How to cut the power bills.

Most of us are paying more for our electricity than we were a year ago. What can we do about it?

The knee jerk reaction is to reduce the wattage of everything. Surely it will save money to have low power appliances?

Not necessarily. Where does all that wasted power go anyway? It is turned into heat. In other words your energy efficient appliance is not energy efficient of you have to heat your house as a result.

Knowing that wasted energy is turned into heat can be quite useful when it comes to finding out why your power bills are so large. Simply go around your home touching everything. If it is warm, it is using power. If it is cold, it is leeching heat from your home. Simple! There is no need to buy an expensive power meter to do this.

My own home is pretty energy efficient and is basically self heating. In other words I rarely have to turn the heating on because my household appliances heat the home for me.

The biggest source of heat is my boiler. I have tried fitting purpose designed jackets but these have not worked well for me as they allow air to circulate beneath. I then had the brainwave of stuffing my closet with all of my winter clothing which not only saves space but makes very good boiler insulation too.

What happens when winter comes and I need to wear my warm clothes? I will unpack my closet and allow the boiler to 'waste' heat by keeping my flat warm.

Ghost Breakfast - London. Saturday Sept 3rd.

Join me for the London Ghost Breakfast at 9am at the Crosse Keys pub in the City. A range of traditional English breakfasts willl be available quite cheaply (at least by City standards.). I will be there to download some apps to my beloved iPad and to talk to any readers who may wish to drop in.

This is my mug shot for those who have not met me. The address is 9 Gracechurch St, London EC3V 0DR.

An exterior view may be found here.

A very odd website.

Man repeller.

Before the Fall.

We are all survivalists now. No wise person can exist without an up to date C.V.

This is why economic recovery is so slow and faint. When individuals come to money they do not spend it as they once did- they reduce their debts as they have no idea what the future brings. The same is true of companies. Many companies have done good work on their overheads and are now profitable with quite low levels of sales. Management has returned to the nuts and bolts of the business and is less interested in financial engineering. Prior to the crash it was possible to find companies who ran entire divisions at a loss simply because stock analysts expected them to be active in certain areas such as Internet marketing. These days the City is happy to find a company that makes a stable profit. Castles in the air are out.

All this is good but it means that we will not return to the old ways for many years. The best we can hope for is a long period of debt reduction and uncertainty.

Nevertheless we must remember that some individuals prosper even in dark times. The fleet of foot can always adapt to new conditions and having little stake in the old order can actually be an advantage. The Ghost fits this template perfectly. He is self reliant and cynical of all the grand plans of government.

We must all have two C.V. One of these is for the most likely outcome (a long malaise) and the other is for the fall. Neither of them is your traditional paper resume.

Your C.V for the long malaise.

The traditional paper C.V is dead simply because employers no longer have time to read them. A company may receive 100 unsolicited C.V a day in the present conditions and cannot store them let alone read them all. A paper C.V remains useful for highly specialised jobs but they will only be read once you have the employers attention.

Everyone needs to update their LinkedIn accounts regularly. I was shocked to find that mine was only 60% complete and this simply will not do if I want options in my life. Purge your Facebook account of embarrassing photographs (drunkenness, nudity and so on). Get yourself some qualifications. This need not cost much and need not even be relevant. The important thing is to show continuing mental activity once one has left school.

Your C.V for the Fall.
If the worst comes to the worst you will need a different C.V altogether. You will need good friends around you. You will need primitive skills and you will will need reserves of mental and physical health. Everyone needs to create a 'ghost' C.V and to post this on-line. We need to create a network of alliances ahead of any future crisis. A 'ghost' C.V is simply a list of survival abilities and transferable skills for the fall. These will generally be a two way bet. In other words they will help you in good times and bad. Which employer would not prefer a self reliant employee who can deliver a baby, fix a car, disarm an armed attacker and then put out a raging fire? These are traditional masculine attributes that have been sadly engineered out of society. Your employer will enjoy having you around but come the Fall it will be you who issues the orders and not him. 

43 DHVs

The DHV (demonstration of higher value) is a game concept which basically means bragging without bragging. The PUA sprinkles his conversation with stories that make him look good. This high value is inferred and not openly stated.

When this goes wrong it goes VERY wrong and makes one seem a braggart. This was one reason  natural game evolved. This teaches men to have awesome lives for real. This is better but why not combine the two? Why not DHV the entire world- truthfully? Why not DHV your employer, your friends and yourself?

This is how I am using the 43 Things and 43 Places social network. Each of my entries are actually things I offer the world but appear to be a list of resolutions. In this way I can reach out to the world and find allies in all of my projects.

There is also a psychological aspect to all of this. Once I publicly announce that I am going to do this or that thing I have to do it or admit to you that I have not. This is very powerful.

Of course.. once you admit that a DHV is a DHV it stops working. I am simply pointing out to you that your social networking is actually an extension of your CV. Our previous posts can come back to bite us if we forget this.

The only Game to play is your own.

Game has many schools and the one thing they all teach is to switch off the computer, stop studying Game and go out more.

This is not to say that wisdom cannot be found in guru-land. Everything the gurus say is true- for the gurus and people who resemble them.

The student must ask two questions of himself. Firstly, does the guru have values he can believe in? I would not use Speed Seduction even if I knew it worked because 'hypnotising' women into bed seems wrong. Fortunately I do not think Speed Seduction works like this but I feel it leads to places I do not want to go. I have decided not to study the Mystery method for similar reasons. I hate the whole AMOG ethic (making yourself look good by making other men look stupid). I also hate night clubs and think I would hate the vapid night club hotties that Mystery seems to crave.

The second question, once you have decided that you are comfortable with a guru is to ask yourself if you can absorb his good attributes. I identify with Tyler from RSD because he shares my weaknesses as well as my strengths. In other words every time I see Tyler on stage I see a nerd who has reformed himself through strength of will. Tyler would probably admit that he has spent too much time on the theory of game and he even admits that he was not that successful with women in his Project Hollywood days. One of the ironies of RSD is that it has generated millions of words of mental masturbation but advocates the exact opposite- getting out of you head completely.

I have decided to take Tyler's advice and to say goodbye to Tyler. From now on I will live in the stream of life and am deleting my pickup materials once I end this post.

I have also analysed my successes and failures and come to the following conclusions. They tend to give the lie to much of what game teaches.

I have now gone over four years in my normal life without a meaningful relationship with women.

Normally I would blame myself for this except that I know maybe twenty former Soviet Bloc women who I have genuine fun with at work. Unfortunately every one of these beauties who work with me as receptionists is married or in a stable relationship. One of the problems with feminist culture in the West is that it is not possible for western women to flirt and have fun without intending to sleep with a man. This is not true of other countries where men and women go out of their way to please one another as if they were lovers but stop short of sex. The most flirtatious of all these women are the Christian ones who have the strongest barriers to sex.

One of the many ironies of life is that the most desirable women will always be the least available. This is not for the reasons that the Game gurus would have us believe. These truly desirable women (not just hot) are generally happy in life. They have good friends, strong relationships and strong families. It is not that the average man is not good enough for these women. It is that they rarely get divorced and rarely cheat and they would be equally happy with an average western man. It is simply that the other guy got there first.

Once we understand this we also understand that THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH US and we should stop changing ourselves and change the people we associate with instead.

East is East and West is West.

There are in fact two completely different kinds of high value women and Game only concerns itself with one.

First we have the hot woman in the night club. She is superficial, has a short attention span and loves drama. She is open to one night stands with bad boys and pick up artists who pretend to be bad boys. Generally she makes a bad girlfriend because she is flaky and testy and often drinks too much. Generally the relationships with such women last only three days.

The entirety of game is aimed at seducing this one personality type who tend to operate on a stimulus-response basis. In other words these women lack self awareness and do not think all that much. This means that they fall for PUA tricks that repel other women.

This kind of woman is associated with the Matriarchy and single motherhood because they cannot maintain a stable relationship. They generally dislike men (despite sleeping around) and are arrogant and unfriendly in daily life. This is because they only associate with men who see them as sex objects. If they do not want to sleep with you they do not see why they should be pleasant to you. This personality type is opten (but not exclisvely) found in the declining societies of the West.

The second group is completely different. They are ambitious and work hard and they are generally married or intend to marry in the future. They are almost impossible to sleep with without a gold ring on the finger but are infinitely more pleasant to associate with. They love men but hold them to high standards and are quite capable of being friends with unattractive men.

These women are also fascinating to talk to as they have an interior life. Each has formed their own view of things and has a thoughtful maturity that night club babe lacks. They make excellent wives, employees and mothers and rarely commit crimes.

This second type of woman is Patriarchal in nature. She believes in the family, hard work, right and wrong and in strong men. Game has nothing to say about her. She simply does not appear on the radar. This personality type is more often found in the more vigorous capitalistic economies of Eastern Europe and Asia.



The longest I have ever gone without some form of sexual encounter while living in a hostel is three days.

This again indicates that environment is more important than game. Women in hostels are open to adventure and adversity throws men and women together (low budget travel is full of drama).

A strange and unexplained phenomenon.

Something strange happens while gazing into the eyes of various female company directors, lawyers ext (all well presented and youthful 40 somethings). In each case I was overcome by a deep sense of having truly seen the woman in ways no other person could. This caused her to tremble, blink or become moist eyed with emotion. A sense of sweetness and of drawing strength filled me and it was wonderful. This only seems possible with high IQ alpha woman and is better than orgasm.

CONCLUSION.
I shall pursue my company directors and find out what secrets they have for me. These women are lonely. They cannot be sexual at work and still be taken seriously and yet they cannot find love elsewhere either. This is because there Alpha natures brings out the worst in men. Some men engage in nitpicking technical debates to see who is the greater nerd. This is something men enjoy but most women see it as very insecure. This is why women often say that men are threatened by successful women. It is also the ultimate attraction killer as it indicates that the man does not think he good enough.

I have a paradoxical advantage over more educated men. I do not talk shop. I can simply say that I have no interest in kissing any man's backside for a promotion. This is no more than the truth and is very Alpha.

Woman crashes car into wrong house.

She thought it was the home of her love rival.

Preparing to Ghost

Never let the sun go down on you and not find you free in the morning. This is a practical matter and not an aspect of revolutionary romanticism. Here is my own daily list. Maybe it will inspire you.

1) Dispose of two things. This may be physical junk, emotional junk or administrative junk. In order for this to count it must be a permanent fix to a problem that is bugging you. Fixing a dripping tap counts as a disposal while throwing out the rubbish is not- because the trash can will fill up again in a few days.

2) Learn something. This may involve reading a book or learning to do some small thing that was previously impossible.

3) Reach out. Let the world know who you are and what you offer.

Do this every day and you will become free. This is a promise.

The Callan Method.

This is an English school in a box- costing me less than a hundred pounds in total. What does this get me in principle?

1. A location independent profession that is in demand in most of the more interesting areas of the world.

2. An interesting paying hobby for the U.K.

3. An aid to rebrandng myself. It is better to be seen as a teacher than a security guard.

4. A means of meeting women. It would be possible to run an adult school in a totally professional way and have more women than one knows what to do with. I would not game my students but some of them would certainly game me.

Urban survival kit.

This is an urban survival kit designed to fit easily into a briefcase and guard against most problems you may realistically encounter in a city.

1. Phone charger.

2. Post it notes, pens and highlighter.

3. Pound coins (for supermarket trolleys and so on).

4. High powered LED torch. This is useful in the event of a tube blackout.

5. London street map.

6. Dry socks. There is nothing worse than walking in wet socks.

7. Leather driving gloves. These gloves should be worn when giving first aid and at any crime scene. Not wishing to leave your prints at the scene of a crime is in no way suspicious behaviour and saves police time.

8. Toiletry bag to contain the items.

The whole kit cost less than thirty pounds and you may keep it in your glovebox or your work locker.

The rule of three.

One interesting notion within the prepper community is the rule of three. In other words none of us should be scuppered if our two original plans go down. The rule of three is a good approach to life in general. If we really need to get to a place it is good to have the location on our smart phone, but it is also good to have a map in our pocket and a number to ring as well.

Prepping is not really about shark attacks and zombies. It is a rational approach to life that irons out the bumps. A survivalist is a valuable member of the community who has thought ahead more than most. That is all.

Two weeks rations (the Opportunity Box).

I now have fourteen days food in storage. The cost of the food is modest- no more than twenty pounds in total. The main cost has been the storage space.

Storage space is always at a premium when one is an urban survivalist and I had to buy a food hamper, eat the contents (yum) and then buy some plastic stacking boxes to replace them with. This cost was in the region of two hundred and fifty pounds but I now have a very social kind of survival kit. The boxes and the water may be easily shared with my friends and the whole thing can be moved at a moments notice. Best of all I expect my kit to save me money. I will never again run out of food and have to eat out because I have not had time to shop. I call this hamper my Opportunity Box because it is an opportunity to save money each time I shop. All I need to do is scan the shelves and stock up on any great offers available. When I find a good one I simply add it to my survival kit.

Survivalists are generally an anti social lot but I would prefer to have good friends with me than a bunker full of illegal firearms.

STUFF

4 Liters of water. This is stored in small portable drinking bottles and is not intended to last me the full two weeks. It is simply a convenience supply in case my home water supply is interrupted for a few hours. If a longer interruption is expected I may fill the plastic boxes (which have an airtight seal) and store another 50 liters in this way.

12 packets of noodles. These are cheap (17p each) and may be used to bulk out manky vegetables and make them more appetising.

12 Cans of baked beans. These are also cheap (20p) and a high energy food and source of protean.

12 Cans of kidney beans, canned tomatoes and peas. These can always be made into basic curry. Almost anything may go into a curry such as your neighbour's dog (joke).

Cheap rice and spaghetti for calories. Matches, candles and a wind up torch.

This kit also protects against unemployment and the coming hard times.

Take care.

NB I would advise the whole lot of you to subscribe to this podcast.

A Man and his Blog.

One of the few advantages of having a wife is that it keeps a man busy. In other words the married man is as purposeful and busy at home as he is at work. This is because he is effectively employed by his wife and closely supervised all of his waking hours either by his wife or his employer. Only in his dreams is he free and many men have lost the art even of holding dreams.

Some men seem to welcome this. They experience freedom as emptiness. They need structure and boundaries in exactly the same way that a child need these things. They seek nothing more from life than to be kept busy and free of thought.

Is it possible to replicate the structure of marriage without becoming a slave? We may not envy the slave but we can marvel at what he builds. What if we were to find our own purpose and pursue it with the same energy?

The single man can put things off. He can loaf or goof off with his friends. The married man is given a list of tasks for the weekend and (provided he does not worry about why these things must be done) can be productive and happy in his limited way.

One alternative to this serfdom is the Blog. I can tell you what I intend to do and therefore become responsible to you. The difference is that by writing this blog I can decide for myself what is important rather than allowing myself to become the shadow of a woman.

They say that a woman's work is never done. There is a horrible truth in this. She will invent tasks to fill her day and then invent tasks to fill your day as well. It is all very well being busy but it is far more important to be focused upon something that needs to be done.