Posts by James Michael Sama
The Truth About Happiness
Many of us look at happiness as a destination. As a result. ‘Once I accomplish this thing, I will be happy.’ ‘Once I find a boyfriend or girlfriend, I will be happy.’ ‘Once I’m making x amount of dollars . I will be happy.’ The problem here is, each of these things places the entire…
Read More7 Things Women Think About
The age old question ‘what do women want?’ is one that has haunted, and will probably haunt every man who has ever lived. The smart ones figure out that women really aren’t as complicated as we think they are – they want to be loved, listened to, respected, and understood (that last one is a…
Read MoreWhy You Need To Stop Blaming Yourself
With the distractions of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites – it seems as though healthy, monogamous relationships are becoming harder to find. Cheating has been around since the beginning of time. Social media certainly doesn’t cause it, but it can enable it. It’s easier to connect with men and women across the world…
Read MoreBikers vs. Range Rover – Who Was Really At Fault?
EDIT: Here is some more footage from the same helmet-cam that was deleted from the rider’s YouTube channel (Prior to Range Rover Incident). There is a video that went viral recently of a motorcycle cruise gone VERY wrong in New York. For those of you who haven’t seen the video, be warned, it is a…
Read MoreYour Relationship Isn’t About You
If I had a dollar for every complaint I saw on social media about the opposite sex and how the complainer always seems to be the unlucky one, well – I’d have…a lot of dollars. The general theme circulating the relationship grapevine lately is “me, me, me.” There is too much focusing on what another…
Read More9 Ways To Improve The World – Today
Earlier today, my friend Kris uploaded a short video on Facebook showing a very simple way to be a better person. In an earlier post, I discussed how being polite is free, and you should do more of it. But, Kris’s video really got me thinking, there must be so many small, simple things you…
Read MoreThis New Grading Scale Will Make You Wish You Were Back In School
This is the new grading scale at Frayser Achievement in Tennessee, an elementary school as part of the ASD whose sole purpose is to bring the bottom 5% of schools in TN to the top 25%. Well, where to begin? I remember C’s being average, right? A, B, C, D, F. <— There it is,…
Read MoreWill The ‘Hookup Generation’ Ruin Our Future?
As a 20-something year old male who used to work in nightlife in a fairly major American city, I’ve observed, and learned more from the “hookup culture” than I’d care to admit. But, it does make you think. It makes you wonder, is this the way things are going to be now? Instead of looking…
Read MoreNice Guys Finish…First? Homeless Man Strikes It Rich
On Saturday, September 14th, a Boston homeless man by the name of Glen James, came across a backpack. This wasn’t just any ordinary backpack – this one was full of $2,400 in cash and $39,500 in traveler’s checks. Cha-Ching. But, Glen quickly returned the backpack to the police. This makes one think – “Would I…
Read MoreA Former BMW Driver Reviews The Audi S5
This is how I start every morning. I wake up excited, knowing what’s waiting for me outside. I grab the keys to my white Audi S5, leave my apartment, and enter a different world. When you look at the S5, it looks back at you. It looks back at you in the same way one…
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