As expected, the crowd drank the Kool-Aid with great enthusiasm, questioning nothing, with a few vocal dissenters resisting the idea that their lives held no meaning. Some people had hunched forward, their head in their hands, crying uncontrollably, while others looked elated, as though all their burdens had been lifted.
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I felt uneasy walking into class, not only because I was late but more so because the third day held the mighty promise of transformation, the day of salvation when our souls would be saved by the holy hand of Landmark.
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Day 2 at the Landmark Forum: the instructor asked if I was getting anything out of the class. It couldn’t have been more awkward as I tried to tell her nicely that the whole thing seemed like horseshit. But then Groupthink began to settle in, and with it some truly dramatic events.
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So . . . what happens at the three-day Landmark Forum? How about two days of chipping away at your personal identity, in preparation for it to be replaced on day three?
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I spent $420 for the privilege of spending a holiday weekend — three 13-hour days — sitting in a conference room near LAX with 75 strangers. That was the price of admission to The Landmark Forum, a seminar that promises to transform the lives of its attendees in profound, permanent and meaningful ways.
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Has anyone else been watching the hot mess that is American Idol this season? And if you have been watching, do your eyes and ears also regularly revolt against you by spontaneously catching fire?
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It’s as though no one in Hollywood can admit to acting stupid anymore without pointing to some addiction or disease as an explanation, essentially absolving them of having to assume any responsibility for their bad behavior while also denigrating people who, you know, struggle with actual addictions and diseases.
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If I didn’t know any better, I’d think that being a celebrity is a hard life. All those premieres and awards ceremonies, the endless fawning, the travel, fame and fortune, the cars and houses. It sounds painfully stressful. It’s no wonder so many celebs turn to drugs.
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Our special Valentine's Day tale for YOU. Not so long ago, just weeks after a break up, a young lady attends a singles mixer on Valentine's Day. Sadness Central.
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He told me: “I went to the cardiologist and he said my heart has a clogged artery. I need to have surgery to open it.” It's a situation that's hardly rare. Only today, President Clinton had a stent procedure. But this was my pops. And yours could be next.
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