I don't see "retirement" as anything more than a change of lifestyle during a time in one's life where the physical and mental stamina, shall we say, may or may not still be in effect with regard to the original plan. I have met folks who seem to do little to nothing every day. They're active don't get me wrong, but they talk very little about how their job sucks or how they hate (but have learned to love) the routine of waking every day in the same way to go to the same job to do the same thing to make the same money only to go home and watch the same things on television and make calls and texts to the same people, rub one out and then retire to sleep. They talk more about the things they love, the things that make them wonder, they think on a different level. The word "work" is rarely used. I don't think happy people know what work really is like. I guess loving what one does makes work a rather bland way to look at the beautiful things in this life.

Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat

The greatest earthly deception operates through television and media in general. Yet what do we do? We rely on information gathered from such... prepaid, fabricated, decorated, and deteriorated form of bullshit man has ever come up with by himself. I mean to tell ya, your number one enemy of happiness is the television(s) you have right now in your home. None of it is real... none of it. Nobody wants the truth because it would ruin... everything.

Build the weakness up so it can then combine what that which is already strong to achieve the ultimate in balance and prosperity. If you are heavy, you are eating when your body is not hungry. Eat when your body is hungry. You will tell yourself you are hungry out of habit and you will habitually believe it. With that, just walk more... maybe scratch the itch that was once there when you were younger. Drinking is more difficult; it was for me. I finally quit cold turkey for the 27th time and stayed with it. That devil got the best of me for too long. While I did appreciate the lessons, I have no desire to learn more in those areas from that entity. But the lessons and stories... they were worth it!

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US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

There is no limit as to the amount of interesting ways a single person or a couple or just a couple friends can mess around with people in any one particular social setting. As a sociology student, I took everything very seriously. I still do. You simply choose a role, play that role, and then document the reactions of those around you mentally. If you want, you can document literally everything you see through observation. There is no more interesting animal than man. We are all limited in our own personal ways. The key is to use what you consider a limitation and turn it into your advantage. The problem with all this experimentation and response documentation is that this kind of thing is often used for evil purposes. It's hard to spot a good "con," but really... it's not.