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Why Gratitude is the Ultimate Miracle

“Why am I totally dead broke again?” that’s what I thought the last time I had started a business that failed. I had no income. I had just lost a bunch of…

“Why am I totally dead broke again?” that’s what I thought the last time I had started a business that failed. I had no income. I had just lost a bunch of money investing in my own business. I was in danger of losing my home. I was in danger of losing a marriage I […]

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ASK JAMES: SOCIETY, THE PRESIDENCY, ECKHART TOLLE, LOVE, BUBBLES and MORE

They say that comets crashed into the Earth a billion years ago and tiny microbacteria came from the comet and impregnated this Earth with water and life. From that combination, eventually, we…

They say that comets crashed into the Earth a billion years ago and tiny microbacteria came from the comet and impregnated this Earth with water and life. From that combination, eventually, we humans rose out of it.   Sometimes I want to go home. Back to the comet and continue on its journey to the […]

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If You're a Billionaire You Probably Have One of these Six Diseases

I was walking with my kids by the river and they asked me what was the happiest moment of my life and I said, “right here, walking with my two lovebirds right…

I was walking with my kids by the river and they asked me what was the happiest moment of my life and I said, “right here, walking with my two lovebirds right by the river”. It was all green and lush and no people were around and there was just us the river, and mountains […]

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The Worst Boss Ever

“I think she’s a money hungry slut,” was the answer to my question. Let me back up twelve hours before that was said. I had to return my dad’s leased car to…

“I think she’s a money hungry slut,” was the answer to my question. Let me back up twelve hours before that was said. I had to return my dad’s leased car to the car company because he had just had a stroke. I went to visit him. He was staring at the ceiling. The hospital […]

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6 Things I Learned from Charles Bukowski

Bukowski was disgusting, his actual real fiction is awful, he’s been called a misogynist, overly simplistic, the worst narcissist, (and probably all of the above are true to an extent) and whenever…

Bukowski was disgusting, his actual real fiction is awful, he’s been called a misogynist, overly simplistic, the worst narcissist, (and probably all of the above are true to an extent) and whenever there’s a collection of “Greatest American Writers” he’s never included. And yet… he’s probably the greatest American writer ever. Whether you’ve read him […]

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27 Ways To Be Unhappy and One Way To Be Happy

I was happy the first time I kissed a girl. We were 18 (I was an old man by that time, imagining what a kiss would be like through a 1000 books…

I was happy the first time I kissed a girl. We were 18 (I was an old man by that time, imagining what a kiss would be like through a 1000 books on my parent’s bookshelves (“Candy” by Terry Southern, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” by Judith Rossner, “Boys & Girls Together” by William Goldman, and […]

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ASK JAMES: EVIL, ATHEISM, OCCUPY WALL STREET, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, and MORE

Every Thursday from 3:30-4:30 I’m going to answer  any questions about any topic under the sun. It’s my lifelong quest to be the social media “Dear Abby” and I’m having fun and…

Every Thursday from 3:30-4:30 I’m going to answer  any questions about any topic under the sun. It’s my lifelong quest to be the social media “Dear Abby” and I’m having fun and I think others are also. Then every Saturday I’ll pick some of the questions and provide more extensive answers. Here they are:   […]

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