"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
2013 Kentucky Derby. Who ya like?
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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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Master Don Juan
But I think Normady Invasion is the value play and the smart wager with his running style. he wants to run 10F and he's one of the only horses I can say int his race honestly who want to run this far
I think Verrazano is not going to run back to his last race, i won't say why but i have my reasons. he just has to beat me.
Goldencents is a nice horse but i don't think he wants to run this far.
the oaklawn horses are in over their heads
The oaks is the better race this year. best oaks field from top to bottom i've ever seen.
Dreaming of Julia would probably be the betting favorite in the derby if she ran int he derby but she couldn't because of the new points thing. but if she wins like she won last time she will run in the belmont
so i'm going with
Normandy invasion to win
Normandy invasion / orb exacta straight
Normandy Invasion
Orb
Goldencents / Mylute / Javas War / Revolutionary Trifecta
Again, i think orb is going to win this race. i really do. but i don't bet who i think is going to win i bet who i think is going to win / value. normady invasion if he's anywhere near 10 to 1 is the value play. orb at 7/2 isn't.
Nice picks! I really want to like Normandy Invasion but I've never been sold on a Chad Brown trained horse. I also wanna see what the weather is going to be like Saturday, which is why I haven't gone with Orb. That, and lately it seems like Derby favorites have dissapointed and I don't know if he can break that streak. Some good horses in this field but nothing like last year. I like my 3 picks but I don't have a clear favorite like I had last year.backbreaker said:I think orb is the best horse in the race.
But I think Normady Invasion is the value play and the smart wager with his running style. he wants to run 10F and he's one of the only horses I can say int his race honestly who want to run this far
I think Verrazano is not going to run back to his last race, i won't say why but i have my reasons. he just has to beat me.
Goldencents is a nice horse but i don't think he wants to run this far.
the oaklawn horses are in over their heads
The oaks is the better race this year. best oaks field from top to bottom i've ever seen.
Dreaming of Julia would probably be the betting favorite in the derby if she ran int he derby but she couldn't because of the new points thing. but if she wins like she won last time she will run in the belmont
so i'm going with
Normandy invasion to win
Normandy invasion / orb exacta straight
Normandy Invasion
Orb
Goldencents / Mylute / Javas War / Revolutionary Trifecta
Again, i think orb is going to win this race. i really do. but i don't bet who i think is going to win i bet who i think is going to win / value. normady invasion if he's anywhere near 10 to 1 is the value play. orb at 7/2 isn't.
Rain will help the frontrunners.
I'm not happy that Verrazano's Beyers are retreating as the distance increases. I won't brand him with the Apollo curse, but he's no royally-bred Fusaichi Pegasus and had no business starting so late.
Orb's FOY was helped by 2nd time Lasix, dropping back a little in distance, a too-hot pace to chase, and a hard track.
Goldencents is a beneficiary of Santa Anita's frontrunner bias. It's a shame the new point system will eliminate SoCal laterunners.
Itsmyluckyday and Revolutionary have big gaps in their race schedules. Same with Will Take Charge. Gotta hate the drugs/rest/more drugs method of training. It makes past performances unreliable.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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Master Don Juan
pedigree wise chaming kitten, java's war and Verrazano are best bred for the off track. Verrazano more than the others with the southern halo at the top and blushing groom on the bottom he will eat that **** up. if it's raining that's where i'm going
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Master Don Juan
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Master Don Juan
SoSuave666 said:Bb knows his horses
thanks
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Master Don Juan
yeah i do think they know the difference.SoSuave666 said:Here's my question: do these horses know the difference between a win and a loss? Like, I dunno, do they recognize praise and perform better because of it? If so, do you bet on horses on a streak?
Disclaimer: I know nothing about horse racing.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Normandy Invasion was put to the lead a little early, which cost him final position. Too bad really. His running style is all wrong for the Preakness.
SoSuave666, yes, horses naturally race one another to establish their pecking order. They know which one wins. They also know when they weren't taken to the winners' circle. After 16 straight wins, Cigar moped around for a day after his Pacific Classic loss.
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Master Don Juan
I will say though that the absolute best horse I saw today didn't even run in the Derby, he ran in the Woodford Reserve. Wise Dan. what a bad@$$ horse! I have alot of respect for Optimizer and he made that horse look like he was walking at the end. Wise Dan is the best horse I've seen this year by far.
As for the Preakness, not sure who I'm going with yet as I have to wait and see who's going to run.
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Master Don Juan
In human terms, he's closely related (it would be like a greatx4 cousin) to the great ruffian, it's the same family. Shannigans, who is Ruffian's mother (dam) is Orb's greatx4 grandmother (grand dam)
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
i think the mistake people are going to make is think this race means something and in the grand scheme of things it doesn't.
orb never had a chance. with this pace and with being trapped and i dont' think he cared for the surface either. but when they hit the half mile pole in 48 and change the race was over pimlico is not a track where you can let a good horse shake lose on the lead with a soft pace and go and get him
an d don't get me started on Kevin Krigger. he might have single handily cost the triple crown with his ****ty ride on goldencents.
if you pay attention to the race as it unfolds, the only real change in positions was goldencents dropping out. Oxbow lead the entire step, itsmylukcyday was right there the entire race. that tells me it was more of a funky ran race than a real talent determining race
**** happens basically lol
agree with that analysis. I don't think Orb cared too much for being in traffic, not sure if he'd ever ran a race in a similar position? I just thought Gov Charlie was a better horse then Itsmyluckyday and I keep thinking WTC is better then Oxbow, but Oxbow has proven me wrong twice. I would have liked to seen what Revolutionary could have done in this race.backbreaker said:i didn't wager on the race beucase i thought orb was going to win but i wasn't going to take 3-5.
i think the mistake people are going to make is think this race means something and in the grand scheme of things it doesn't.
orb never had a chance. with this pace and with being trapped and i dont' think he cared for the surface either. but when they hit the half mile pole in 48 and change the race was over pimlico is not a track where you can let a good horse shake lose on the lead with a soft pace and go and get him
an d don't get me started on Kevin Krigger. he might have single handily cost the triple crown with his ****ty ride on goldencents.
if you pay attention to the race as it unfolds, the only real change in positions was goldencents dropping out. Oxbow lead the entire step, itsmylukcyday was right there the entire race. that tells me it was more of a funky ran race than a real talent determining race
**** happens basically lol
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
lol agreed.backbreaker said:seriously i would not put anymore into this race other than kevin Krigger is an idiot and allowed oxbow to shake lose on the lead with slow fractions.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.