How to DHV.

DHV stands for demonstration of higher value. You should never come right out with your DHV. This demonstrates neediness not status. The DHV should always be indirect. Your friends can say good things about you but you cannot say them about yourself.

It is amusing to DHV when you are in a conversation as the woman 'perks up' instantly and even becomes more physically attractive.

This is a list of DHV's that work for me. They are all true and you should think of your own examples that you can deliver truthfully.

1) I have a zippo lighter with an inscription 'European Grunwald Champion 2010'. The woman will ask what Granwald is and I will look at her and say 'first rule of Grunwald- no talking about Grunwald'. Then give a cheeky smile. This is actually a joke and fits in with my fun loving pickup persona.

2) I tell her that I can make her orgasm without touching her. This is true.

3) I mention something from one of my travels provided I can slip it into my conversation naturally.

4) Try the Ryanair DHV

A picture I have always detested.

We all need a home, a safe haven.

I way laying on my bed only yesterday and looking up at a picture that I have always detested- a sentimentalised Victorian painting of a fairy.

This painting had looked down on me each night since my divorce. I had bought the picture with my own money, and also framed it myself in return for some peace from my former wife.

I leaped from the bed and smashed the picture.! We think that the small things in our life are not important- we allow women to choose the colour scheme of our home and the furniture because we like to please them. Gradually we find ourselves living in another persons home. Our careers, our finances and even our clothing come to be managed by women, and each area we give up diminishes our safe haven- and diminishes us.

We believe that there will come a point when the woman will at last be satisfied- but this never happens. She will insist that we carry a mobile phone to check upon our whereabouts as if we were subject to a criminal tagging scheme! If we submit to this (and very many men do) we will eventually find that we are no longer masters of our own movements.

Along with a reduction in his physical Safe Haven comes a reduction in his sense of himself. He will be 'less himself' and more easily influenced. This is one reason cults and military organizations restrict personal space- by doing so they suppress the individuality of the recruit.

I built the prison that I lived in.

I have replaced her picture with one that reminds me of Kew, a place that I love, and my mother loved before her death.

These little touches of identity give me peace.

Teaching English

Many men have found escape from their own countries by teaching English abroad. It is not an easy option. We must remember that our students have invested a great deal of money to learn English and we hold their future in our hands. This means that we are obligated to take it very seriously.

Does it pay? Sometimes! The English teacher will receive a good local wage and will often have good accommodation and a maid provided. These services would cost a great deal in the UK but are very cheap locally.

The male English teacher also lives in a sexual paradise even if he has no game whatever. In fact teaching IS game. Game may be seem as an artificial means of creating what English teachers have for real.

Social proof. Women are attracted to men who are listened to by other men. Who is listened to more than an English teacher?

Lifestyle. Who lives a more interesting life than a traveller?

Genetic diversity. There is a tendency to mix genes with people unlike yourself. This is why 'exotic' looks are always prized. You will know this if you have ever traveled- you become suddenly good looking wherever you go.

In order to do this you may need a CELTA or other high level teaching certificate. A good school such as my own choice International House requires good English before they will accept me as a student. Unfortunately I have not yet reached this standard and so am doing a simple (free) English course right now.

In addition to this many countries require a degree in order to issue a work visa. My choice here is the Open University that offers a part time flexible 'open' degree which involves moving from subject to subject at will.

Thirty day ration pack.

The thirty day ration pack is intended as a way of surviving economic hardship or a disruption to local food supplies (flood, general strike, adverse weather ext). It is the base upon which more advanced systems may be built.

Food and drink

8 cans of baked beans (cheap source of protean and energy)
8 cans of chopped tomatoes (can make a meal out  kitchen scraps)
8 cans of kidney beans (very cheap)
8 cans of peas
8 cans of tinned fruit (good source of liquid)
8 cans of chunky soup
8 cans of corned beef
8 cans of vegetables

Fruit juice
Pita bread
Dried milk
Cheese

All of these items may be eaten cold if needed.

Types of survival kit.

A bug in box is the common name for a box of supplies that will be useful if you ever have to hide out in your own home for a while.

In reality it generally consists of three components.

1) General household supplies.
Most homes have a few days worth of food. In the event of a crisis you should fill every available container with water. You may like to keep an assortment of empty bottles and jars on hand for this purpose. Eat the food in your refrigerator first.

2) Your pocket kit.
This is simply the items you carry in your pocket. This should always include cash, a small torch, two pens and a notebook. Other items are up to you.


3) Bug out bag.
This is a more mobile kit that is intended for outdoor use. Nevertheless it is of almost equal use in the home.

4) The bug in box.

This should contain as a minimum-


A wind up torch and radio.

Potassium iodide-the famous 'anti radiation tablets' of 1950's films. Fairly effective against power station sabotage and dirty bombs.

Potassium permanganate. This is a powerful die and water purifier. It is also a component of explosives so be careful of the authorities. It is also useful for sterilising wounds.

Some good survival books.

Plastic sheeting and elephant tape.

Matches or lighter.


Multi vitamins.

Gold Sovereigns

Silver Brittanias (place silver item in water receptacles to keep the water potable).

A good knife.

Plenty of food and more water than you think.

Begin at the end.

All self improvement involves starting at the finishing post.

Let me explain.

Suppose we had an alcoholic that we wished to help. We could..

a) Discuss his childhood while he drank himself to death.
or..
b) Get him to stop drinking.

Now, immediately he does this all hell will break out in his life. His 'friends' will no longer wish to see him because they love alcohol more than they love him. He will suffer alcohol cravings and he will understand just how terribly empty his life has really become.

Such a person is in a truly wretched state- and yet he now knows more about his problems than he would have discovered from five years of therapy!

He can now begin the true work of recovery- which starts at the finishing post and not the starting gate.

Becoming free is much the same. We can discuss feminism forever- or we can start at the end- simply act as if we were free. This will teach us who our real friends are!

Live as if immortal.

When you were about to be born, your life expectancy was less than sixty years. This is because all of the dangers of life were still ahead of you.

On birth, your life expectancy actually increased. This was despite being older. You had passed one of the great hazards of life.

Childhood is a dangerous time, and by the time you reached the age of twelve you had already proved yourself one of the strong ones. Although you are now older, your life expectancy has also increased. You can now expect to live to about sixty five. Strangely, your life expectancy has grown by fifteen years and yet you are only twelve years older!

You are not consuming your years on earth at all! You now have more years ahead of you than you did before birth!

This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, you have been lucky. This automatically averages up your life expectancy. Second, you have no genetic abnormalities and thirdly, economic growth has made the world safer while you were growing.

Death has receded as you have traveled through life. Although you have grown older, death has come no nearer.

This changes in your thirties. Your life expectancy continues to lengthen- but officially not at the same rate. In fact it is becoming harder to calculate your life expectancy at all because this is based upon partial information.

Life expectancy is based upon the age at which people are dying right now. It is always an under estimate.

For example, if man are dying at the age of (say) 67, this is the product of the life they have led up until the point of death. In other words, his death is not just the product of the environment of 2008 but of all the past years of his life. He has been exposed to chemicals and hazards that no person in there thirties will ever experience. Any life expectancy calculated on this basis is therefore bound to be wrong!

What, then is our life expectancy.

I have no idea whatever!

It may be ten thousand years!!

I am quite serious. I have been following stem cell research quite closely. There is one experiment running right now to breed an immortal fruit fly. In order to do this they force the fly to adopt the Men Going Their Own Way lifestyle- the fruit fly only get to reproduce when they are older, rather like a balding Western man who goes to Thailand. The fly undergoes a form of accelerated evolution. They have to be virile because only virile fly make it to the age at which they can reproduce. So far they have evolved to live double their natural span and it appears that this process continues. The really exciting thing is that they become super fly- far stronger and harder to kill than any normal fruit fly. This reminds me of top athletes who abstain from sex in order to perform better. Perhaps both these phenomena spring from the same root? If this is true of humans, the one hundred year old man of the future will look at the athletic powers of the sixteen year old with pity.

So what till it take to be one of the immortals?

Three things.

Time, money, and the will to live.

We have no idea how long it will take to develop an effective immortality treatment. Maybe it will take a hundred years. This would mean that the children alive today will have a shot at immortality.

Perhaps there will be intermediate treatments- the chance to regenerate a brain, or a heart. In this case we are all in with a chance.

I am told it will be possible to grow new teeth in twenty years.

We shall see.

Perhaps I will meet some of you in a thousand years.

What should we talk about then?

Getting more from sleep

What could you do with an extra hour a day? The biggest waste of time is sleeping badly. If we could sleep better we may sleep less and be more awake in the day.

A great deal probably- but where is this extra hour to come from?

Get a comfortable bed. Take less caffeine! This may be the best time management tip you will ever receive.

Play

Do you remember playing in a sandpit or on the beach as a child? It was heaven itself. All day you would dig and build with the sun upon your back- not wishing to miss a moment.

This is what it is like to work as a free being. Creation is the greatest joy known to man. All children know this- a happy child is a busy child- drawing, digging, exploring. This is the way adult life is supposed to be! Our toys are bigger than the ones we had as children. We must learn to play again.

How to deal with Liberals

The liberal is often the enemy of freedom. This is not say that they are bad people. Very often they are compassionate with a real mission to help. They tend to vote for big government because this provides helping roles for themselves.

Unfortunately it is not possible to help a person without also controlling them. The liberal often resembles a parent.

This is what drives the expansion of the state. It is not that a helpless population demand these services- it is that the professions demand people to care for.

The best way to get a liberal off your back is to get them to help you. They fear abandonment so let them feel needed. They are usually good people.

To get rid of junk- get rid of the boxes.

People who own junk always have a great many handy boxes. We think that they will become organized if we introduce the correct system.

Not so! Once the junk is filed away it makes room for more junk- often duplicate junk. All we have done is made little junk houses where junk can hide.

Sometimes we need to make things worse before we make them better. Throw away your storage units! Tip your junk over the floor and make a decision on each item. Make the junk so dreadful that you have to deal with it!

Saving Britney!

Each of us has our own history that gives us our unique abilities. My own childhood was rather troubled but it has given me abilities few people have. I can recognise a secret drinker instantly- even over the telephone.

Like many children of alcoholics I am something of a rescuer. I can recognize  a damsel in distress before she even knows she is one!. This photo was published before Britney's mental problems. It broke my heart as I saw her entire future there.

Be careful who you rescue. Rescue yourself first.

Garlic

We are all supposed to eat more garlic but only the middle classes do so.

The best garlic (for taste and health benefits) is the actual garlic clove. The problem is that it is difficult to store. It will dry out if you leave it in the open but it will go off if you put it in a sealed jar.

The answer is a garlic jar.

Nuts

Shelled nuts are great survival food- particularly if you are on the road because they are so light. The only real problem with them is that they are very fattening and it is tempting to eat them in non emergency situations so none will be available when TSHTF.

One alternative may be fruit and nut chocolate or the famous Kendal mint cake. Mint cake has become a hiking product because it packs so many calories but it may also be found in certain supermarkets.

Boiled sweets can also be a useful but the most important thing of all is water.

Richard is buying fruit juce.

SITUATIONS LIKELY TO RESULT IN A BREAKDOWN IN FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY.

1) FLOODING. Mass immigration to the South-east of England and elsewhere has forced the government to allow the construction of housing on flood planes.

Most survivalist sites seem to be very keen on dry noodles which are only useful if you have water and heat. I prefer to keep plenty of fruit juice in the house. This will keep me hydrated and maintain my strength even if I have no other food.

2) TERRORIST ATTACK. Any use of nerve gas or dirty bomb anywhere will render the water supply suspect. I would recommended having seven days liquid in this event.

3) FLU PANDEMIC. Sweat it out at home in bed. Expect power cuts if it becomes a true pandemic. Drink fruit juice.

Fruit juice emerges as an all purpose survival aid. This will keep at last six months and is far more useful than a Rambo costume with Bazooka and flamethrower or some such nonsense.

Bug out, bug in.

We are all nine meals away from anarchy. Once a person has gone hungry for three days he is likely to become violent.

Most supermarkets do not hold a great deal of stock. If there was a breakdown in the transport system we might see the shops empty in a few hours. This is not a fantastic notion. It would probably happen within a week if Britain were unable to import oil.

BUG IN BOX (items that will be of use if I intend to remain put.)

1) Emergency lighting.

It must be remembered that candles store more energy gram for gram than dynamite. Seal them in metal tins and make them airtight so that they do not burst into flames if you home catches fire.

Candle wax may be used for waterproofing and will allow you to build a fire with damp wood. I will also buy a wind up torch and radio at some point as these will be useful for camping trips.


2) Dual purpose items.

The law does not allow you to carry a weapon for self defence but you CAN defend yourself with whatever you have in your hands.

It is quite reasonable to be carrying a torch if it is dark. I have chosen a maglight (the one shaped like a club) as it is also a useful weapon if attacked. No court would blame you for carrying a torch if you were investigating a suspicious noise at night. They would take a different view if it were a baseball bat.

Buy the newer LED models if they are available in your country as the batteries last longer.

The same applies to steel pens and umbrellas in normal life. You are entitled to defend yourself and cannot be blamed for owning these items.


3) Flu survival kit.

I believe that there will almost certainly be some sort of flu pandemic. This will be deeply unpleasant for most of the people who experience it but not fatal.

If you are not sure how seriously to take it you may track its progress on this real time map. Here

All medical help will tend to be directed towards the most vulnerable. For this reason you will have to retreat to your bed and sweat out the illness alone.

The biggest problem with flu is that it makes one terribly weak. We know that we are supposed to drink plenty of water but we generally do not have the strength to get out of bed.

Have some soup or other convalescent food in the house for when you start to recover. It is also a good idea to drink fruit juice during the illness as it provides a little glucose and keeps the strength up.

It is unlikely that anti viral drugs will be available so we will have to rely upon the old remedies. Keep a bottle of water by the bed, paracetamol (the active ingredient in many expensive cold cures) tiger balm and Vitamin C. Be careful not to overdose on paracetamol by taking multiple products. Ginger root is also good for aches and pains. If you are reasonably fit you will be OK.

If the pandemic strikes, basic hygiene will serve you better than high tech gadgets. Viruses tend to become less deadly over time.


4) General first aid.

Keep plenty of plasters to hand as these are usually the first item to run out. Do not carry aspirin (it causes internal bleeding if there is an injury) and have plenty of safety pins, particularly if you have to travel. Clothing can be easily torn.

NOTE: Aspirin does have its uses- but not as an emergency painkiller. Its blood thinning properties can save someones life if it is given in the first stages of a heart attack. It is also alleged to have anti cancer properties.


5) In a political crisis.

Keep your passport and driving licence in your emergency box. The authorities may require you to prove your identity, or you may need to relocate quickly.

Survivalists often keep a supply of gold coins as gold is proof against inflation, deflation and the breakdown of the banking system. They may be moved across borders and leave no paper trail when spent. They are therefore very popular as a hedge against political tyranny. I have some gold sovereigns of my own but hope never to need them.


6) Money.

Buy a money belt. These strap across the waist and are difficult to steal. In addition they offer limited protection from stab wounds. If you suspect a crisis is brewing, withdraw a wad of cash. This will allow you to survive if the ATM's are no longer dispensing. In the event of a political crisis you may also wish to make indicative purchase in cash. An indicative purchase is any purchase that would indicate your intentions- such as a journey to another city or another country.


7) Water and air.

You may survive for three weeks without food. Three days without water and three minutes without air.

Maintain a supply of water bottles and fill the bath in any emergency. It is easier for a terrorist to poison the water supply than hijack a plane. Airborne toxins will also tend to be washed into the water supply and carried many miles.

If you suspect a dirty (radioactive) bomb or anthrax you must prevent dust entering your home. Seal all entry points with tape.


8) Potassium Permanganate.

This is just about the most useful survival good imaginable. It takes the form of purple crystals and may be used to colour snow (it is a powerful die). Alternatively it may be used to sterilise water or a wound. It may even be used as a fire starter as the crystals release oxygen when heated.


9) Food and drink.

A large quantity of fruit juice- as much as you can store.

You may wish to store baked beans (good source of protean and energy). Tinned fruit, chunky soup (which you may have to eat cold) and milk powder.


10) Potassium iodide tablets.

These are the famous 'anti radiation' tablets we hear of in old films. They are particularly effective in the event of a nuclear accident or dirty bomb incident.

You exact choice of survival kit will depend upon you view of the threat. My own kit consists of items that I am likely to use in normal life even if there is no emergency. I own no illegal weapons as this is more likely to create an emergency than save me from one.

You may assemble a very useful bug in box for as little as £50.


My BUG OUT BAG contains..

1) Clothing. Spare underwear, dry t shirts and so on. A waterproof mac is useful in warm weather.

2) A leatherman with a legal blade. These are the most useful items ever invented. A Swedish fire-stone for fire-making in wet conditions is also useful, as is elephant tape, a wind up torch, and some matches.

3) Plastic bin-liners. These are useful for waterproofing. Space blankets for warmth and a whistle for communication. Mirrors and a compass will help too.

4) Tent, gortex boots and a sleeping bag.

5) Fruit juce and a refillable camping bottle. Water is more important than food.

6) String.


7) A camping stove or fire kit.

A bug out bag will cost about £250 but will double as a camping kit!

Paradox

You are highly intelligent, young, educated and healthy.
(You are twenty times more likely to suffer depression than a Nigerian slum dweller)

You are politically free. Travel is cheap and you earn more in an hour than many people earn in a month.
(All you do is work- you rarely leave your own home).

You live in a land of sexual abundance. You meet women every day.
(You wonder where the women are)

2012

Human beings need drama- and one of the most persistent notion is of the end of days. The story is always the same- the world is coming to an end due to the folly of the rich and the powerful but fortunately a small group see it coming. This is also the motivation behind a lot of survivalism. Survivalists often look forward to a new and more pure society that will follow the fall. This is an illusion- but a beguiling one.

The Bridge and the Rope.

A man was crossing a bridge to meet his future. He met a woman half way across who approached him and handed him one end of a rope. "Hold on to this very tightly" she warned "for my life depends upon it."

Mystified the man grasped the rope tightly as he was asked. The woman tied the other end around her body and before he could stop her, she flung herself from the bridge!

The man clung to the rope as tightly as he could as he realised that the woman had been telling the truth! If he let go she would surely die!

He looked around him for some help or something to tie the rope to. There was nothing. The man was strong and so he was able to pull the woman up three times, almost to the point of safety, but each time she threw herself down again. "Heeeeeeelp meeeeeeee!!" was all she would say.

Eventually the man realised that he was tiring and it was growing dark. He would surely be pulled over the edge and meet his death before the following morning.

He gave her one last chance to live. He called over to her and told her that he still had strength to pull her up if she helped him by climbing as he did so.

"Heeeeeelp meeeeeee!" Came her reply.

Yet still she did nothing to save herself.

At the last of his strength the man told her. "I respect your choice" and released the rope.

He continued across the bridge to his future.

Truth.

A while ago a friend of mine mentioned that he no longer needed to lie.

In its own way this was a profound observation. Many people believe (falsely) that they have to lie but almost everyone wants to tell the truth. I realise that I have not told a lie for years.

The most common form of lie is to hide ones own values because we fear other people will judge us. This is why people mouth PC platitudes to one another. I have discovered it is possible to be completely honest about my views- provided I allow the other person to be honest with me.

Feminists are often quite interested to meet an anti feminist man and sometimes this even sparks attraction as it acts as a 'neg' (to use pick up jargon).

The Monk and the Nobleman.

There is a story in the Zen tradition of Buddhism of a nobleman who approached a monk begging alms at the side of the road. "If you would only learn to flatter the king" said the nobleman, "you would not have to live on rice."

"If you would only learn to live on rice" replied the monk, "you would not have to flatter the king".

Free anti virus protection.

This software seems just as good as programmes I have paid for in the past. It is also regularly updated, unlike some free services.

Fantastic.

http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage

The original Ghost Nation Essay.

There is a generation of men fading from view. This is a global phenomenon but is particularly noticeable (if this is not a contradiction in terms) in the feminist countries.

Men, who have been pushed to the margins in so many ways have simply elected to disappear. I would imagine that as many as one million men have disappeared ether partially or completely from view in the United Kingdom alone- meaning one in twenty or so of the native born male population.

For the most part this disappearance has occurred without anyone noticing because it has consisted of a gradual fading form view rather than a dramatic exodus from the mainstream.
I call these men the Ghost Nation and would like to introduce the term to common use.
How does one become a citizen of the ghost nation? It occurs in many ways, very few of them are pleasant.

First of all one may become a member of the ghost nation by virtue of coming from a broken home. They have never seen either parent work and are told daily that men and boys are useless. As a result they never get the habit of work and drift around the edges of crime. Women coming from the same background have an option that is not available to men and this is to become pregnant. This ensures the basics of life and gives purpose.

Young men have no anchor whatever other than the gangs they may belong to and other groups of men they may hate. His is how young men come to religious fundamentalism, political extremism and violence- a life has to be about something and these men’s lives are about nothing at all.

These men are among the most dangerous beings upon the face of the earth. These are the men who make revolutions, a barbarian army within the city walls. They may create or destroy and have no place in the existing order of things and no loyalty to it.

I call these men the ghost army simply because they have no dealings with wider society and are thus invisible to it. They rarely vote and own nothing. At present their anger is purely destructive and tribal in nature- directed against other races and other subcultures such as followers of other music.

Older men are joining the ghost nation more consciously and for other reasons. We (for this is my group) have clearer moral guidelines and have rejected crime and parasitism. Nevertheless we have no place in the existing order of things. Some of us have lost everything through divorce and realised that marrying in the feminist world is simple slavery. We know that no matter how honest we may be the courts and legal system will punish every good deed.
Therefore we work at things that interest us. We become harder to control because we are no longer willing to work inhuman hours for a woman’s approval.

Gradually we extricate ourselves from everything we have been brainwashed to believe is normal. This includes consumer credit, expensive chemical sludge pretending to be food and that strange 19th century invention, the career.

Gradually we eliminate, point by point everything that ties us to the feminist state. This takes both economic and emotional form. Rather than let the media form our opinions for us because we are too tired to do anything else, we form our views actively on the internet.

Gradually, gradually we fade from view. We cannot even talk to people who are still within the system because most of them can only talk about their work.

The third group is those who are nearing retirement. They know they will be rich almost anywhere other than the feminist nations and therefore become free at the moment they are no longer needed by feminist society.

Have you seen yourself in these three groups?

Are you a citizen of the ghost nation?

A mental detox

There is so much to do.

Time slips through the fingers. There is never enough.

The answer is focus- but how? The only way we can truly prioritise is to eliminate everything that is not important. This must be truly radical surgery.

One solution is to finish things.What sort of things? Everything!

Finish books.
Finish disputes.
Finish jobs.
Finish breakfast cereals.

I drew up a list of every draining thing in my life- one of these was this blog! It had hardly any readers and had  a confused identity. I needed focus so I created topic lists. Everything not on the list was deleted. This forced structure upon the blog and therefore forced order into my life!

Just finish things.

Social circle game

The best pick up artist in the world cannot work if they are not meeting women.

Pick up literature talks of three kinds of game.

1. NIGHT GAME
This is approaching women in nightclubs. It is generally quite scripted (you have to get their attention very quickly). The problem is that many people (including older guys) are not comfortable in this environment. The women you do meet there may not be girlfriend material.

2. DAY GAME
This is approaching women at random on the street. Women are trained to be suspicious and fearful of men in most western countries and this tends to set this conditioning off. Both night and day game have the advantage that they provide unlimited prospects.

3. SOCIAL CIRCLE GAME
This is rarely discussed and I am not sure why. Most people meet their wives and husbands this way and yet the pickup community seems to ignore it. Maybe it is a machismo thing. Day game and night game are rather frightening. Social circle game is tame in comparison.

I am a believer in social circle game but this may be because I am not a true PUA. I am seeking two things from my knowledge.

1) I want friendly and sane relationships with all women regardless of any sexual interest.

2) I want a relationship with a woman who can be my equal (in other words I do not have to buy her time with gifts).

I am not interested in pulling hot babes for instant sex. I tried it once to see if I could. It was a bit like surfing the Internet.

White tea

White tea is a more delicate and smoother version of green tea. This is the famous 'slimming tea' that we sometimes hear of. It is slimming because it slightly raises the metabolic rate but tea also causes fat to be stored differently within the body.

White tea is, of course calorie free because it is drunk without milk. An additional advantage is that it has powerful anti cancer properties. All tea is good against cancer- but milk tends to neutralise the good effects so white and green teas are far more healthy than black.

Do not expect miracles from white tea- and do not pay too much for it! There are some people selling green tea as a miracle cure and it is certainly not that.

White tea is only really useful if you stick at it.

To hunt or to graze?

There are two approaches to game. To hunt or to graze.

Most game is about hunting. This is where the man behaves like a shark, scouting the oceans until he sees his prey. This is your classic pick up artist scanning the nightclub for his HB9. He may make great play of indifference but he is absolutely focused upon the target.

I am sure this works.

Unfortunately it is too high a price for me to pay. In order to win this game it is necessary to create a 'game' persona which means that one cannot be oneself. Everything that one does is for effect. The Pick Up Artist believes he is doing this in order to get the woman into bed but I suspect the real reward is the game itself.

False personas are actually a dangerous addiction. They are like a line of coke in that they can open doors and let you do things you otherwise could not. The danger is that you forget who you truly are. Some of you may have read or seen 'American Psycho' it is actually about an extreme version of this malaise- a person who is all surface glitter and entirely empty inside.

False personas can usually only be maintained for short periods. This is one reason Pick Up Artists often hold relationships in contempt. All of this seems too much hard work for me. I need to be accepted and ultimately loved for myself. I cannot do this by being anyone other than myself or any success I have will be meaningless.

The reward for hunting is a great many notches on the bedpost. This is great for the ego of course but I wonder how good the sex really is. It probably feels good to know that one can do something that most men only dream of but there is always the risk of a smack in the face or even a rape charge.

Rape is never discussed in game circles but I think that it should be. A pick up artist is approaching women with unknown baggage. Most women do not wish to be thought of as sluts and yet a skilled PUA can weave a temporary spell that can free a woman of such fears. This is all very well until the following morning when the woman is left facing the fact that she has just done something contrary to her values. The more mature and balanced women will accept this but some women will prefer to believe their drink was spiked.

The alternative is to graze.

This is where a man makes no effort to hunt down his 'prey' but simply places himself where many women may be found. He has the pleasure of being himself and doing things that actually interest him rather than dressing and speaking for effect.

The grazer enjoys all his interactions with women whether they 'go anywhere' or not. He does not labour at being interesting or doing all the work of an interaction. He does not even bother with arrogant or bitchy women.

You could also call this 'old mans game' because it is less hormone driven than the alternative. Well... I am an old man.

How to brush your teeth.

I have just heard on the radio that brushing teeth twice a day reduces the risk of heart attack greatly. This makes it worthwhile placing tooth care on my 'game' task list- this and the agony of toothache.

It seems that gum inflammation leads directly to the narrowing of arteries. As with most things- there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. It is supposed to take two minutes and this feels like a long time.

I hope that my teeth will become whiter over time- although the damage may have been done.

My local college is giving classes in pick up!

Of course they do not realise this is what they are doing!

They THINK they are offering short courses on NLP, assertiveness and listening skills. All of these courses are useful in pickup and give me something to put on my C.V. They are also cheaper than any bootcamp.

Assertiveness is the central skill in dealing with shit tests while NLP is useful for generating rapport.

Most deadly of all is listening skill. This is a drug for women and it even works on women who hate men (feminists). If you can listen to some demented feminist without becoming drawn into her world you can control her because she is lost in a world of her own emotion while you remain clearheaded. It is powerful stuff.

You may like to check out your own local adult education centre.

Kipling - If

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,'
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

What is deflation?

Deflation is the general reduction in prices and wages. This sounds quite a good idea until one considers how this might happen. Why would a worker accept a reduction in wages? Only if they lost their job and had to reapply.

Deflation occurs at times of deep recession and is hard to stop once it has started. The best asset to hold in deflationary times is cash because it will always buy more tomorrow than it does today.

What is inflation?

Inflation is the general increase in prices. It is caused by the expansion of credit and money supply within an economy and is generally considered good provided it does not run away with itself.

The Bank of England actually has minimum as well as maximum inflation targets. In other words the Governor of the Bank of England has to ensure that inflation continues. If it falls to zero he is in trouble.

Moderate inflation helps an economy grow and it is stoked by the pleasant process of creating credit out of thin air.

Everything we hear about inflation coming form abroad is a lie to cover the fact that inflation is generated by the state. The danger is that inflation could rise if the government ever finds itself unable to pay its bills. In fact we see this is happening already.

Some apparently genuinely ignorant economic correspondents will tell you that this is not the case- and that inflation is increasing because the pound is declining. This is entirely true- except that the pound is declining due to the creation of fresh credit so my own argument holds.

The point is that we are in danger of hyperinflation throughout the west. This is one reason gold has been increasing in value- gold is a sort of insurance policy against inflation.

What should we do to protect ourselves against inflation? Buy goods that will inflate in value. This may be property, food or anything else that is tangible and productive. Do not hold cash or most other types of investment. Land generally does OK, as do most commodities- especially gold.

The Natural art of Seduction

This book will probably be the last book that I will read on the subject. Most people should make it their first.

The first thing I noticed when the book arrived was that the author looked like a male model. This is a big problem for professional pick up gurus- it helps to be ugly and still get the girls. Richard comes across as one of the very few pick up artists I would enjoy spending time with for its own sake. He is a great simplifier of things (always good in a teacher) and incorporates other systems into his own without labouring the issue too much.

Richard La Runia is a believer in natural game. This involves being ones best self rather than running routines. Most pick up gurus tend to generate a great deal of theory that puts the student into their own heads far too much. When they are not giving their students scripts and hundred point checklists they can go esoteric and spiritual- which tend to make the student believe they have to become someone else before truly being themselves.

The great thing about the book is that it concerns itself with things the student can actually control- such as his own behaviour. The author believes there are three helpful states for the artist to adopt.

1. SOCIABLE GUY
Life and soul of the party- friendly to everyone.

2. COMFORT GUY
Caring and making deep connections.

3. SEDUCTION GUY
This speaks for itself.

Almost all problems with women come from not passing through these stages correctly. I was chronically stuck in stage two before I found game. I was a really nice, caring guy (and we all know what happens to these). I had no real sexual vibe about me so women would ask if I were gay. I also had difficulty in meeting women because I was not very outgoing and feared rejection. Once I learned a little game I became more outgoing and have women opening up to me far more. In fact women have become far more pleasant in general. Unfortunately my sex life has changed very little.

I realise two things.

1. There is nothing wrong with being nice! My problem was that nice was all I was.

2. Not everyone enters game for the same reasons. I wanted some respect from women at work and this has now been achieved. I am a romantic and would rather fall in love than bang a stripper in a club toilet.

The reason I like natural game is that it is enjoyable for its own sake. The natural can enjoy every stage of the process because he is himself. I can think of nothing less appealing than going out six days a week and approaching twenty women a night with the same old lines.

In short.. buy this book!

A pocket kit.

I have just spent a few pounds of a cheap first aid kit. This come in a natty little pouch and fits neatly in to my coat pocket. I will use this kit as a normal household first aid kit and will gradually add the following items.

1. £20 note in case I find myself stranded without cash. I will be able to get home even if I am robbed. This may be hidden in variety of ways including this USB-like device.

2. £1 coin for supermarket trolleys ext.

3. A bottle opener.

4. A mouth-guard in case I find myself giving mouth to mouth.

5. Nail clippers.

6. Polishing cloth for my glasses.

7. My fisher space pen.

8. Two books of stamps.

The point is not just to survive.

There are survivalists who are in the game merely to survive. Generally these are people with families they  are motivated to protect in addition to themselves. People are far less selfish than is generally assumed.

There is a second group (to which I belong) who are in the game to help others. This may involve a Moses-like search for safety or it may involve emerging from the wreckage of the old society to create something new. This is good as far as it goes but it resembles certain doomsday cults.

The most likely threats are economic collapse or a period of political tyranny. These are not absolute states. For instance, the current tendency is western societies is towards greater state control of every area of life. This has occurred despite an unprecedented expansion of democracy across the globe. It is quite possible to imagine a very nasty authoritarian atmosphere developing without creating a dictatorship as such.

Western democracies will probably enter a period of ten or more years of economic instability. It is not possible for governments, corporations and individuals to pay their debts off at the same time. Each time they try to do so there will be a sharp crisis followed by greater regulation.

The interesting thing is that preparing for this eventuality makes it less likely. We deal with uncertainty by reducing our personal debt- just what is needed. Self reliance will also help wider society and curb its more authoritarian elements.

Why is it important that we make it? Basically.. if we make it.. so does everyone else..

Red lentils

Many survivalists stock up on lentils and other dry food, but I am running down my stocks as quickly as possible. This is largely due to my location. If I were on a farm I would be quite happy to have a sack of red lentils somewhere the mice cannot reach. Lentils are cheap and easy to store so they make an ideal food for the longer term- which probably suits your thinking if you are on a farm.

What if you have no fuel to cook the lentils? No problem! Just find some firewood!

No water? You can collect rainwater and morning dew with a sheet of plastic. These things are easy on a farm!

In an urban setting you have different problems. Your main problems will be water and power. There is no point in having anything you cannot cook so you are better off with tinned food.

There is simply no point in planning to live for a year on stored food if you are a flat dweller. There would not be the room to store it all- if you found yourself in a long term situation you would have to leave.

Operational Security (opsec)

US survivalists like to keep their preparations secret. They fear that their less well prepared neighbors might turn up on their doorstep and need to be shot. In fact I suspect that many of these secret squirrel types are a great deal more conspicuous than me. There is nothing as conspicuous as someone with a secret.

My motto is 'first do no harm' and this includes wasting police time. Acting like a potential terrorist through the promotion of wacky conspiracy theories and the stockpiling of potential weapons takes the police from the real bad guys.

If there is a crisis I am sure that my neighbors will come to me for help and I will either share my supplies or not. The fact that I run this website has nothing to do with it. Therefore.. there will be no secrecy whatever.

The urban survival kit

Most readers of this blog are from advanced, urban societies. We may not face natural predators but our reflexes will have to be just as fast if a bus driver sufferers a heart attack and careers towards us.

Here is a partial list of urban hazards- in approximate order of likelihood.

1. ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT/MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
There is little that can be done apart from making sure that there is information on your person about pre existing medical conditions and your next of kin (program this into your phone). Consider an identity bracelet if there is anything wrong with you.

2. RUNNING OUT OF CASH.
Always have a £20 note in case ATM machines no longer work. Keep this separate from your wallet.

3. MUGGING/PICKPOCKET.
Never carry your address. This will make it easy for anyone stealing your keys to burgle your home. An umbrella is a good self defense weapon.

4. BECOMING THE TARGET OF UNDIRECTED RAGE OR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
Some people are simply looking for trouble and a white middle aged man makes an ideal target due to a combination of peaceful reputation and political correctness. One solution is to claim to be a Muslim and to say you are being targeted due to your faith.

5. TERRORISM.
This is relatively unlikely but serious when it happens. Do not spread anthrax around by running from the contamination area. Stay calm. Carry a first aid kit.

6. POWER SHUTDOWN.
This can be quite nasty on the underground. In hot weather you should have some water or fruit juice.

The case against plastics.

Plastics, we are told, are chemically inert and therefore cannot affect the human body. Despite this there is a great deal of information claiming that certain additives in plastic are very bad for us indeed. Different plastics leech different chemicals and it is completely impossible for an unqualified person to fully follow the argument.

One would think that food safe plastics would be completely free of anything that could get into food- yet this is clearly not the case. All you need to do is to take your plastic 'tupperware' type container and sniff it. You will notice a definite smell that could only exist if the plastic were emitting fumes of some kind. You will notice the same thing if you leave water in the container for an hour or so. There is a definite 'plastic' taste.

Clearly something is entering the food- probably not the real nasty stuff that mimics estrogen in the body- but something.

I have taken every plastic container to the charity shop!

Here is the case against plastic.

1) Plastic taints and absorbs flavours from some foods.

2) Plastic is flammable and emits toxic fumes. This is the chief cause of death in household fire.

3) Plastic is generally harder to recycle than glass.

Water.. the first priority.

Water is your first priority in any crisis. You can go quite a long time without food, and actually it may do some of us good to do so.

If you read accounts of earthquakes and wars you will often hear that the major cause of death among civilians is waterborne disease. Our household water would rapidly become undrinkable in the event of a dirty bomb or even a general strike.

This is doubly true if you live in a flood zone as I do- floodwater would drain into the public water supply and contaminate it.

I am told that an adult needs two ltr of water a day to remain strong. This is total liquid intake which means that you will need much less if you are eating moisture rich foods such as tinned soups and stews (survival favorites).

The second question is to ask yourself how this water should be stored. Many people will be unable to store water in their homes on a permanent basis because it is bulky. After mush thought I came to the conclusion that the most expensive option would save me money in the long run. This would be to buy pickle and piccalilli at Fortnum and Mason in London (just opposite the Royal Academy of Arts) . This comes in airtight glass kilner jars that may then be used to store water.

I intend to build up a collection of these jars over the next couple of years but only a small number of them will be used for permanent water storage. The remainder may be used to store items such as screws and drill bits that are prone to rust. I will place these under my bath- space that is currently wasted.

The total cost for the two jars will be £15 which is expensive- but simply shopping there is an experience.

Start here

Every man should have something of the survivalist in him. Every woman is looking for a man who can build a tent in the forest out of sheeting- and every wise employer is looking for the same thing.

It is possible to start small. Survivalism is not a matter of gadgets really. You may like to buy a walkiing kit like the one above. It contains some surprisingly useful items such as a saw (for cutting brances to make a shelter)and will fit in the pocket. It also contains a firestone- a sort of inexaustable waterproof metal match.

Never show your gadgets to women! Only boys understand.

Why the paranoia?

Why is the state so fearful of survivalists- they even recommend survivalist measures to the public! The Environment Agency recommends that people in flood areas store 72 hours worth of food and water. This is sound survivalism and the British Red Cross recommend something similar.

Survivalists are generally healthy, outdoor types. They love nature (when not eating it) and should be a force for good. Nevertheless the government and the liberal media continue to attack it. Why? Could the reason me political?

Militia and survivalist activity is alleged to have increased by about 250% under the Obama presidency.  Survivalism is a right wing force in the US and could become the same in the UK. The government would rather people remained unprepared and ignorant than come in contact with these ideas. Shame on them!

How to be a carbon neutral reactionary.

Today it is possible to buy ethicaly sourced eggs, fairtrade coffiee and recyclable everything.

How about some ethical reaction? Why not?

1) Go to my sister site The Austerity Blog this describes ways to save money- which often involves saving electricity and so on.

2) Decide on your true values. There is a PR element to ethical living but most of it should come from your own innate values. There is no pleasure in living to the expectations of others.

3) How much time and money are you willing to invent in this project? Ideally you should be able to give about ten percent of your time and money to helping other people. This should be highly enjoyable. If you are not enjoying the process you are probably not in tune with your values.

4) It is completely reasonable to derive personal benefit from your tithe. In fact it is important that decency pays.

I will give you an example of some of my own projects to show you what I mean.

a) Invest in various energy efficient gadgets form the austerity blog (I love gadgets). This reduces my carbon footprint and also reduces the vulnerability of this country to energy blackmail.

b) Buy carpet for my flat. This will reduce annoyance to the people below and may also have energy benefits.

c) Replace my old fridge with an A+ rated unit. This will result in further savings. Ensure that the old unit is safely disposed of.

Gentlemen, beware James Bond.

Feminism tells us we are all James Bond- sexually potent but unavailable and more than able to handle ourselves in a fight.

This may seem a strange thing to say. When was the last time feminism ever said anything good about us? The truth is that feminism takes these qualities and reverses them. Sexually potent becomes sexual predator, unavailable becomes emotionally constipated and so on. Nevertheless men believe these insults because we all want to be James Bond.

In fact most of the stereotypes available to us are nothing more than the sexual fantasies of women. James Bond is the bad boy. It is possible to get a great deal of sex by playing this guy in the nightclub but it is not possible to be truly yourself or even have a real relationship with women if one is playing a role.

Ultimately I believe the real game is becoming our authentic selves. It is easy for me to say this in middle age because my hormones have subsided somewhat. At eighteen I would probably have adopted any persona that helped me get the girl. In fact it is quite harmless to adopt a persona for a while- provided one does so as a game. We should not forget who we are.