Sam's Essays
.
Recent Discussions:
» [Article] The English Double Negative» [Article] The Hope Function
» [Article] Equations of Value
» [Article] The Ubiquity of Near-Impossible Coincidences
» [Article] The Inverse Graphing Calculator
» [Article] How To Starve
» [Article] Periodic Konig's Lemma
» [Article] Undefined Behavior in C
» [Article] Seven Cheesy Cliches... In Real Life
» [Article] Royalty, Commoners, and Players
» [Article] Pink Floyd Lyrics
» [Article] Right Action
» [Article] The Joy of Mulching
» [Article] Introduction to StumbleUpon
» [Article] Questions on Work
» [Article] Mathematical Royalty
» [Article] Uncountable Sums
» [Article] Real Life New Game Plus
» [Article] Training Self-Discipline
» [Article] A Provability Paradox
» FUTURE
» [Article] My Experience with Contact Lenses
» [Article] Awkward Futurism
» [Article] How to be Better at Algebra
» [Article] Smarter than the Teacher
» [Article] One Equation to Rule Them All
» [Article] Red Pills and Blue Pills
» [Article] Very Serious People
» [Article] The Pool
» [Article] Failed Kings and Queens
» [Article] Uncountably Many Bloodlines
» [Article] Covering the Rationals
» [Article] Racism in Japan
» [Article] Abstract Systems of Royalty
» [Article] Ordinal Arithmetic and Semantic Stopsigns
» [Article] Avoiding "him/her" in Writing
» pharmacology of japanese
» [Article] Ordinal Arithmetic and Internet Surfing
» [Article] The Works of Blaise Pascal
» [Article] Konig's Lemma
» [Article] Unlimited Register Machines
» [Article] Goldstein Sequences
» [Article] Japanese Irregular Verbs
» [Article] Unconditional Math
» [Article] Exponential Games
» [Article] Why English Should Not Be The Official Language of the U.S.
» [Article] Fixed Points and Future Prediction
» [Article] Extended Set Theory, Extended Set Algebra, and Algebraix Data
» [Article] 69 Things I Did In Las Vegas
» [Article] 10 Reasons Why English Is A Hard Language
» [Article] Minor Linux Sockets-Improvement Idea
» [Article] Seven Signs that we live in a Dystopia
» [Article] The Obscurometer
» [Article] Kubla Khan and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
» [Article] Simulationism and Grand Unification
» "Basic Mathematics" by Serge Lang
» [Article] New: An RSS feed for the webcomic
» [Article] Guessability
» [Article] Conic Sections in the Wild
» [Article] My Trip to Washington, DC
» [Article] Arbitrary Leadership
» [Article] Collatz Recursion
» [Article] Heian Marriage
» [Article] Intelligent Design and Video Games
» [Article] Announcing: Webcomic!
» [Article] Host-Switching: From Bluehost to Linode
» A pertinent freshman catcher
» [Article] The Equation of a Line Segment
» [Article] Simulationism
» [Article] What if plus and minus were switched?
» [Article] Quantum Immortality
» [Article] Japanese Restaurant Name Generator
» [Article] Reinventing The Wheel
» [Article] Kanji vs. Romaji
» [Article] Emotional Knowledge
» [Article] Minor Technology Improvement Ideas
» [Article] Rote Memorization in Mathematics
» [Article] The Four Conditionals in Japanese
» other conditional forms?
» [Article] Ambiguities in Mathematics
» [Article] Self-Imposed Rules
» [Article] Search Engine Optimization: The New Superstition
» [Article] A Modern Version of Psalm 23
» [Article] Ten Metaphors for Time
» [Article] Ninja Koans
» [Article] How To Be Happy
» Great post
» [Article] 100 Things That Make Me Happy
» [Article] New Domain Name! Introducing www.xamuel.com
» [Article] What would Programming Syntax be like if the Japanese invented it?
» [Article] Going Urban
» [Article] Reading the Qur'an
» [Article] Fighting Music Addiction: An Experiment
» [Article] Dream Report, Jan 9, 2010
» [Article] The Adverb Model of Japanese
» [Article] Japanese Words you Already Know
» [Article] Eleven Surprising Things about the Japanese Language
» [Article] Ten Predictions for the Future
» [Article] How to Contribute to Society
» [Article] Frogs Into Princes
» [Article] 10 Reasons to Be A Hedonist
» [Article] Invitation to Hedonism
» [Article] Reality Escapes
» [Article] Air Force Boot Camp FAQ
» [Article] One Hundred Reality Escapes
» [Article] My Home School Story
» [Article] "I Love You" Variations
» Aethar being gone breaks my heart
» [Article] Teach Yourself Esperanto
» [Article] Blogspot vs. Wordpress
» [Article] Ten Buddhist Koans
» [Article] The Plateau Effect
» [Article] The Work Ethic
» [Article] The Illusion of Security
» [Article] Announcing: Forums!
» [Article] The Halting Problem
» [Article] Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?
» [Article] Announcing: The Glowing Face Man Newsletter
» [Article] The Overpopulation Myth
» [Article] Permadeath
» [Article] 10 Metaphors for Love
» [Article] Announcing My New Web2.0 Project: Connections
» [Article] Abundance Mentality
» [Article] How to Become a Better Conversationalist
» [Article] A Modern Version of Genesis Chapter 1
» [Article] My Time at the University of Arizona
» [Article] Three Ways to Be More Present
» [Article] Why the United States should implement Basic Income
» [Article] Hedonism vs. Greed
» [Article] My Time in the U.S. Air Force
» [Article] 10 Metaphors for Death
» [Article] Moving from Blogspot to Wordpress
» [Article] How to be Solipsistic
» [Article] Romance Movie Cliches
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Tech School
» [Article] The Pain Body
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp: Graduation Week
» [Article] If You've Never Drunk Alcohol, Try It!
» [Article] Sword-neck
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp: Weeks 2 and 3
» [Article] Campus Homelessness, Hygiene, and Showering
» [Article] Anki vs. Mnemosyne
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp: Week 1
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp
» [Article] Four Reasons to go Homeless by Choice
» [Article] Homeless By Choice
» [Article] Anki Statistics in Mnemosyne
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 24
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 15
» [Article] Five Ways to be Better At Math
» [Article] Ergative Verbs
» [Article] How To Be a Better Teacher
» [Article] Drilling Flashcards Without Music
» [Article] Air Force Core Values
» [Article] Neglected SRS Deck
» [Article] Becoming More Photogenic
» [Article] Soft and Hard Power
» [Article] Is society biased against smart people?
» [Article] Remembering The Kanji
» [Article] The World's Greatest Website!
» [Article] The Length of a Human Lifetime
» [Article] Three Applications of the Sorites Paradox
» [Article] The Power of Now vs. Positive Affirmations
» [Article] How to Take Control of Life
» [Article] Kindness and Cruelty
» [Article] Three Applications of Higher Math
» [Article] The Map Is Not The Territory
» [Article] How to Improve Blogspot
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 28-30
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 15-17
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 12-14
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 9-11
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 6-8
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 3-5
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Day 1
» [Article] My Vegas Trip: The Stratosphere Tower Hotel
» [Article] Extreme Grocery Shopping
» [Article] 10 Metaphors For Life
» [Article] Boot Camp
» [Article] The Beauty of Decay
» [Article] Conscious and Subconscious Mind
» [Article] Short Term Assets vs. Long Term Assets
» [Article] What I've Been Up To: Cocooning
» [Article] Declarative Prayer vs. Supplicative Prayer
» [Article] Lucid Dream Report, 08 May 2009
» [Article] Positive Affirmations
» [Article] How to Maintain a Language
» [Article] Japanese Animal Onomatopoeia
» [Article] Major Changes to the Blog
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 49
» [Article] Teaching with Pronouns
» [Article] Imaginative Memory
» [Article] Native Fluency
» [Article] Multiple SRS Decks
» [Article] Become More Intelligent by Doing New Things
» [Article] What is an Official Language?
» [Article] Glowingfaceman.com Privacy Policy
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp: Week 5
» [Article] Gloom and Doom
» [Article] Self-Taught JavaScript
» [Article] Self-Taught Calculus
» [Article] My Time in Air Force Boot Camp: Week 4
» [Article] Sex Before Marriage
» [Article] You might be an Autodidact if...
» [Article] The Defragmentation Metaphor
» [Article] Japanese False Cognates
» [Article] Exercise and Language Learning
» [Article] Homeless Mooching
» [Article] Autodidact PhD
» [Article] The Irregular Verb
» [Article] Leadership and Language
» [Article] Converting to Wordpress
» [Article] Florida Trip
» [Article] Toastmasters Liveblog: Worthington Toastmasters, 13 Jan 09
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 30
» [Article] Being Open
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 29
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 27
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 23
» [Article] Spaced Repetition Systems
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 20
» [Article] Leadership in Relationships
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 19
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 16
» [Article] Six Reasons to Learn a Language Together
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 14
» [Article] Sentence Mining
» [Article] My Time in the Seduction Community
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 11
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 10
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 8
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 7
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 6
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 4
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 3
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 2
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Introduction and Page 1
» [Article] Autodidact: Be A Self-Teacher
» [Article] Science and Leadership
» [Article] Introduction to Lucid Dreaming
» [Article] Introduction to Urban Exploration
» [Article] Would You Worsen The World For A Billion Dollars?
» [Article] Restarting the Positive Affirmation Challenge
» [Article] Some Things I'm Ashamed Of
» [Article] Teach Steadily, Not Quickly
» [Article] License to Change
» [Article] Activism Goes Away After Graduation
» [Article] Words May Break My Bones, But Sticks And Stones Will Never Hurt Me
» [Article] Fighting Perfectionism: Shorter Articles
» [Article] The Higher Infinite
» [Article] How Fashion Works
» [Article] Running on the Treadmill
» [Article] Introduction to Toastmasters
» [Article] My Shorthand Writing
» [Article] 30 Day Workout-A-Day Challenge Completed!
» [Article] How to Consciously Choose Health
» [Article] Researching English on books.google.com
» [Article] Metabolism As An Example Of Accepting What Is
» [Article] Real Life Randomness
» [Article] Fighting Music Addiction: Week 3
» [Article] Examples of Japanese Onomatopoeia
» [Article] Will The Languages Of The World Ever Merge?
» [Article] How Karma Works
» [Article] Foreign Language Proper Nouns
» [Article] Fighting Music Addiction: Week 1
» [Article] Swearing and Cussing: Indicators of Lost Presence?
» [Article] Western Pimps vs. Asian Idols
» [Article] An Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Tribute
» [Article] The Golden Rule of Language Learning
» [Article] A Goldmine of Engrish
» [Article] Experience Points in Real Life
» [Article] The Nimbus Quest: Introduction
» [Article] Using Words Effectively
» [Article] The Relationship between Happiness and Material Success
» [Article] Life is a Game
» [Article] Real-Life Tool-Assisted Speedruns
» [Article] Connections Between Japanese and Buddhism
» [Article] Invisible Text in Mnemosyne
» [Article] Sentences with No English Translation
» [Article] The Mirror Model of Social Interaction
» [Article] Four Thousand Japanese Flashcards
» [Article] The Power of Now
» [Article] The Sound of English
» [Article] Short Story: The Mirror
» [Article] How to Learn a Language the Right Way
» [Article] How To Text Faster
» [Article] How To Apologize More Effectively
» [Article] How to be Super Creative using Language
» [Article] Goldmine of Engrish, Part 2
» [Article] Busy Beaver Numbers
» [Article] The Law of Beliefs
» [Article] Connections Project Update: Login/Register Support
» [Article] The Kubla Khan Poem
» [Article] Aethar Project Update
» [Article] My Experience with Computer Programming
» [Article] The Katamari Damacy Model of Growth
» [Article] How to Train your Mathematical Maturity
» [Article] The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
» [Article] What if Brad Pitt really IS Tyler Durden?
» [Article] Blogger Static Frontpage Generator
» [Article] 30 Days of Logic
» [Article] Lands of Aethar
» [Article] My Anime Story
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 23-27
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Days 18-22
» [Article] Progressive Training
» [Article] 30 Day Workout: Day 2
» [Article] 51 Things That Won't Matter When You Die
» [Article] Frames in NLP
» [Article] Positive Affirmation Examples
» [Article] Short Story: The Balancing Beetles
» [Article] The Reticular Activation System
» [Article] Privileged Information
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 55
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 54
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 53
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 52
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 51
» [Article] Kanji Final Sprint: Lesson 50
» [Article] Hosting My First Party
» [Article] Merlin Carothers
» [Article] Toastmasters Liveblog: Speech Contest, 10 Feb 09, Part 2: Evaluation Contest
» [Article] Toastmasters Liveblog: Speech Contest, 10 Feb 09
» [Article] The Seduction Community Dancing Monkey
» [Article] You might be a Prescriptive Linguist if...
» [Article] Benchpress to Exhaustion
» [Article] Hashigo
» [Article] Reality Expansion
» [Article] Deep Desires and Surface Desires
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 28
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 26
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 25
» [Article] Skills and Metaskills
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 22
» [Article] How to Keep a New Years Resolution
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 21
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 18
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 17
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 13
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 12
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 9
» [Article] French in 30 Days: Day 5
» [Article] Five Reasons to Study a Foreign Language
» [Article] The French Revolution: Table of Contents
» [Article] Trivial Knowledge
» [Article] Self Responsibility
» [Article] Models of Reality
» [Article] Unconditional Thanksgiving
» [Article] Never Cover Your Ass
» [Article] The Solution to the Money Game
» [Article] The Social Rule of Assumptions
» [Article] "Problems" In Mathematics
» [Article] Personal Development for Smart People
» [Article] 30-Day Article-A-Day Challenge Completed!
» [Article] Fighting Music Addiction: Week 2
» [Article] Why the Gym is Good even if you do Manual Labor
» [Article] My Trip to the Fujitaisekiji Buddhist Cult
» [Article] A Message of Regret
» [Article] Glowing Face Links
» [Article] Weightlifting Motivation
» [Article] Response vs. Reaction
» [Article] The Language Tradeoff: Learning Language Through Travel
» [Article] A Modern Version of the Lord's Prayer
» [Article] Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Linguistics
» [Article] More Pictures From Tokyo
» [Article] Kyoto Pictures
» [Article] Juggling Balls of Destiny
» [Article] Mt. Fuji Pictures
» [Article] Pictures From Japan Part 2
» [Article] Pictures From Japan
» [Article] Meeting Geisha
» [Article] Benefits of Travel
» [Article] Japan Update
» [Article] Qualia, Nimbus, and Presence
» [Article] Overjustifying in finances and life
» [Article] Eight Rules of Leadership
» [Article] Getting the Girl: Lessons from Indiana Jones
» [Article] Subjective Reality
» [Article] How the Mind Learns
» [Article] T9 Word
» [Article] What Is Fluency?
» [Article] Change My Life
» [Article] Learning Idioms
» [Article] A Silmarillion Analysis
» [Article] What are people afraid of?
» [Article] The Two Types of Music
» [Article] Making Tough Decisions
» [Article] Getting More Enjoyment From Music
» [Article] The Power of The Voice
» [Article] Good Headphones
» [Article] Point Focusing