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Mel Gibson spent $70M of his own money making two consecutive films in languages nobody on Earth speaks conversationally. They generated $733M at the box office. The Passion of the Christ. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin. $30M self-financed after every studio in Hollywood passed. Gibson marketed and distributed it himself through Newmarket Films. It opened on Ash Wednesday 2004 and grossed $612M worldwide, held the domestic R-rated box office record for 20 years, and remains the highest-grossing self-financed film in cinema history. His personal take cleared $400M. Two years later he did it again. Apocalypto. Entirely in Yucatec Maya. $40M budget. Zero Hollywood actors. His lead, Rudy Youngblood, was working at a Lowe's in Texas when Gibson pulled him from a general casting call. Youngblood had less than a month to learn Yucatec Maya, performed every stunt himself including a 175-foot waterfall free fall and sprinting in front of a live 200-pound jaguar. The stunt coordinator called him...

Charles Dickens fought his depression by walking through London at night. One October he set out at 2 in the morning and walked 30 miles, all the way to his country home in Kent. In 1860 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 150 years to catch up. Dickens called his bad spells "spectres." They came back every time he started a new novel and sometimes hung on for months. His mood would fall apart, his sleep would collapse, and the only thing that pulled him out was walking. He explained his method in an essay called "Night Walks," published on July 21, 1860 in his weekly magazine All the Year Round. He had tried fighting his insomnia from bed and lost. So he changed the plan. The fix, he wrote, was "getting up directly after lying down, and going out, and coming home tired at sunrise." A worried mind cannot fix itself by worrying more in bed. You have to get up and move. Most nights he walked 12 to 20 miles. A friend called it "viole...

“Is Gulf abroad?” My beloved, yes, most definitely. I’m often amazed when people speak of “Gulf” like it’s a single country, sweetheart, no! A kasmall Google search will show you the truth: The Gulf is a region, not a country. It consists of several nations, each with unique laws, cultures, and even different time zones! Let’s break it down like this: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are: 1. United Arab Emirates (UAE) – GMT+4 2. Oman – GMT+4 3. Qatar – GMT+3 4. Saudi Arabia – GMT+3 5. Kuwait – GMT+3 6. Bahrain – GMT+3 So, no, Gulf is not one big country. It’s a cluster of nations in the Middle East, each ruled by monarchs. There’s little room for diplomacy because these are not democratic states. It’s monarchy all the way, some more open, others more restricted. And just to make it clear: If you left your home country, flew out of your continent, crossed oceans and time zones you, my dear, are abroad. In the diaspora. In a foreign land. Next time someone says “uko Gulf” lik...

1. Bana g-strings can circumcise you but no one is saying anything. Then some lace panty is worse. It identifies a zone in your generous anatomy, grabs a chunk of your flesh and refuses to let go so you are now walking in zigzag 2. Dreams require delusion and audacity   3. Wamesema niwaambie mwache kusema harder harder, juu hawajawahi tuambia tighter tighter. 4. Grief has no shame nor does it adhere to schedules. It erupts in the most unconventional places. One day it caught up with me in a matatu; another time in the middle of a writing workshop. 5. When I started writing ten years ago, people here gave me so much psyche. Nowadays social media is a landmine. Watu ni wakali ajabu and it is like we have regressed to mchongoano.  Mammito put a gym photo recently and someone commented about her pelvis area, saying only serious inches can manage it, and he got 1000+ likes. How did we get to this level of comfortable with opening our mouths like that? I see comments on ...

The average healthy adult, asked to run as hard as they can for one mile, finishes in about 9 minutes. That same speed, you’d guess, is roughly what your body can sustain. Sabastian Sawe just ran 26 of those miles back to back, and each one took him 4 minutes 33 seconds. That is not jogging speed. That is sprint speed for most of us. He held it for 1 hour and 59 minutes and 30 seconds, and he was actually getting faster at the end. Your body has three knobs that decide how fast you can run for a long time. The first is how much oxygen your lungs and heart can deliver to your muscles per minute. Scientists call this number VO2 max. A normal adult sits around 30 to 45. A fit recreational runner gets to 50 or 60. Elite marathoners are at 70-plus. Sawe’s is in that range. The interesting part isn’t the number itself, it’s what percentage of that ceiling he can hold for the full race. In a 2020 study of the 16 best male distance runners on earth (commissioned by Nike’s Breaking2...

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  1. What is the primary focus of psychology as a scientific discipline? Biological processes Historical events Cultural practices The mind and behavior 2. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, which organ was considered the center of thought and emotion? Liver Heart Lungs Brain 3. According to Hippocrates, which organ is responsible for the mind? the brain the heart the lungs the liver 4. What does dualism propose about the relationship between the mind and body? The mind and body are identical. The body influences the mind but not vice versa. The mind controls the body completely. The mind and body are separate entities. 5. What philosophical stance did Aristotle take regarding the mind-body relationship? He supported Cartesian dualism. He viewed the mind as superior to the body. He believed in the separation of mind and body. He rejected dualism. 6. What was a common belief about the cause of mental illness during the Middle Ages in Europe? Environmental stressors Biologi...

 “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so”.  Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

 “I am looking for friends. What does that mean - tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

  One day a man said to God , “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew . It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was the large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The...

The Nine Choirs of Angels: 1. Seraphim - The highest choir, closest to God's throne, they perpetually worship Him by singing "Holy, holy, holy" while contemplating His divine perfection. 2. Cherubim - They contemplate God's wisdom, providence. The Bible notes they guarded the Garden of Eden and the Ark of the Covenant. 3. Thrones - The embodiment of God's justice, authority & righteous judgment. They help manifest cosmic order & God's decrees. 4. Dominions - Functioning as angelic overseers or "managers", directing lower choirs & ensuring the orderly execution of God's will. 5. Virtues - Governors of natural laws, physical forces & miraculous events in the created world. 6. Powers - Warrior-angels of the heavenly host, they protect the cosmic order from chaos and maintain spiritual balance against evil disruptions. 7. Principalities - They oversee/ guide large-scale human groups such as nations, cities, churches, & institution...

1. War Machine — 2026 ⭐ 10.0 2. Saving Private Ryan — 1998 ⭐ 8.6 3. The Pianist — 2002 ⭐ 8.5 4. Apocalypse Now — 1979 ⭐ 8.4 5. Full Metal Jacket — 1987 ⭐ 8.3 6. Braveheart — 1995 ⭐ 8.3 7. 1917 — 2019 ⭐ 8.2 8. Downfall — 2004 ⭐ 8.2 9. The Great Escape — 1963 ⭐ 8.2 10. Platoon — 1986 ⭐ 8.1 11. Hacksaw Ridge — 2016 ⭐ 8.1 12. The Deer Hunter — 1978 ⭐ 8.1 13. Letters from Iwo Jima — 2006 ⭐ 7.9 14. Patton — 1970 ⭐ 7.9 15. All Quiet on the Western Front — 2022 ⭐ 7.8 16. Dunkirk — 2017 ⭐ 7.8 17. Glory — 1989 ⭐ 7.8 18. Black Hawk Down — 2001 ⭐ 7.7 19. Beasts of No Nation — 2015 ⭐ 7.7 20. The Longest Day — 1962 ⭐ 7.7 21. Fury — 2014 ⭐ 7.6 22. The Thin Red Line — 1998 ⭐ 7.6 23. Bridge of Spies — 2015 ⭐ 7.6 24. Enemy at the Gates — 2001 ⭐ 7.5 25. Lone Survivor — 2013 ⭐ 7.5 26. The Hurt Locker — 2008 ⭐ 7.5 27. The Covenant — 2023 ⭐ 7.5 28. A Bridge Too Far — 1977 ⭐ 7.4 29. American Sniper — 2014 ⭐ 7.3 30. Rescue Dawn — 2006 ⭐ 7.3 31. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers...

The story behind it is an interesting one though. How many of you know what this is called? Most of you will say bubble wrap. Some will call it stress relief. But if you asked the two engineers who invented it in 1957, they would have told you: "It’s a failure." Alfred and Marc didn't set out to protect your fragile electronic packages. Far from that. They wanted to be interior designers. They had this brilliant idea to create 3D Wallpaper. They thought the world was tired of flat, boring walls. So, they glued two shower curtains together, trapped some air in the middle, and told the world, "Look! We've invented trendy walls!" The world looked, and then the world walked away. Nobody wanted to live in a house that looked like the inside of a swimming pool. Lol.  They were stuck with miles of poppable plastic that nobody wanted. They tried to use it to insulate greenhouses. It failed. They tried to sell it as a curtain. It failed again. They were o...

1. War Machine — 2026 ⭐ 10.0 2. Saving Private Ryan — 1998 ⭐ 8.6 3. The Pianist — 2002 ⭐ 8.5 4. Apocalypse Now — 1979 ⭐ 8.4 5. Full Metal Jacket — 1987 ⭐ 8.3 6. Braveheart — 1995 ⭐ 8.3 7. 1917 — 2019 ⭐ 8.2 8. Downfall — 2004 ⭐ 8.2 9. The Great Escape — 1963 ⭐ 8.2 10. Platoon — 1986 ⭐ 8.1 11. Hacksaw Ridge — 2016 ⭐ 8.1 12. The Deer Hunter — 1978 ⭐ 8.1 13. Letters from Iwo Jima — 2006 ⭐ 7.9 14. Patton — 1970 ⭐ 7.9 15. All Quiet on the Western Front — 2022 ⭐ 7.8 16. Dunkirk — 2017 ⭐ 7.8 17. Glory — 1989 ⭐ 7.8 18. Black Hawk Down — 2001 ⭐ 7.7 19. Beasts of No Nation — 2015 ⭐ 7.7 20. The Longest Day — 1962 ⭐ 7.7 21. Fury — 2014 ⭐ 7.6 22. The Thin Red Line — 1998 ⭐ 7.6 23. Bridge of Spies — 2015 ⭐ 7.6 24. Enemy at the Gates — 2001 ⭐ 7.5 25. Lone Survivor — 2013 ⭐ 7.5 26. The Hurt Locker — 2008 ⭐ 7.5 27. The Covenant — 2023 ⭐ 7.5 28. A Bridge Too Far — 1977 ⭐ 7.4 29. American Sniper — 2014 ⭐ 7.3 30. Rescue Dawn — 2006 ⭐ 7.3 31. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers...

Blessed Are the Shameless A 21 year old American streamer enters Lagos surrounded by bodyguards and cameras, and very quickly the outstretched hands begin to appear. Not hands waving hello. Hands asking. Hands reaching. Hands, demanding. The crowd is loud. Some of them were laughing, some of them jeering, many asking for cash, for streaming. It is easy, from a distance, to call this embarrassing. To say Nigerians beg too much. To say the country has forgotten pride. Lagos, up close, teaches you the rules with your body. Heat on the back of your neck. Generator coughs behind walls. A road that is five roads at once. A queue is a suggestion. A policeman’s stare is a question you are expected to answer with money. The public square is not neutral. It is an instructor, and its syllabus is survival. In a place where institutions do not protect you, where procedure does not rescue you, where waiting your turn is a reliable method of being ignored, shame becomes a rule you keep for yourself w...

Teachers make good wives/husbands.  It's in the constitution.  Nurses/Doctors sitaongea mengi.  Most Business women (Successful ones) are unmarried.  Don't try to marry them, son. Wekea mkewe biashara. Ukiona inashika sana anaenda kuomoka, tuma wezi na uuwe mmoja wao. Ibeni lakini mbakishe kidogo. Mpe pesa ya stock tena. Repeat. Sitawafunza kila kitu, cabrons..!

If you go missing for seven years without anyone hearing from you, the law presumes that you are dead. A court may then declare you dead, and the date of that declaration becomes the official date of death that appears on your death certificate. This means your relatives are legally allowed to inherit your land and property—while we, your neighbours, go ahead and distribute your women among ourselves. If you suddenly re-emerge in the eighth year as a “returning officer,” you have no legal right to reclaim what was previously yours. The lesson, therefore, is simple. Anyone who chooses to 'enter grass' must always return within six years to beat this law. If necessary, you may then disappear again and again. This is one of those pieces of humour that somehow found its way into the law books (the Evidence Act). I also remember a similar touch of humour in the 2010 Constitution. Article 14 on citizenship states that if a child is found anywhere in Kenya, appears to be eight years ...

The dating market in Togo The new rule of the capitalistic dating market is "take options". This rule says ‘save people you wish to date and be patient until they ran out of options or reach some dead ends and start going back through their past pretenders address book.’ In Togo, nowadays people delay engagement or relationships, preferring flix and chill, casuals, trying partners from all races and tribes, and would only start looking for a partner when tired of adventure, ran out options, or when a pregnancy would occur. ‘Save me until I’d ran out of option’ is the new motto. Patience is the new best courtisan skill. ‘I have not fucked around enough to settle. Look how many people I could afford to bed, why would I choose any now’. As sex became abundant and trust evaporated, people enter relationships very cynically, almost resentful of the social obligation of being in couple which is depriving them of the freedom of living as they wish. People would start a couple out of...

Little foxes that destroy the bloom. There are places that slowly but surely take down your pride and grace, it is not grand but it is incrementally degrading. Slowly. I have observed over the years that it is usually a mismatch of energy, you may not always know what someone's intention is, or what they do or say behind your back but you can always tell a person's energy is off, you can even feel it while away if you take time to listen to your psyche more.  People who do not like you may not openly say something grande, but they may throw snide comments, show disdain covertly, avoid eye contact when they sneer or jest at you. The eyes are the gateway or windows to the soul, you stare at them and you might learn a thing or two. Songs of Solomon says, catch us the little foxes because it is those that destroy the vineyard flowers before they even bloom. Some things and some people do not often affect the grand, they are masters at identifying signs of blooming, your little effo...