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Tag Archives: Neil Strauss
What’s The Ideal Social Status And How Would I Know If I Had It?
I talk a lot about “social status” and people ask me what I mean. Social status is your place in the pecking order. When you walk into a room, do people seek you out or do they avoid you? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, Facebook, Neil Strauss, pecking order, social isolation
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Is It OK To Talk About Alexander Technique And Beauty?
Alexander teachers would benefit from publishing more before and after pictures. I like what Amira Alvarez does here. I was shocked by the before and after picture of Lulie Westfeld in her book on her Alexander journey. These kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teachers, Alexander Technique, facial tension, insecure nature, Neil Strauss, unnecessary tension
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Men And Women From Broken Homes
I’ve never forgotten when pick-up artist Neil Strauss told me he wouldn’t date women from broken homes. They had too much psychological baggage. I was struck by that and thought back over my relationships and I remembered all the turbulence … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Personal
Tagged admission officer, Dennis Prager, Neil Strauss, shiksas, talk show host, turbulent society
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Price Of Sex Hits Record Lows
This rings true to me. I’ve never had much money. I used to live out of a 1977 Datsun stationwagon and I made it with half a dozen women in there in 1994. I wonder if part of this has … Continue reading
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Tagged dozen women, Neil Strauss, record lows, sexual relationships, social psychologists, term commitments
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How I Discovered The Alexander Technique
September, 2010 “What’s the matter, Luke?” asks the hostess at the end of the meal. “You haven’t said anything inappropriate all meal? We even have two single women here.” I am at Shabbos lunch with friends. I’ve known them for … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, conversion to judaism, Dennis Prager, Neil Strauss, reform rabbi, two little books
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I’m Tired Of Dating Girls From Broken Homes
Pick-up artist and author Neil Strauss told me that he does not date women from broken homes. They don’t know how to love the opposite sex. I found that a fascinating insight. At the grand old age of 44, I … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Personal
Tagged abandonment issues, adult lives, broken homes, crazy chicks, dating girls, Neil Strauss, sex parent
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The Blind Side
I love this movie. I identify with its big black protagonist. Like him, I’ve often felt lost. I often walk through the cold without a coat. I remember running up to Young Israel of Century City one Shabbos afternoon. It … Continue reading
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Tagged blind side, glint, napa valley, Neil Strauss, sabbath morning, softball field, Young Israel
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The New Dating Game
Charlotte Allen presents a distinctly conservative and feminine approach. She disses Neil Strauss’s book, which most people I know found a compelling read: Men, eager for replication, are naturally polygamous, while women are naturally monogamous
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Tagged charlotte allen, desirable condition, evolutionary psychology, manhattan institute, natural inclinations, Neil Strauss, personal happiness, western civilization
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Meeting The Tests Women Throw Your Way
I just read Orit Arfa‘s new ebook, “Survival of the S—test“. I wish she hadn’t used an obscenity as her title and theme. I’m not into the fecal. It’s not Jewish to muck around in that stuff. Oy, what will … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Orit Arfa, Sex
Tagged chariot of fire, Dennis Prager, female flesh, master of the universe, Neil Strauss, nine questions people ask about judaism, sword sleep, titus andronicus by william shakespeare, viktor frankl
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Is It OK To Lie To Pick Up Women?
Here are excerpts from an interview with Richard "Gambler" La Ruina, Europe’s premiere pick-up artist: I think I learnt many techniques from many different people. So all the people like Mystery, Neil Strauss, Tyler, but I would say I don?t … Continue reading
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Tagged better person, morals, Neil Strauss, quot, rigid structure, ruina
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