MPJ

Do you gamble? I don't. Not because it is not fun, nor because it is one of the famous five sins. It is simple for me. I never win. I tried a couple of times with lottery tickets, and I never won a dime. Not to mention that I am terrible at predicting sports results or winning any kind of gambling event. I remember once I watched a Eurovision contest and had a strong feeling that the Austrian band would win big time. Their performance was great, and the song was pretty good. I even typed one of those SMS messages to support them. And yet, they scored exactly zero points! Were they bad? No. Check the video within the YouTube references below. They were pretty good. Only sometimes, luck doesn't come with quality... It chooses by some strange criteria, as it seems, I will never understand. When I was in high school, I thought I was smart enough to build some system by analyzing previous results in the national lottery and to win at least the second prize, which would be enou...

I have an old friend who, a couple of years ago, made a decision to radically change his way of life. What he did is almost unreal for the rest of us. He simply stopped eating food we are all familiar with, and instead he eats only fruits, vegetables, and various grains and nuts. All that in its raw and natural form without any cooking, baking, or frying. Of course, as a practical man (he is a math teacher in my wife's school), he didn't do this overnight and instead used a methodical approach so his switch from "ordinary" food to this final stage of the strictest vegetarian diet possible lasted a couple of years in order to adapt his organism better and to avoid potential dangers on the way. Contrary to other vegetarians I know, he didn't do this because of some illness or because his organism is not capable of digesting meat and thermally processed food. Instead, this was an act of free will and strong belief that he is doing a good thing. I strongly admire him ...