(ThyBlackMan.com) The Expenses of Addiction Look, addiction’s expensive. You know this. What’s a pack of smokes, six dollars today? How addicted are you? Do you smoke a pack a day? That’s $42.00 a week, or $168.00 a month. If you go the carton route, it isn’t much cheaper; even rolling tobacco ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The poet T.S. Eliot once said life is risky business and if you aren’t careful, you won’t make it out alive. I am convinced the reason most people haven’t ‘made it out alive’ is because they have lost connection with their dreams. Our dreams give our lives resonance and meaning; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You may have heard about drones for many reasons. It’s hard to describe a drone perfectly, but the small, flying vehicles are used for a number of reasons. You may have heard about delivery drones, or the scarier stories of military drones. However, it seems some organizations have found a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If it is true that we become what we think about, as Earl Nightingale suggests, the question is what are you thinking about? On average, between 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts flood our brains each day and, according to your mind-set, the majority of those thoughts are either positive or negative. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This fall, millions of kids will return to school to resume their academic careers. Will they go back to school or back to the future? Will they lug backpacks of greatness or bags of low self-esteem? Will we only urge them to get good grades or push them to pursue ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Men are less likely to go and see their doctor than a woman. It’s a well known fact. Men tend to brush over health problems or symptoms they may be suffering from due to their nature. They tend to just get on with things and carry on. But this is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A stroke is serious – just like a heart attack. Yet, we don’t know as much about it enough as we should. Stroke is one of those dreadful events that can cause death in an instant. While it is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S., it is more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whether we get the flu or break a leg, we go to see “the doctor.” But if there’s something wrong with our teeth, we go and see a whole other health professional, the dentist. This distinction suggests that our teeth have special significance and that we should look after ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret that in most cases, women aren’t able to drink as much as men and drive safely. This is because, as a rule of thumb, women tend to have higher levels of body fat, which means that it takes longer for alcohol to leave their bodies. This ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is true that some people are born happier. About half of your happiness is genetic, attributable to your personality and temperament. But the great news is that only about 10% is circumstances. The rest is about the intentional choices that you make every single day. There are some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The beginning of the year always brings new fitness enthusiasts to the gym. Unfortunately most do not stick around to long due to a number of reasons. The most popular reason is they simply do not know how to use the gym for the most effective workout. The gym ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) American cuisine is as diverse as the history of the country. In every era, different dishes and food preparation methods are introduced and became part of the norm. With the arrival of European colonizers, new ingredients, spices and methods were added into the food culture of the people. Whereas ...