Daily Archives: June 13, 2021

How Porn May Change What We Crave

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

From American Greatness: In 2007, two researchers tried to do an experiment, initially unrelated to porn, studying sexual arousal in men in general. They tried to induce the subjects’ arousal in a lab setting by showing them video porn, but … Continue reading →

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Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some of my favorite bits from this 1989 book by David Hackett Fischer: * Folkways in this normative sense exist in advanced civilizations as well as in primitive societies. They are functioning systems of high complexity which have … Continue reading →

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Earn What You Deserve: How to Stop Underearning & Start Thriving

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

Publishers Weekly wrote in 1994: “The author of How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt and Live Prosperously here tackles the problems of another fiscally troubled group, those who are earning only enough to meet their needs. … Continue reading →

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Sex, Lies & Videotape (1989)

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

Bud says: I just watched Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) for the first time since it came out, what a debut by Soderbergh. One detail I missed the first time, Andie MacDowell’s character wears a cross throughout the film, up … Continue reading →

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