By Mat Labotka & Veronique Hurley
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Who are we? What do we want and what is our purpose? Discovering humanity begins in childhood. Society has a plethora of fairy tales and legends that show humankind’s greatest ambitions. We teach our children all of our most idealistic aspirations. We can glean from these myths a vision of heroes that protect the innocent, fight for peace, put an end to suffering and war. Yet, we still have war. Who starts the wars? Across the country, people teach their children to be kind and share. But every four years we are asked to pick a leader; we choose among us the person we want to direct us toward what our inner hearts desire.
Do we choose a King Arthur? Do we find our Dumbledore? Do we nominate our Aragorn? Listen to the demon on your shoulder with Mat and Veronique as we put away the story books and discover Human Nature’s shadowed, unsung, true Morality!
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Being human is to err. The Master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. To achieve greatness, one must work through endless suffering in order mold oneself into a vessel for perfection. The Gurus have toiled through a lifetime of sacrifice and agony to become something grander than merely mortal. But even they have been guilty of putting off laundry day. Laziness is a symptom of mortality. Rome was not built in a day, and it certainly wasn’t built by working through lunch. Things take time, and some priorities get pushed back. So why does the brain keep us up at night making us feel like worthless, lazy, useless sacks of garbage? Agonize with Veronique and Mat as we worry over that thing we were supposed to be doing and, oh, I have to brush my teeth and walk the dog before I get around to Procrastination!
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Once again the leaves wallow from the trees. Darkness encroaches. There are shadows of things creeping in the night. Even in your own home, you are not safe from the monsters prowling in the dim recesses. There are many frightening mascots for the haunting, harvest season. There are bats, there are spiders, there are owls, there are many ghouls in the baren trees and scurrying through the piles of dying leaves outside. But there is another beast that haunts the night, one that we have foolishly invited into our homes. Cower with Mat and Veronique as we flinch at the creaking floorboards, terrorized by the whispers of the stalking home-invasion of Scary Cats!
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Humankind is the Apex predator on this planet, but we are not alone. Humanity has a best friend, a companion species in the Animal Kingdom. We have developed a symbiotic relationship with a loyal, faithful, and joyful partner in this entropic, mortal coil. Over generations and millennia we have come together in our homes and in our families, building a bond that supersedes fundamental needs, and even breaks into the realm of unconditional love; the bond between Humans and their best friend, dogs. And then, like a vacation ruined by uninvited in-laws, another animal moved in. Like an unemployed, adult child, they mooch off of our dwindling hospitality. Scratch up the furniture with Mat and Veronique as we cough up the indigestible furball of Cats!
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All of Humankind is akin, from the earliest cave-dwellers to the astronauts floating in space stranded by Boeing, we are all united in the ethereal, unconscious nether of sleep. No matter the microprocessor speed of our daily lives, we all are bound to the mortal coil of comatose slumber. While we now live in a world of scientific knowledge, our ancestral superstitions linger in our subconscious. The tribal cave-mind hides in the forgotten reaches of the back of our mind until we drift off to the enchanted nether of dreams where ancient nightmares torment our psyche. All the while our body lays still and unused for eight hours. But why? Why is there no pill to stop this? Our corporate overlords want more and more labor and sweat, why have they not demanded an end to this waste of productivity? Brush your teeth and put on your PJs with Mat and Veronique as we toss and turn and bemoan that elusive release of Sleep!
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Agriculture is, of course, how we grow our food, but it is also humanity’s most fundamental connection to the Earth. The bountiful nutrients and minerals of Earth’s rich soils are unlocked by vegetation’s burrowing roots. And the different sediments of Earth’s many environments produce specific thriving flavors native to certain places: the grapes of Bordeaux, the olives of Sicily, and the hydroponic cannabis of Studio City. These flavors are celebrated throughout the world. But some places have a deep-seeded need for secrecy. New Jersey is an area where you keep your mouth shut, Fahgettaboutit, you-don’t-need-to-know kind of place. Come visit the Garden State with Mat, Veronique, and Guest – Amanda Bruton – as we dig up Jersey’s surprising little secret, a bright red splatter pattern of Jersey Tomatoes!
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Evolution forges animals in a chaotic gauntlet of carnage and slaughter. Like a gladiatorial arena, only the strongest and fittest can survive the tumult. Eons of desperate hunting, killing, and fighting between species has born out to create the single-elimination food web that governs all living things. Until Humankind. The human has outclassed all other species so thoroughly that in our hubris, we take small competitors as pets. We are so immune from any other predator that we toss them morsels out of pity. But do they receive such cowardly scraps with any shame? They are still playing the game. They find food and attack. They look to us, not as friend, but as a pinata of crumbs. Grab some bread with Veronique and Mat as we wantonly waste food only to be swarmed by the onslaught of Feeding Birds!
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Welcome to the Information Age! If you’re still reading this then you are already behind, because the information is flowing faster than it can be consumed. It is impossible to stay current in the flowing rapids of content being streamed through the intertubes of the Now! And just like a river’s current, money churns mercilessly through the hydroelectric dams of economic power. That’s why it’s called currency, and its never really yours, you just borrow it for a brief moment before directing the stream back into the labyrinthian plumbing of the flushing Hand of the Market! In the whirlpool of life in the current, why bother pretending anything is owned? Get swept past the terms of service with Mat and Veronique as we jettison the burden of property just to drown in the choking, gulping drag of Monthly Subscriptions!
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Humankind is a collaborative species, and the key to collaboration is communication. From the first spoken language, to the advent of the Ricola horn, to flag waving semaphore, straight on to the Walkie Talkie, communication has improved incalculably. Until the telephone. From the first phone call, it seemed a promising development, but the second call was a misleading confusion about Alexander Graham Bell’s extended car warranty. The telephone not only gave us the ability to reach anybody on the planet, it also gave everybody on the planet a way to reach us. Now, with cell phones in everyone’s pocket, crooks and liars and thieves no longer have to locate a mark, just punch some digits and they’re already in someone’s pocket. When every unknown call is known to be a ruse, can we finally fracture the phone part away from the cell? Answer the call with Mat and Veronique as we scrounge up some Google Play Gift Cards to satisfy the relentless onslaught of the Spam Calls!
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The Earth has been dominated by different dynasties throughout the eons. The Primordial Earth was governed by the amoeba, the Jurassic Earth was conquered by the dinosaur, the Common Era was managed by Humankind, and now is the Age of the Automobile. These mammoth beasts have evolved into Range Rovers that have decimated the habitats that Humans once flourished in. Fortunately, when dormant, they are mostly safe. But there is still controversy over the ethics of using multiple pressure points on their wheels. Is the Parking Gear equipped to hold these Goliaths at bay? Tap the brakes with Veronique and Mat as we grab them by the reins and yank up on the Parking Brakes!
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