Marc Arginteanu's Blog, page 30

April 7, 2023

Weekend fiction- Rosemary's Baby

The horrific crime wave in NYC (and all our other big cities) prompted me to reread Ira Levin���s classic horror, Rosemary���s Baby. Before the Devil Went Down to Georgia, he stopped at an exclusive NYC high rise.

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Published on April 07, 2023 06:17

March 28, 2023

FIRE fifties: be financially ready for you2.0

The acronym FIRE stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. I hate the term retire. It sounds too much like ���tired��� and its connotation is ���old.��� I like to think of FIRE as a burning thing��� a fire in the belly��� mo...

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Published on March 28, 2023 04:52

March 27, 2023

Weekend reading - Sirens of Titan

Sometimes the right thing to do is hide the truth, even from your best friend.��

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Published on March 27, 2023 07:04

March 20, 2023

Weekend reading- Alice in Wonderland

I couldn���t decide whether I���d rather read some of my favorite poems or lose myself in one of my favorite worlds this weekend.��

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Published on March 20, 2023 05:55

March 17, 2023

One minute meditations: Get your three brains in sync

Ten deep breaths can get your cogitating neocortex in tune with your emotional limbic system and instinctive reptilian brain

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Published on March 17, 2023 08:54

March 13, 2023

Weekend Reading- Bhagavad Gita

The legendary warrior Arjuna laid down his arms in the midst of a great battle (just like Achilles did before the walls of Troy). The motives of the two heroes (Achilles and Arjuna) were polar opposites. Arjuna was paral...

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Published on March 13, 2023 06:56

March 12, 2023

Bullet to the brain

Reader Review

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Published on March 12, 2023 07:02

March 11, 2023

Brain benefits of mushrooms: new evidence

In 2023, a multinational group of researchers reported new evidence regarding the brain benefits of Lion���s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) mushrooms. The scientists distilled an extract from the mushrooms, called Hericene A, a...

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Published on March 11, 2023 06:07

March 7, 2023

Weekend reading- Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel Garcia Marquez knows it. You want love! We all do.��

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Published on March 07, 2023 06:38

March 2, 2023

Mental Masturbation

Debunking pseudoscience--

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Published on March 02, 2023 06:38