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The "Rant of the Day":

• Reading people and empathy
• Lama spit, the shining moon and a Tibetan monk's enlightenment

The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

• This month... I have no dream

The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

• Reacting to the people around us
• Disorganized spirituality vs. organized religion: how institutions are the enemy of creativity and dogma's best friend
• Spirits. Beliefs are blind men musing about the nature of light
• The dilemma of sweet people and MMA. How to develop an edge without losing tenderness. Balancing yin and yang

The "Iz Moment":

• Knockout farts and ants
• Please put on your pretty dress and stop hitting me on the head with an elephant
• Writing an autobiography entitled "Black and Proud"
• You are the craziest freak I ever met in my life

The "Storytelling Moment":

• Siddhartha Gautama, harems, the Four Sights, on the quest for enlightenment, the dilemma of attachment
• Weddings, holidays, first time having sex
• It's all up to you