I Don't Believe That Prayers Actually Change

It's Hard To Be In A Bad Mood When You're Walking Around Looking Like You're About To Play The Semifinals At Wimbledon.

After A While, If You're Committed, You Start To Believe In The Things In Which You're Praying. It's Just Cognitive Dissonance. You Can't Live A Completely Religious Life And Not Start To Have It Sink In.

The Best We Can Do, To Paraphrase Pollan, Is To Eat Whole Foods, Mostly Plants, And Not Too Much.

Let Me Tell You, Though: Being The Smartest Boy In The World Wasn’t Easy. I Didn’t Ask For This. I Didn’t Want This. On The Contrary, It Was A Huge Burden. First, There Was The Task Of Keeping My Brain Perfectly Protected. My Cerebral Cortex Was A National Treasure, A Masterpiece Of The Sistine Chapel Of Brains. This Was Not Something That Could Be Treated Frivolously. If I Could Have Locked It In A Safe, I Would Have. Instead, I Became Obsessed With Brain Damage.

There's A Very Passionate Pro-chewing Movement On The Internet Called Chewdiasm. They Say That We Should Be Chewing 50 To 100 Times Per Mouthful, Which Is Insane. I Tried That. It Takes Like A Day And A Half To Eat A Sandwich. But Their Basic Idea Is Right. If You Chew, You'll Eat Slower And You Will Get More Nutrients.