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by Lone Wolf
Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:06 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Oh my goodness! Can this be? (re: Banned)
Replies: 37
Views: 11700

Re: Oh my goodness! Can this be? (re: Banned)

China, like everywhere, has its pluses and its minuses. Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed this post!  Your perspective was a lot of fun to read. I'm glad you made your way back onto the forum.  Hopefully you made sure that you weren't being followed by any suspicious-looking hacker types.  :) I was thin...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: New study: United States fares poorly in comparison with other rich countries
Replies: 27
Views: 11760

Re: New study: United States fares poorly in comparison with other rich countries

This shows the NYTimes' bias so well. Looking at the actual data shows that while car accidents were indeed the #1 killer, "gun violence" is far down the list and drug overdoses are nowhere to be seen: Oops, looks like they forgot about heart disease and cancer. What awful reporting, and what awful...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:02 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Hypertrophy Regime
Replies: 28
Views: 13126

Re: The Permanent Hypertrophy Regime

Hah, yup!  I've been in the iron game for a long time, so I'm pretty familiar with everything that's out there.  I'm going to see if I have the stick-withitude to stay on the 531 for one year and see how much progress I can make.  I'm in cycle II now. Sweet, you can't go wrong there!  I did 10 cycl...
by Lone Wolf
Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Hypertrophy Regime
Replies: 28
Views: 13126

Re: The Permanent Hypertrophy Regime

This is a great article.  I've had it bookmarked for a while now.  Question for a gym noob - is it possible to do any of those compound exercises without a spotter?  The biggest hurdle I have to strength training is that it's difficult if not impossible in this busy time to find someone who is will...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

Good news. I started getting 8 hours of sleep for the past week and I've been having segmented sleep and remembering my dreams. Awesome!!  Does this mean that you found yourself falling into the segmented sleep pattern naturally or did you have to nudge yourself in that direction with other aids li...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

Wait, are you sure that you mean 750 mg of melatonin ?  Holy cow, that is one serious dose!  Even 25 mg is a very large amount.  I take more like 0.75mg-1.5mg if I've had some caffeine and need to get to sleep. Oops, I meant mcg!  :D LOL, cool.  The highest I've gone was 3 mg at bedtime in order to...
by Lone Wolf
Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:48 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

No tolerance that I'm aware of, but I do take 2 days off a week.  I recently tried a new brand and a higher dose (750mg) than what the pineal gland releases naturally and the expected drowsiness has gone away after about a week, so maybe there is tolerance at higher than physiologic doses or the al...
by Lone Wolf
Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

I will buy it and compare it to the melatonin supplement. Have you used melatonin long-term?  I don't employ it often, and only do so in low doses (<4 mg per week), but I was curious if you had any thoughts on whether tolerance builds up over time.  I hadn't seen strong evidence of it but did run a...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

Very true. Another interesting factoid about segmented sleep is that many people chose to fornicate during their wakeful period between their first and second sleep. I suppose the surge in prolactin had a lot to do with that. Almost makes you wonder if that's how our species traditionally got 'in t...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:45 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are we living inside a computer simulation?
Replies: 31
Views: 11667

Re: Are we living inside a computer simulation?

Fun, fun thread.  :) Who is to say that religion and science cannot both be right?  I do believe that it is possible that the technological singularity will occur, and we might be able to make most humans on this planet immortal.  Technological breakthroughs in food cultivation (lab grown meat, etc)...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:48 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

So, we might hypothesize that a lifetime of segmented sleep and heightened awakeness cycles would be producing some seriously vivid and meaningful dreams? It's no wonder people were more religious back then — people likely felt much more spiritual  with those kinds of daily experiences. Yes, that's...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:41 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

If you look at the reviews, you'll notice that many of the users of these $8 glasses are experiencing some major melatonin surges. You put those babies on and before long you feel like turning in for the night without the usual cortisol interference. Ha!  I am loving the idea of these glasses... bu...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

There are times when I naturally wake up at 4:00am, and when this happens I usually have had a Big Dream (as the Jungians call it) which is full of mythological images and meaning.  When I sleep all the way to 7:00am the dreams are usually stupid and/or boring (not the f-ing airport again!), but so...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:27 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

CONFIRMED!!!! See here... The author mentions the higher incidence of (lucid) dreaming in the "second sleep" as if it were common knowledge. Wow. Holy crap x2!! Holy crap #1: This confirms that with the "old school" segmented sleep practices you almost certainly got a radically higher incidence of ...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:42 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

Holy crap is right! I think you may be right. There is a very decent chance people were experiencing lucid dreams much more often back then. It almost implies that lucid dreaming is part of our evolutionary circadian rhythm!! That is really astounding if that's true. I know, man!  It's funny how th...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:59 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Rebalancing... Hormones?
Replies: 142
Views: 41886

Re: Rebalancing... Hormones?

But, historians and researchers have uncovered that before there was artificial (blue) light, people used to have two periods of sleep at night. It's known as " Segmented Sleep ". People would go to sleep shortly after sundown and wake up around 1-2am and then go back to sleep till the morning. You...
by Lone Wolf
Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:27 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: It's not the end of the world...???
Replies: 45
Views: 13832

Re: It's not the end of the world...???

Apocalyptic thinking is a normal part of the human condition.  We're all susceptible to it, it's not new, and it's nothing to be embarrassed about -- just watched for and tempered. Like MT said, personal, local apocalypses happen to people all the time.  Keep your finances in good order.  Have a lit...
by Lone Wolf
Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:17 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Shirtless FBI Agent From the Petraeus Story
Replies: 5
Views: 2317

Re: The Shirtless FBI Agent From the Petraeus Story

What a great photo. Funny you should post this.  When it came out that the photo of the "shirtless FBI agent" was actually an obvious (and kinda funny) joke, I was immediately reminded of your Aldous Huxley quote. It's funny how you can wind up with a better understanding of a story by actively ign...
by Lone Wolf
Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:02 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: 80-90% of your Total Savings in PP
Replies: 43
Views: 22505

Re: 80-90% of your Total Savings in PP

I'm just under 96%, which is as "all in" as I can manage.  (For simplicity, I include things like my checking account as cash.)  There are always a few pieces that don't quite fit, but that's okay.  I didn't find a good way to build a PP for 529 college savings plans, for example, so went with a 50/...
by Lone Wolf
Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:55 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail
Replies: 48
Views: 15631

Re: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail

That's not true today, though.  Interest rates are 0% but inflation is certainly >0%.  So the "whiners" are of course correct when they worry that their irreplaceable savings are being eroded by our current policies. How many other oddities do there have to be before the PP loses its safety appeal?...
by Lone Wolf
Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:40 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail
Replies: 48
Views: 15631

Re: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail

Typically, Short Term Treasuries and banks (via Short Term Treasuries and private credit instruments) have provided a relatively good preservation of wealth. Harry Browne discussed this a number of times. So, this idea that all our purchasing power disappears when the dollar weaken usually isn't tr...
by Lone Wolf
Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:30 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Chances of losing (and winning!) are close to zero.
Replies: 348
Views: 112152

Re: Chances of losing (and winning!) are close to zero.

It's great to have you here, Marc!  I remember reading about your European Permanent Portfolio waaaay back in the day on the Bogleheads thread. If you believe U.S. inflation is that high, how do you explain the fact that wages have definitely NOT risen by anything near 5.5% per year? While 5.5% is h...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Obesity
Replies: 62
Views: 17596

Re: Obesity

It seems to me that if people simply eliminated sweetened drinks from their diets and dramatically cut down on the bread and fried foods they consumed, it would make a huge difference in public health.  This won't happen, of course, but it's important to remember that the solution is not complicate...
by Lone Wolf
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: A PP Tweak with some Theoretical and Empirical Logic
Replies: 32
Views: 14555

Re: A PP Tweak with some Theoretical and Empirical Logic

I always enjoy insightful PP surgery like this. I do want to touch on the simplification angle.  What might appear to be a simplification (going to 3 types of securities rather than 4) often isn't in practice.  Most of us will keep some substantial portion of our money in cash-like instruments in or...
by Lone Wolf
Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:51 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail
Replies: 48
Views: 15631

Re: Why The PP Will Eventually Fail

I understand your concern that we might not see prosperity anytime soon.  It's easy to see the current situation as dispiriting --  the U.S. rehired a balkanizing, statist epic fail of a President when we had a successful , pro-liberty executive like Gary Johnson ready to do the job.  If you've been...