#Smart Is Sexy

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I've recently started tuning into a new podcast by David Duchovny—not just because I've been obsessively rewatching The X-Files for the last 30 years—called "Fail Better." Think of it as therapy, but cheaper and with fewer aliens (just me?).

The show dives into how our failures shape us, and let me tell you, my big takeaway has been the shocking realization that not everything needs to be perfect on the first try. Who knew, right?

Apparently, our subconscious mind doesn’t register negatives. So, when we tell ourselves "don't panic," all it hears is "panic." Now I get why my heart rate jumps and my feet tingle before exams.

Listening to highly successful individuals (Bette Midler, Ben Stiller, and Brad Gilbert so far) discuss their epic fails has been eye-opening. I’ve come to realize that my anxiety stems from a fear of failure because I care. It's okay to care, and it's okay to fear failure. Failure isn’t inherently negative; it’s just a funny-shaped stepping stone on the path to greatness.

Striving for perfection without support from peers, mentors, or management often leads to paralysis by analysis. Trust me, I’ve been there, staring at my computer screen, contemplating my existence, and wondering if I can turn coloring in and listening to podcasts into a career.

When I perceive that I've failed, my mind spirals into catastrophic thinking about my career, home, and relationships. This podcast is teaching me to focus on the present and not let the fear of failure dictate my actions. Easier said than done, but hey, baby steps!

I enjoy listening to "Fail Better" on Amazon Music Prime Podcasts on Tuesday mornings with my coffee while planning my day. It's been a game-changer in helping me embrace imperfection and focus on continuous improvement. Plus, it’s always fun to hear someone more successful than you talk about their mess-ups—it’s like schadenfreude with a side of self-help.

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[mindibindi]

"The X Files" 30th Anniversary Celebration | Day 3: Favourite Character | Dana Scully M.D.

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[giriduck]

The high number of mages, scholars, and researchers in the Zelda universe is very cool.

[teenie-xf]

those last two gifs, with his shirtsleeves rolled up, dear god in heaven i am in love

Mulder + his presentations

[samw3000]

Imagination Ejaculation II

This is the first one © 2025 Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

[ijiirashii]

Lady Lazarus

By Sylvia Plath

I have done it again.   

One year in every ten   

I manage it——

A sort of walking miracle, my skin   

Bright as a Nazi lampshade,   

My right foot

A paperweight,

My face a featureless, fine   

Jew linen.

Peel off the napkin   

O my enemy.   

Do I terrify?——

The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?   

The sour breath

Will vanish in a day.

Soon, soon the flesh

The grave cave ate will be   

At home on me

And I a smiling woman.   

I am only thirty.

And like the cat I have nine times to die.

This is Number Three.   

What a trash

To annihilate each decade.

What a million filaments.   

The peanut-crunching crowd   

Shoves in to see

Them unwrap me hand and foot——

The big strip tease.   

Gentlemen, ladies

These are my hands   

My knees.

I may be skin and bone,

Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.   

The first time it happened I was ten.   

It was an accident.

The second time I meant

To last it out and not come back at all.   

I rocked shut

As a seashell.

They had to call and call

And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.

Dying

Is an art, like everything else.   

I do it exceptionally well.

I do it so it feels like hell.   

I do it so it feels real.

I guess you could say I’ve a call.

It’s easy enough to do it in a cell.

It’s easy enough to do it and stay put.   

It’s the theatrical

Comeback in broad day

To the same place, the same face, the same brute   

Amused shout:

‘A miracle!’

That knocks me out.   

There is a charge

For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge   

For the hearing of my heart——

It really goes.

And there is a charge, a very large charge   

For a word or a touch   

Or a bit of blood

Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.   

So, so, Herr Doktor.   

So, Herr Enemy.

I am your opus,

I am your valuable,   

The pure gold baby

That melts to a shriek.   

I turn and burn.

Do not think I underestimate your great concern.

Ash, ash—

You poke and stir.

Flesh, bone, there is nothing there——

A cake of soap,   

A wedding ring,   

A gold filling.

Herr God, Herr Lucifer   

Beware

Beware.

Out of the ash

I rise with my red hair   

And I eat men like air.

[mainlybutts]

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Professor Leonard

[beautifulwomen047]

Amy Smart

[amc-minx]

Our favorite fiery lawyer.❣️ I just know these two are off having fun adventures with their kids. 😁

Marissa Tasker in All My Children. (2011)

[simping-on-the-daily]

i will make this a thing by sheer fucking willpower if i have too

[panikkarsravi]

I'd be runnin' up that road Be runnin' up that hill With no problems — RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) by KATE BUSH

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price guest stars --

Get Smart; Was This Trip Necessary? (1969)

[blogcherryblossomthings]

Poor Jake. I think the literature throwdown between him and the bouncer was the hottest moment of the episode.

The Librarians S02E07 And the Image of Image.