Money: What is It?
Once upon a time - around 600 BC in Lydia, where today you’d find Turkey - someone struck a chunk of electrum, a natural alloy of gold...
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This is a platform of happiness where anyone who is tripping is welcome.
Tell us about the highs you’ve been on - mental, physical, spiritual.
Define your experiences in a safe, positive, free-form environment.
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We are merely purveyors of joy.
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Nov 814 min read
Lessons Not Learned From History
There’s a funny thing about history. It seems almost like a ghost, doesn’t it? Always lingering in the background, rattling its chains to...
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tripping8
Nov 113 min read
Words Under Siege: A look at Bizarre Literary Censorship
Books, like all great cultural artifacts, have the curious power to simultaneously illuminate the human condition and spark endless...
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tripping8
Oct 257 min read
Is This Really Necessary?
In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, it's comforting to know that some governments have taken a stand - against prolonged hugs. New...
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tripping8
Oct 188 min read
All Chips Are Not Created Equal
There’s something oddly ceremonial about the act of opening a bag of potato chips. A rip, a puff of air, and suddenly you’re holding a...
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tripping8
Oct 1211 min read
Car Innovations That – Thankfully – Failed
Cars today are indeed marvels of technology, stuffed to the gills with gadgets and gizmos that would have made James Bond green with...
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tripping8
Oct 414 min read
War, what is it good for?
War. Noun : a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. Verb : to...
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tripping8
Sep 2714 min read
It Was Good to Be a Kid
It’s funny, isn’t it? When we’re kids, all we want is to be adults. We can’t wait to shed the shackles of recess and homework, thinking...
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Sep 2018 min read
Hell
One of our regular readers (we do very much appreciate all of them!) recently sent us a note that they’d been having discussions with...
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Sep 510 min read
Pulling Open the Curtains on Windows
Windows. No, not the operating system that frustrates so many of us daily, but the real windows - those glassy apertures that have shaped...
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tripping8
Aug 3011 min read
Teeth – Where Every Molar Has a Tale to Tell
We recently attended the grand opening of a good friend’s dental clinic. And this got us to thinking about, well, teeth. Not just the...
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tripping8
Aug 2319 min read
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, that shimmering mirage in the desert, is a city that defies easy description. It's a place where dreams are manufactured on...
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tripping8
Aug 1612 min read
Olympics, Weird and Wonderful
The Paris Olympics have just wrapped up, leaving the world in a state of collective awe and adrenaline withdrawal. The precision of...
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tripping8
Aug 916 min read
Beer
International Beer Day was created in 2007 by Jesse Avshalomov, Evan Hamilton, Aaron Araki, and Richard Hernandez, in San Francisco,...
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Aug 210 min read
Gestures Gone Awry
Traveling, one learns, is a delicate dance of diplomacy. The unwritten rule is simple: don’t piss off the locals. Each country has its...
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tripping8
Jul 2616 min read
Happy Endings
"Happy Ending", a term often whispered with a wink and a nudge in less-than-polite company. It evokes images of unexpected joy, a twist...
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tripping8
Jul 199 min read
Mumbai: City of Dreams
Bombay. Bambai. Bonbaym. Monbaym. Boon Bay. Whatever you wish to call it, the city officially changed it’s name in 1995 when the...
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tripping8
Jul 1211 min read
Answers to Questions Never Asked in History Class
For some, history can be a dreaded, boring subject to just get through in school. A question of, “if it’s over and done with, what...
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tripping8
Jul 517 min read
The Sometimes Misguided World of Corporate SOP’s
In the corporate world, company culture is often a reflection of broader societal norms, yet it can also serve as a microcosm of human...
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tripping8
Jun 2813 min read
Public Service Announcements That Should Never Have Been
A public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest, commissioned by a government agency or non-profit organization....
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