAUBTWGITWORAEB ~ The Biggest Gift That You Can Give Yourself Before Starting Your Business – Is To – Understand Your Own – Thoughts – Feelings – And – Beliefs – About Money – So You Can Change Any Unhealthy Behaviors That Will Get In The Way Of Running An Effective Business

DON ASLETT ~ LOSS 200 LBS THIS WEEKEND ~ 2000

~ WD?-FS-TSTAM-TCAMPEFO-TCW-HCFOPB-TI-A-H-A-S-TBTB-A-FT-‘C’-IATOAOOL ~ Why Dejunk? – For Space – To Save Time And Money – To Create A More Pleasant Environment For Ourselves – To Cut Waste – Help Care For Our Planet Better – To Improve – Appearance – Health – And – Safety – To Be Treated Better – And – For The – “Carryover” – Into All The Other Areas Of Our Lives

~ WD?-BNO-YD-YP-A-Y-TFB ~ Why Dejunk? – Big Number One – You Dejunk – Your Place – And – Yourself – To Feel Better!

~ WA-F-A-F-TPF-T-‘TM’-WNHPE-INAHSOL ~ Worrying About – Fighting – And – Finagling – To Pay For – The – “Too Much” – We Now Have Piled Everywhere – Is Not A High Standard Of Living

~ WANSMOOTAMTTRFORT-‘TM’-I-O-A-A-U ~ We Are Now Spending Much Of Our Time And Money Trying To Recover From Or Remove The – “Too Much” – In – On – And – Around – Us

~ DES-I-T-S-Q-W-T-DS ~ Dumping Excess Stuff – Is – The – Surest – Quickest – Way – To – Dump Stress

~ TMMTB ~ Too Much Means Too Busy

~ EWD ~ Excess Will Depress

~ TMOTUWR-TMOTBWF ~ The More Of The Unnecessary We Release – The More Of The Beautiful We Find

~ TMPTOC ~ The Many Price Tags Of Clutter

~ TVCOC:GI;II;OI;ATCI;DI;GI;E ~ The Vicious Circle Of Clutter: Getting It; Inventorying It; Organizing It; Attempting To Control It; Dumping It; Getting It; Etc.

~ IYEWWAWYAFATT-IIGE-O-SCBE ~ If You’ve Ever Wondered What And Why You Are Fighting All The Time – It Is Generally Excess – Or – Something Caused By Excess

~ TM-HBTCOMOTPOM-P ~ Too Much – Has Been The Cause Of Most Of The Problems Of Mankind – Period!

~ PTDT-‘GIT’-OSATWEBSOAAEMTTL-AMEAMLAISEWYDN ~ People Trying Desperately To – “Get It Together” – Often Start At The Wrong End By Searching Out And Adding Ever More To Their Lives – A Much Easier And More Logical Approach Is Simply Eliminating What You Don’t Need

~ HMTDYLTC? ~ How Much Time Do You Lose To Clutter?

~ GS-BU-BS-BWA ~ Good Stuff – Buried Under – Bad Stuff – Becomes Worthless Also

~ D-S=DJ ~ De-Stress = DeJunk

~ CMUI ~ Clutter Makes Us Inefficient

~ CCUM ~ Clutter Costs Us Money

~ JEU ~ Junk Embarrasses Us

~ OCSOU ~ Our Clutter Shows On Us

~ C-FPGTB ~ Clutter-Free People Get Treated Better

~ C-ASOR ~ Clutter – A Severer Of Relationships

~ LY-TM-IOO-ATSTSAT ~ Letting Your – Too Much – Infringe On Others – Amounts To Stealing Their Space And Time

~ EMPLAYCIU! ~ Even Making People Look At Your Clutter Is Unfair!

~ CCAULOI-LACTCRUITOUOWGOAU ~ Clutter Creates An Unnoticed Layer Of Insulation – Like A Callous That Can Render Us Insensitive To Or Unaware Of What’s Going On Around Us

~ C-CAS-K-R-C-O-F-AE ~ Clutter – Crowds And Smothers – Kindness – Romance – Commitment – Organization – Freedom – Almost Everything

~ OEPSTER ~ Our Excess Possessions Squander The Earth’s Resources

~ IBSMETOAYD-TYIBATGALMDED ~ It’ll Be So Much Easier To Operate After You Dejunk – That You’ll Immediately Be Able To Get A Lot More Done Every Day

~ JACNCAGI ~ Junk And Clutter Never Create A Good Impression

~ TBQ:W? ~ The Big Question: When?

~ ITEICDT-HFDYWRAF? ~ In The End It Comes Down To – How Fast Do You Want Relief And Freedom?

~ TAOJYHNIJAHOT-M-YAGTA ~ The Amount Of Junk You Have Now Is Just A Hint Of The – More – You Are Going To Accumulate

~ AMOT-S-F-‘TM’-JTUTAM? ~ Aren’t Many Of The – Solutions – For – “Too Much” – Just Tempting Us To Add More?

~ R-APTPT-C! ~ Ready – A Place To Place Things – Critical!

~ YNTDSTDYDIIDTYDL ~ You Need To Dump Something The Day You Determine It Is Detrimental To Your Daily Living

~ MAOO-T-WOTGRO-EUJB-AL-TGOMC(OD) ~ Moving Around Or Organizing – Things – We Ought To Get Rid Of – Ends Up Just Being – A Long-Term Game Of Musical Chests (Or Drawers)

~ OC-P/A/C-AITM ~ Others’ Clutter – Praise/Admore/Compliment – Any Improvements They Make

~ ACSAPITFP ~ Avoid Cluttered Situations And People In The First Place

~ PFC:TMISOA! ~ Preventing Future Clutter: The Most Important Step Of All!

~ ADAAC-CIRTROOBEOOBM-ICIALAAT ~ Actively Dodge And Avoid Clutter – Clutter Is Rarely The Result Of One Big Event Or One Big Mistake – It Comes In A Little At A Time

~ R-TDBWAN ~ Remember The Difference Between Wants And Needs

~ NMBB-B-IIN? ~ New May Be Better – But – Is It Necessary?

~ TUT-O-TNAB-TLT-C-ALOCACCD ~ The Urge To – Own – The Newest And Best – The Latest Technology – Creates – A Lot Of Clutter And Credit Card Debt

~ BOG-GST-N-G ~ Beware Of Gadgets – Get Solid Tools – Not – Gadgets

~ DBTYCU ~ Don’t Buy Things You Can’t Use

MATT TAIBBI ~ THE TEN RULES OF HATE ~ HATE INC. ~ 2019

~ TAOTI-TSOIIN ~ There Are Only Two Ideas – The Spectrum Of Ideas Is Narrow

~ TTIAIPC ~ The Two Ideas Are In Permanent Conflict

~ H-P-N-I ~ Hate – People – Not – Institutions

~ EISEF ~ Everything Is Someone Else’s Fault

~ NIEF ~ Nothing Is Everyone’s Fault

~ R-D-T ~ Root – Don’t – Think

~ NST ~ No Switching Teams

~ TOSILH ~ The Other Side Is Literally Hitler

~ IT-FAH-EIP ~ In The – Fight Against Hitler – Everything Is Permitted

~ FS ~ Feel Superior

MATT TAIBBI ~ HATE INC. ~ 2019

~ TW-T-N-N ~ This Was – Theater – Not – News

~ TTUTMNBISAWATAT-SP-F-ICCTRYP-EO-A-AAOYCH-SITY ~ The Technology Underpinning The Modern News Business Is Sophisticated And Works According To A Two-Step Process – First – It Creates Content That Reinforces Your Pre-Existing Opinions – And – After Analysis Of Your Consumer Habits – Sends It To You

~ PNTS-UTN-AS-‘TN’-B-A-AICE-ICMOMCWBTTSIOOD ~ People Need To Start – Understanding The News – Not As – “The News” – But – As – An Individualized Consumer Experience – It Creates Masses Of Media Consumers Who’ve Been Trained To See In Only One Direction

~ AITO-TIAUIKUD-AA-TMSWA-TMPIWB ~ As It Turns Out – There Is A Utility In Keeping Us Divided – As A People – The More Separate We Are – The More Politically Impotent We Become

~ OSC-WTTCTNTWSFD-WRFOT-A-HATR ~ Once Safely Captured – We’re Trained To Consume The News The Way Sports Fans Do – We Root For Our Team – And – Hate All The Rest

~ H-ITPO-I-A-M-HB-EISB ~ Hatred – Is The Partner Of – Ignorance – And – Media – Have Become – Expert In Selling Both

~ IH-TO-L-MDT-FCOIA-DOAOTK-A-FSLP-MFD-TPRD ~ Intramural Hatreds – To Obscure – Larger – More Damning Truths – Fake Controversies Of Increasing Absurdity – Deployed Over And Over To Keep – Audiences – From Seeing Larger Problems – Manufactured Fake Dissent – To Prevent Real Dissent

~ N-TPPTNMS-I-D-B-TEMPTMIC-TBTJHISEF-IHVLM ~ Now – The Primary Product The News Media Sells – Is – Division – But – The Easiest Media Product To Make Is Called – This Bad Thing Just Happened Is Someone Else’s Fault – It Has Virtually Limitless Market

~ TMM-TATCNIACW-A-PP-ATC-TBA-SOA-ET-Y-OAP-O-TOY-P-TV-O-CR-WT-M-‘N’-WSIAO ~ To Make Money – Train Audiences To Consume News In A Certain Way – Anxious – Pre-Pissed – Addicted To Conflict – To Bring A – Series Of Assumptions – Every Time – You – Open A Paper – Or – Turn On Your – Phone – TV – Or – Car Radio – Without Them – Most – “News” – Will Seem Illogical And Offensive

~ DASBTPPWATDITBBOTV? ~ Does Anyone Seriously Believe That Powerful People Would Allow Truly Dangerous Ideas To Be Broadcast On Tv?

~ TMOOPAS-MOOPDAROP-M-AVUOSIII ~ Though Most Of Our Problems Are Systemic – Most Of Our Public Debates Are Referendums On Personality – Meanwhile – A Vast Universe Of Systemic Issues Is Ignored

~ TNPID-BEA-L-L-C-NOWTS-B-TACTPAAP ~ There’s No Percentage In Doing – Big Exposes Against – Large – Litigious – Companies – Not Only Will They Sue – But – They Are Certain To Pull Ads As Punishment

~ WLES ~ We Like Easy Stories

~ TBNSTIAFAWTMRTHAT-EITTCHTTCTTP-MPA-S-B-A-B-A-MOU-BVONV-PTON-OALBOMD ~ The Best News Stories Take Issues And Find A Way To Make Readers Think Hard About Them – Especially Inviting Them To Consider How They Themselves Contribute To The Problem – Most Problems Are – Systemic – Bipartisan – And – Bureaucratic – And – Most Of Us – By Voting Or Not Voting – Paying Taxes Or Not – Own A Little Bit Of Most Disasters

~ BTE-2000-TV-HTTC-P-EATC-S-APPF-AGOVWHNCOPAAATMOSIC-YTEWOL-A-YFDOVA ~ By The Early – 2000s – TV – Had Learned To Cover – Politics – Exactly As They Covered – Sports – A Proven Profitable Format – A Generation Of Viewers Who Had No Conception Of Politics As An Activity That Might Or Should Involve Compromise – Your Team Either Won Or Lost – And – You Felt Devastated Or Vindicated Accordingly

~ T-EIEOO-EW ~ Today – Everyone Is Effectively An Op-Ed Writer

~ TAP-WNLES-E-DRAHOHO-‘S’-BOOTWWTOSITINNLSAAF-IAR ~ The Average Person – Will No Longer Even See – Ever – Derogatory Reporting About His Or Her Own – “Side” – Being Out Of Touch With What The Other Side Is Thinking Is Now No Longer Seen As A Fault – It’s A Requirement

~ MTCWTCOEUIJO ~ Making The Culture War The Center Of Everyone’s Universe Is Job One

~ TORITJMSU ~ The Other Route Is To Just Make Shit Up

~ RTNILS-TPCHAPNIOYH ~ Reading The News Is Like Smoking – This Product Can Have A Profound Negative Impact On Your Health

~ TN-IA-CP-PTTRT ~ The News – Is A – Consumer Product – Please Try To Remember This

~ TNTYA-RTT-AN-CAP-IT-FDOCM-TISOYPMABPOTCP ~ The Notion That You Are – Reading The Truth – And Not – Consuming A Product – Is The – First Deception Of Commercial Media – The Involuntary Surrender Of Your Personal Data May Also Be Part Of The Consumer Price

~ ATCAMMMTMYROW-TB-T-IGTKYGTTS ~ All The Commercial Actors Make More Money The More You Read Or Watch – The Business – Therefore – Is Geared Toward Keeping You Glued To The Screen

~ YDNTWTMN ~ You Don’t Need To Watch That Much News

~ STCOOP-A-MCGR-W-SAGMAMLFACOT-‘FD’-OTM-APP-TOCWBMAMAS-ITSMA-WCSYANB ~ Scare The Crap Out Of People – And – Media Companies Get Richer – While – State Agencies Get More And More License For Authoritarian Crackdowns On The – “Folk Devil” – Of The Moment – A Perfect Partnership – The Only Constant Will Be More And More Authoritarian Solutions – In The Social Media Age – We Can Scare You As Never Before

~ TP-TCHOC-TESOAPAE-TASASOSM-A-Z-ZBBTS ~ The Phoniness – The Constant Hyping Of Conflict – The Endless Stroking Of Audience Prejudices And Expectations – These All Started As Staples Of Sports Media – A – Zero-Sum Battle Between Two Sides

~ OA-S ~ Overrated Anchor-Schtick

~ C-DNJTB-LAS-B-IDFAPS-YMTSSITFFTUY-TTPONTHIALU-MBIR ~ Content – Designed Not Just To Be – Lurid And Sensational – But – Immediately Disquieting From A Psychological Standpoint – You’re Meant To See Something In The First Flash That Upsets You – To The Point Of Needing To Hang In At Least Until – Mental Balance Is Restored

~ ARBACWIDATTOIP ~ A Religion Becomes A Cult When It Doesn’t Allow The Testing Of Its Premises

~ NIWSP! ~ No Interacting With Suppressive Persons!

~ AATTB-O-L-A-TAASPVOTW ~ Audiences Are Trained To Be – Obedient – Loyal – And – To Accept A Simplified Partisan View Of The World

~ A-NC-CBAVFAPP-A-BABABT ~ A – News Channel – Can’t Be A Vehicle For – A – Political Party – And – Be Anything But – A – Bad Thing

MICHAEL POLLAN ~ HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND ~ 2018

~ P-‘MM’ ~ Psychedelic – “Mind Manifesting”

~ TEOPIPIBOE ~ The Experience Of Psychedelics Is Powerfully Influenced By One’s Expectation

~ I-IOCAHO-TME-B-AWT-FOI-TCTSPOTHBDTYIAHOTME-ROWIHBOB-AD-M-F-F-O-SD-PFTHBLIOADSOTU-A-TCBSFTC-‘ND’ ~ Ineffability – Is Of Course A Hallmark Of – The Mystical Experience – But – Along With The – Feeling Of Ineffability – The Conviction That Some Profound Objective Truth Has Been Disclosed To You Is A Hallmark Of The Mystical Experience – Regardless Of Whether It Has Been Occasioned By – A Drug – Meditation – Fasting – Flagellation – Or – Sensory Deprivation – People Feel They Have Been Let In On A Deep Secret Of The Universe – And – They Cannot Be Shaken From That Conviction – “No Doubt”

~ TMJ-STO-AGEITO-YPCOOTEUTPIANW:WWMKINF-TOTAOADRC-A-MOTN-TCCTSIOL ~ The Mystical Journey – Seems To Offer – A Graduate Education In The Obvious – Yet People Come Out Of The Experience Understanding These Platitudes In A New Way: What Was Merely Known Is Now Felt – Takes On The Authority Of A Deeply Rooted Conviction – And – More Often Than Not – That Conviction Concerns The Supreme Importance Of Love

~ HSMHAAOOTPOCTCFSMABD ~ Homo Sapiens Might Have Arrived At One Of Those Periods Of Crisis That Calls For Some Mental And Behavioral Depatterning

~ OP-‘D’-CBA-‘SOO’-IWAAMOPAV ~ One Person’s – “Depersonalization” – Could Be Another’s – “Sense Of Oneness” – It Was All A Matter Of Perspective And Vocabulary

~ ‘MF’ ~ “Microdosing Fridays”

~ PCMETMCOUIFEOTO ~ Psychedelics Can Make Even The Most Cynical Of Us Into Fervent Evangelists Of The Obvious

~ RAFD ~ Relax And Float Downstream

~ MEQ ~ Mystical Experience Questionnaires

~ 5-HT2A ~ 5-HT2A