The Art of the Underdog StorySylvester Stallone was so broke he sold his beloved dog for $50. It broke his heart. He hadn’t worked as an actor for months. His wife was pregnant. He couldn’t afford to pay the rent on their seedy apartment. As a last resort, Stallone sold his 2 year old dog, Butkus, outside a liquor store to a local character called little Jimmy.
Read MoreIf I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs. Nowadays especially it's nice to have things to read. New things, things from various sources and various voices, various minds talking about their thoughts and experiences, telling their stories, posting pictures and things that are relevant to them.
A couple of years ago, maybe 8 or 10 so maybe longer than a lot of people will be able to remember, there were blogs on the internet.
Read morePrescriptions Won’t Save You.Go to any bookshop and look at the titles. Most try to tell you how to live your life. “Follow this 3-step plan to be rich. Think this one thought to be happy. Wake up every day at this hour to find yourself.” The truth is: they won’t save you.
Read morePlease Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord.I'm starting to see this more and more, mostly in the creator space only because its easy to put a pay-gate in front of it.
It's kind of sad really. I'm part of quite a few "communities" that are hosted on Discord, mostly because of the ease of use, but I'm actually still into those old school forums. One of those being Carbonite (forum going 17 years strong) and I'm also a proud member of the Paneristi (for those that dont know, its an unofficial forum for Panerai watch owners that has been around since the 90s).
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