The Mark of the Grifter

"Without thinking, I'm a mark for their marketing plans, I'm Americancer..." - Shawn Harris, The Matches  To narcissists who crave only power, your beliefs are a vulnerability that they can take advantage of to obtain their goals. Your emotions surrounding your most rigid stances, the things you feel most strongly about, are the those with [...]

Autoconsumerism

At this point, I honestly don’t fault anyone for feeling any way about anything. We all react differently to society’s obvious ills. We've all been inundated with rhetoric hypnosis. However, I do find it difficult to see people with drastic mindsets, (people who should be the most accepting by virtue of feeling so entitled to [...]

Robert Jacob Crowe

My friend Jake once decided, for a reasonably decent period of time, to do only what TV and GAP commercials told him to do. He dressed in only wool sweaters and khakis. He wore dress-casual leather boots. He put gel in the front of his hair and spritzed himself with a very sensible amount of [...]