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Philosopher Stefan Molyneux answers listener questions on kids playing with toy weapons and combat games, saying pretend fighting is natural and teaches them to control aggression, follow rules and work

I am a body that harbors 3 lives in its belly, what with its cellulite, sagging in some parts I can move, train in the Gym every day, in fact, my beautiful human body also has the strength, balance and

It is mid-term election day in the US! I am acting excited, but I don't really care, nor do I really understand how it all works. The US election system is a bit like that game "Bamboozled" that

Carpe Diem literally the term means "pluck the day," however it is commonly accepted as: "Seize the day." I have been wanted to write on this for some time. Some is not the right word

While I am in the office during the day, Puusti the Dog sits up on the back of a couch, looking out the window at the passing traffic and people walking by. He isn't longing to go out at the moment, since

For four years, the narrow strip of earth beside my kitchen wall grew nothing, and I kept a reason ready for anyone who asked. The soil was heavy clay. The good weeks for planting had already gone. My

While waiting for Smallsteps to finish her piano lesson in the city, I chanced upon a friend I haven't talked to for several years. We were never super close, but we chatted from time to time and since

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux is interviewed by Robert Ryon to explain how men win a great woman by becoming better partners and looking for honesty, integrity and follow-through. He also covers basic grooming

Happy month of November. May we never lack reasons to celebrate what truly remains. I start this month with a metaphor that my lifelong friends gave me, from childhood, with their celebration of Eternal

Sometimes, you just have to grow up. Just a little. Which is why we have spent this weekend cleaning up Smallsteps' room. Not much actually gets thrown away since it will go to younger children in the

There are moments when I choose silence not because I have no story to tell, but because there is simply too much I am trying to process. I view my life’s journey like someone standing before the evening

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

Stop trying to make Halloween a thing. I get that Americans love it, but it is pretty silly to have it spread throughout the world just because it gets seen in movies. Because pretty much, that is what

You know by heart what they expect of you. The problem is that you no longer know what you really want. That's why today's reflection touches this key that tells us sometimes we become very good at reading

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might

The economy in Finland is very difficult at the moment, because despite companies making a lot of money, the unemployment rate is around eleven percent and companies are trying to cut more roles. The trouble

Almost a third through reading The Two Towers with Smallsteps and Gandalf has returned after his fall in Moria, to rejoin part of the company in Fangorn. There he recounted what is happening in "the

I was doing some personal writing today (yes, I wrote for myself only also) and was just considering the things that worry me. There are the big things like the ongoing environmental collapse, but that

12 jam-packed days, endless memories and a hard goodbye Today, the house feels a little quieter. After an intense, whirlwind 12-day visit, my son headed back out into his world. Knowing our time was limited,

I have been reading to Smallsteps at night since she was born and I will keep on doing it for as long as I can. Originally of course, it was pretty simple books, but in the last years we have moved through