Start a gym that costs more than most, billed monthly.
Keep a track of people’s visits (combine with facial recognition or something to stop cheaters).
If you visit on 70 different days during the year, the whole next year is free.
People will think that is not much more than once a week, which is easy if they were planning three times a week.
People will assume they will reach the goal, so in their mind the monthly fee is half what it is.
Yet few will actually achieve it.
Read MoreWilliam Shakespeare was two people in one:
This has caused many to presume the actual author was someone else.
A problem with history is that we take everything as being fact. For example, Plato’s description of Atlantis is clearly no place on Earth, yet he seemed convinced. No Atlantis-hunters (except for me) have suggested that the Atlanteans lied about their home so their real home could stay a secret.
Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman suggest that the truth was hidden because Shakespeare was actually a spy for Queen Elizabeth. He associated with others who were spies… Christopher Marlow was thought to be a spy. You really need to read the book by Phillips and Keatman. The point being – it would make an amazing movie.
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Obviously 2020 will be remembered as the year we faced a pandemic.
But individually, psychologically, we will be facing our fears.
There is so much wrong with this Netflix show, you could literally fill a book. It was one of those rare occasions that I watched something to the end because it was so bad I was in shock.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
The initial premise is good, every October monsters emerge and a husband and wife hunt and kill them. I thought, hey its like Buffy, fun!
Why October? Well that is one of many teases that never go anywhere. Beyond the first episode it is never mentioned again, despite it being the name of the show. I have read that the majority of the show has nothing to do with the comics it is based on…
There is a lot going on. It is like the writers came up with 50 ideas, and instead of choosing which would work best, they threw them all in. In some cases in seems they were setting things up for the next series, which demonstrates how delusional they are.
The show has:
Pointless high school situations about sexuality and friendship.
The son is obnoxiously cocky.
We have zero hints at why the monsters exist, but they seem to have formed an alliance, using a language that is not native to anyone of them, like they all learned Esperanto for fun.
The “tech” is laughable. The husband and wife have wristwatches that let them track down any monster, but doesn’t alert them when one is nearby.
Characters have powers that they use sometimes, but forget about when they could be useful.
The police are Dukes of Hazzard level stupid.
The Presidio are at the same time studying monsters and wiping them all out.
There is so much going on, but they still find time for boring scenes with inane dialogue that serve no point.
The husband and wife adopted warlocks even though they are on a mission to destroy all warlocks.
Virtually every character dies or almost dies or wasn’t dead after all. I think two main characters were both in hospital bleeding to death at the same time, but we forget about one of them.
Relationships that have multiple arcs in one episode. The gay son gets a boyfriend, they break up, they get back together and they break up, in a single afternoon.
Dead warlocks are resurrected in teenage hosts, only to go, yeah nah, I think I’ll be dead again.
Half the scenes are in the same woods, even when they are in different towns or even states. It reeks of low-budget.
The key monsters are called Warlocks, which makes no sense. A random name would be better than a name associated with a terrible movie.
Very uninteresting characters with bad acting.
The kids spend the first two episodes speaking Japanese, and then never again.
The warlock who is on a life or death mission to get her kids back, in the end decides it doesn’t matter any more.
A cliffhanger of a monster growling in the dark – tune in to see what it is!
Everyone betrays someone else
Very basic things like continuity are ignored. Middle of the day becomes night in real time in 5 minutes.
The Mum gets told she needs to get her car registered or she will be arrested. She is filthy rich. But, it is a cool car, so she doesn’t bother, that’s how bad-ass she is. No, stupid she is.
Every episode starts a story arc that we never see again.
I think the worst thing is tone. They could have played it for laughs, or made it dark and moody. But it switches tone from one scene to the next. The poor actors are almost shrugging their shoulders, guessing how to play their characters. Like nobody is in charge.
My words cannot do justice to how bad this TV series is. So check it out!
Read MoreI find it interesting that the markets are punishing businesses affected by the coronavirus as if it will be a permanent thing. As if people will never travel again in future, not even years from now. And some stocks have gained in value because of very short term increases in sales of hand sanitisers. Safe stocks like supermarkets have suffered major declines, as if people will stop eating food.
Yes, there was probably a correction due, so I am going to look for “safe” stocks that have dropped below their price one year ago.
Westpac $27 > $20. Yes, the banking commission was a factor, but it is down from $25 two weeks ago. It now has a 8% dividend yield. Some businesses might go broke because of the virus, but in the medium term they will be replaced by others. NAB is similar.
Telstra $3.23 > $3.40. Yes, up from a year ago, but down from its recent peak of $3.90. This is a great defensive stock, as it is totally immune.
Harvey Norman $3.71 > $3.29. Recent peak was $4.78. They might have some short term supply chain issues. But long-term they will be unaffected, and the div yield is currently over 9%
BHP $36 > $28. Too hard for an amateur like me, but they are diversified and it feels cheap, down from $41 recently
Qantas $5.68 > $4.04. Down from $7.40 in December. As long as they have no financial issues, you can guarantee that a year from now everyone is taking that overseas trip they are putting off now.
Flight Centre has almost halved from its recent peak, and is down substantially YOY. It will rise again guaranteed
(nothing is guaranteed)
*historically I have lost money investing on the sharemarket, so smart people would avoid by advice!
Read MoreA Melbourne rapper I have been listening to lately is Sapphire Unique. I think the genre is called Trap.
Read MoreWe have IQ and EQ, so here’s a new one.
Assign people a score/value/symbol/whatever based on what they do when they are alone.
For example, some people are good at juggling, so clearly they have done a lot of juggling in their bedroom, perfecting it.
I presume some people practise pouting in the mirror.
Masturbation, of course, has to be in the mix.
Do people watch TV or work on their novel?
Do they have personal habits in private but not in public, like picking their nose?
Do they drink alone?
Are they messy or a clean freak?
So they talk to themselves? Sing in the shower? Meditate?
Do they sleep well?
I’m actually serious. The only way is to install cameras and give the patient months or something to forget they are there.
Research grants welcomed.
Read MoreThere is a commonality within domestic violence, and tragic domestic events that make the news – the culprit and victim were in the same place.
So one solution is making sure they are never in the same place. Unfortunately court orders don’t always work. Relationships are by definition emotional, and people can act differently to what a rational court order might contain.
So here’s the idea, along the lines of ads about “coward punches”.
If you have committed violence against someone you love, or have loved… or are even feeling like it… just once:
Man Up & Leave
Move to another state. Remove yourself from the situation.
Read MoreSet in Hong Kong with international locations as well…
Cop 1: Young, handsome, Chinese Hong Konger. Famous for taking down mobsters. Investigating a mysterious local mob leader. Flashy and tech-savvy
Cop 2: Anglo Englishman, with Chinese wife and daughter. Retired spy living in China. Investigating an international terrorist/spy, based in China. Old school detective type
2 and his daughter are in Hong Kong, have intel that Bad Guy is having a meeting there.
1 and his boss, and older woman, have intel that the mob boss is having a meeting – they want to discover who he is.
They cross paths at the hotel where the suspect is meant to be. They realise they are after the same person. They realise he is a big deal, with mysterious motive and plans. 1 and 2 don’t get on at all (Lethal Weapon etc). 2’s daughter is a fan of 1. And 2 takes a shining to 1’s boss.
Example of their different ways. There is a shoot out, and a bad guy stops shooting for a moment. 2 says he is reloading. 1 says he is on his phone.
Tone is serious. It is about the old and the new. Old romance versus Tinder. Old China versus Hong Kong. Old police interview methods versus tech spy equipment
What’s the bad guy up to? Contaminating export products, made to look like Japan did it, as revenge for China’s failing economy?
Funding Russian extremists with a common anti-West goal?
Regime change in China through destabilising terrorist acts?
All 3?
It is a common theme to devote your life to the prosperity of your grandchildren, to leave a legacy. Personally, when asked how long I desire to live, it is to see my grandchildren as adults.
But the legacy idea is deeply flawed, once you look to the generations beyond your grandchildren, which is inevitable.
Your great great great grandchildren are only 1/32 you genetically, and 31/32 other dead people. If you could look down from heaven and see your traits in them, you are probably biased or delusional.
Legacy to family is pretty much just the surname, if you are the one in 32 providing it. By then, surnames could be extinct anyway…
But if you were the person to invent the flushing toilet – wow! Not only will all of humanity have a reason to treasure the memory of you, your great great great grandchildren will proudly say they are descended from you.
Work for everyone, not just your kids.
(also, keep in mind that your siblings are 100% genetically you, your kids are 50%, and the other parent is 0%)
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