tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203892972024-03-13T19:07:54.603-04:00Die Eigenheit<b>Ownness [eigenheit] includes in itself everything own... But ownness has not any alien standard either, as it is not in any sense an <i>idea</i> like freedom, morality, humanity, and the like. It is only a description of the - <i>owner</i>.</b>Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-58594396966407551342011-11-12T08:50:00.004-05:002011-11-13T11:36:25.786-05:00Tips to Maximize Enjoyment of the Great Smoky Mountains' Synchronous FireflyPhotinus Carolinus, the "synchronous" firefly, found in the Great Smoky Mountains outside of Gatlinburg, TN, is quite a sight to behold. I recommend everyone see it at least once. To maximize your enjoyment of this natural, precious, and rare wonder of the world, I have the following list of suggestions... Do:See them around June 3rd or 4th, if at all possible. Though other species peak at Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-73252423902428220662008-05-25T13:46:00.003-04:002008-05-25T13:54:08.357-04:00The Greatest Threat?This video wins the prize for "Most [shall we say "greatest"?] Unintentionally Ironic"...Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-86093853485523024932008-05-22T14:28:00.002-04:002008-05-22T14:31:53.154-04:00UntitledThe past: immutableThe present: ephemeralThe future: inscrutableEinzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-19330636482727454212008-05-16T06:57:00.002-04:002008-05-16T07:14:37.280-04:00Run Your Car with WaterFrom this site... Can Water Really Power a Car?The answer is YES, ABSOLUTELY! We have made the technology to build a water-burning hybrid easy and affordable.Water can be used to fuel a car when used as a supplement to gasoline. In fact, very little water is needed! only one quart of water provides over 1800 gallons of HHO gas which can literally last for months and significantly increase your Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-49948869229660323762008-01-28T16:01:00.001-05:002008-09-27T11:19:51.071-04:00A Jiu-Jitsu Career Pictorial RetrospectiveI began practicing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in February of 1997 in a small Dojo in San Francisco. It was far from where I lived and I didn't have a car, so I usually only went on Saturday mornings, when riding my bike wasn't an exercise in terror.I was learning from one- and two-stripe blue belts. Nice guys, but that plus my mere 50 minutes of a very limited number of technique drills and 10 minutes of Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-2029398182936855062008-01-05T16:58:00.001-05:002008-10-23T18:58:01.760-04:00Anarchist's ProgressWritten by Albert Jay Nock, this classic essay originally appeared in the March 1927 issue of the American Mercury and was reprinted, by Nock, a year later in On Doing the Right ThingWhen I was seven years old, playing in front of our house on the outskirts of Brooklyn one morning, a policeman stopped and chatted with me for a few moments. He was a kindly man, of a Scandinavian blonde type with Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-61949336137666622522007-12-16T11:27:00.001-05:002008-04-27T12:17:50.454-04:00My Strange DietDuring my halcyon college days I weighed an average of around 160 pounds; since I was also 6 feet tall, that made me—in the immortal words of one of my sister’s friends—“buff skinny.” Shortly after I graduated and was cast adrift in the real world, a book in my father's library by Dr. Roy Walford, called Maximum Lifespan, caught my eye. The book detailed Dr. Walford’s quest to find any genuine, Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-45529908779017583812007-10-28T10:03:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.455-04:00Partial Agenesis of the Corpus CallosumI learned something interesting about myself recently. Because of some pretty severe migraine headaches I was having I decided to get an MRI scan of my brain. Imagine my surprise when I found out I have a small corpus callosum!Here's an image of it:And here's a "normal" one, for comparison:Naturally, I was curious about the implications. What has this meant to me, if anything, in terms of, e.g., Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-90765060620953214882007-09-26T15:15:00.001-04:002007-09-26T15:18:00.356-04:00Pentecosts Know How to Party!Thanks, Jim!Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-12508489399339949872007-08-04T16:59:00.000-04:002007-08-05T18:45:30.369-04:00The AZ Millionaire MakersI first heard about Travis Hoover and Mark Saenz via the Nouveau Riche University recruiting meeting I attended back in May. Their absurd, unmistakable vehicle was parked out front. Some days later, on a whim, I figured I'd check out the web page the Humvee was promoting.If you've read my other posts about NRU and somehow find yourself still on the fence regarding whether or not to "invest" any Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-60852237729121303942007-07-29T23:43:00.001-04:002008-05-02T10:40:16.188-04:00Still No EvidenceInvariably, in any discussion regarding the legitimacy of Nouveau Riche University, the NRU apologists eventually make claims along the lines of Wallace, a one-time commenter on this blog, or Matthew, some dude with zero friends over at Tribe.net. The refrain quickly becomes very familiar... they were once just as skeptical as the rest of us, but in the last X months they've bought Y properties Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-60478388710449971072007-07-26T19:46:00.000-04:002007-07-26T20:16:28.407-04:00Daniel Reed Smith WikiThis page on Wikipedia is slated for deletion in 4 days - and for blindingly obvious reasons. Since the page's subject matter is Dan Smith, from the Smith & Merritt Institute, and is thus relevant to other posts on this blog, I've decided to copy the text of the entire page, warts and all, along with the associated discussion page. Please note that I am not the author of any part of either page, Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-35460043918905184182007-07-26T08:15:00.000-04:002007-07-26T08:30:12.728-04:00College Partnership versus Smith & MerrittHere is the current case summary for the suit between College Partnership and Acentus/SMI. I'm going to write to the court and try to get copies of things like the complaint, etc., but in the meantime, if you happen to be in Jefferson County Colorado and wouldn't mind stopping in...Case Number:2007CV002010Date Filed:05/03/2007College Partnership Inc v.Acentus Consulting Group Llc Et. Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-4451999143176328792007-07-04T17:40:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.456-04:00The Thrill of VictoryOn June 23rd I was a competitor in the Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championships. I signed up for the Blue Belt Masters division so that I wouldn't have to fight anyone under 35.Unfortunately they didn't have a Masters division, which explains why I found myself up against Jamie Varner for my second fight.Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-36363629824293804922007-06-28T20:41:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.456-04:00The Agony of DefeatI recently competed in the 2007 Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship. I won my first fight, apparently 8 to 0, though I was exhausted for my second match, against my much younger and much stronger opponent, Jamie Varner, who (not surprisingly) went on to place first in the division.Here I am tapping out to a choke you can see I am only feebly defending against.Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-33616300478254467912007-06-12T11:55:00.000-04:002007-06-12T14:01:30.256-04:00College Partnership continuing "growth plan"The comments continue to roll in on my Spend your way to lameness post (why it's specifically that post that attracts all the comments is something I still haven't figured out).One comment in particular makes the claim that College Partnership is now suing Smith & Merritt. Is it only me who finds it odd that a company would sue its own wholly-owned subsidiary?I admit that I'm incredulous at Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-20597841575134422882007-05-25T15:39:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.457-04:00What Atheist Do I Be?Jim just took this quiz and posted his results, so I figured I'd do it, too.I take serious issue with scoring "33% theist"!You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-85222506538846880622007-05-19T16:11:00.000-04:002008-01-09T10:20:12.937-05:00Nouveau Riche UniversityThis morning I attended an introductory meeting (a.k.a., "sales pitch") for the "real estate investment college", Nouveau Riche (NRU). I had stumbled upon the company, quite randomly, a few months ago while perusing some of the local groups at Meetup.com, but until recently I just couldn't bring myself to take the time to check them out in any detail.The first red flag to jump out about NRU, Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com175tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-88847691221478940712007-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:002007-05-08T13:20:10.740-04:00Smith & Merritt: Waffle Your Way To WealthI'm beginning to like S&M's slogan. It's such an easy target.Below is a scan of a refund letter sent to gthomp62, a commenter here on Die Eigenheit, signed by Kathryn Merritt herself. In it, she says that Smith & Merritt are "sorry", "embarassed", and, "most of all, deeply apologetic" about "unforeseen problems and issues" that "took longer to overcome" than they planned. They're also "truly Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-86692085420591411982007-05-04T23:01:00.000-04:002007-05-06T02:37:50.366-04:00Smith & Merritt: Scam Your Way To Wealth?I called it.I don't mean to toot my own horn, here, but back almost a year ago, when Smith & Merritt were endlessly assaulting my ears with their inane slogan, “Spend your way to wealth”, on the Howard Stern Show, I said this:They don’t seem to have any “products” for sale—except a “Free Report and Consultation,” which has to be some sort of loss-leader designed to get you to buy the “real” (and Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-77912681429997000462007-04-23T10:40:00.000-04:002007-04-23T12:43:42.610-04:00Making Fortunes* in Foreclosures*Once you've discarded your ethical compassThe Sale/Leaseback TechniqueFind a distressed homeowner in a house with a decent amount of equity (I’ll admit that this particular scheme is a bit passé in today’s foreclosure market, given how little equity is out there right now). If at all possible, your homeowner should be a non-native English speaker and/or have the education level of a 6th Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-28985396042565568322007-04-11T20:31:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.458-04:00A Thinking Blogger Award!Dikkii has been kind enough to grace Die Eigenheit with a Thinking Blogger Award. I am quite flattered and can't help but feel a teensy bit unworthy. I'll try to get over it, though.The rules require me to tag 5 other blogs (that haven't yet been tagged) that make me think. In no particular order, these are...David D. Friedman's IdeasI can always count on Dr. Friedman to present an issue in a wayEinzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-50481463700934821302007-04-05T08:51:00.000-04:002007-04-05T09:09:12.337-04:00Matthew Chan No Longer Hosting Burley ForumsDie Eigenheit has just been paid a visit by Matthew Chan, who informed me that the John Burley discussion groups at the MasterMind Forums have been moved here.Although this has, for the time being, broken all of my links to the individual posts there, at least everything hasn't been thrown down the memory hole. I should get around to the annoying task of fixing the links sooner or later.Mr. Chan Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-55622973822040725872007-03-25T10:18:00.000-04:002007-03-25T18:40:37.378-04:00The Market is Smarter Than YouWas there really a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda?Though I have my doubts, I'm certainly not in a position to be definitive with an answer. However, This book, by Stephen F. Hayes of the Weekly Standard, argues that there was. Given the book's premise, the polarized 1-star/5-star reviews on its Amazon page are hardly surprising, and, I would argue, don't really provide much Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-35568481368783478622007-03-07T20:08:00.000-05:002007-03-07T20:14:18.673-05:00Six Seconds That Changed The WorldVia Against Monopoly and many thanks to Jim Lippard for bringing it to my attention. This video details the unlikely history and sad implications behind an extremely influential B-side drum break from 1969.Enjoy!Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3