From The 4-Hour Chef, the latest book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tim Ferriss. Available here.

ED COOKE’S NOTES DIAMONDS: DIAMONDS: DIAMONDS: CLUBS: CLUBS: CLUBS: HEARTS: HEARTS: HEARTS: SPADES: SPADES: SPADES: PERSON VERB OBJECT PERSON VERB OBJECT PERSON VERB OBJECT PERSON VERB OBJECT • Odd numbers are male, CARD MATRIX (EXPENSIVE, STYLISH, BLING) (TOUGH, SERIOUS, CRAZY, OR BAD) (LOVABLE, BEAUTIFUL, GOOD) (HUMOROUS OR ABSURD) even numbers are female. • It’s good to have PRINCE WILLIAM, . . . AIRLIFTING . . . A GIANT occasional crazy ones. KING THE RESCUE PILOT . . . SOMEONE . . . THE SEA. JAY-Z ...... RAPPING INTO . . . MICROPHONE. BARACK OBAMA ...... FLY-SWATTING ...... A BUZZING FLY. DAVID BECKHAM ...... KICKING ...... A SOCCER BALL. OFF . . . • Read these as sentences. CELEB COUPLE • If you prefer, you can replace any or all of PRINCESS . . . WEARING A . . . POWER- MICHELLE . . . DOING JUMPING . . . THE WHITE HOUSE VICTORIA . . . APPLYING these with people you QUEEN BEAUTIFUL . . . A CHURCH. BEYONCÉ ...... A BEACH. LIPSTICK . . . A MIRROR. KATE . . . DRESS IN . . . DANCING ON . . . OBAMA . . . JACKS ON . . . LAWN. BECKHAM . . . IN FRONT OF . . . actually know. CELEB COUPLE

. . . DISGUISING POPE JOHN . . . TEARFULLY . . . THE MAN WHO JACK ZEUS . . . HIMSELF AS ...... A SWAN. PAUL II . . . FORGIVING . . . JUST SHOT HIM. JESUS CHRIST ...... WALKING ON ...... A LAKE. THE DALAI LAMA ...... PRAYING TO ...... A BUDDHA. RELIGIOUS FIGURES

10 OPRAH . . . INTERVIEWING . . . WRITING A . . . RIFLE FAMOUSLY WINFREY . . . ON ...... A COUCH. HILLARY CLINTON ...... SLAPPING ...... MONICA LEWINSKY. J.K. ROWLING . . . STORY ABOUT ...... HARRY POTTER. SARAH PALIN . . . SHOOTING ...... A MOOSE. POWERFUL WOMEN

9 BILL . . . CACKLING MARK . . . HIS . . . TAKING LSD FAMOUSLY GATES . . . MADLY AT ...... A CRASHING PC. ZUCKERBERG ...... UNFRIENDING . . . BEST FRIEND. STEVE JOBS . . . AND INVENTING ...... THE IPAD. KEVIN ROSE ...... DRINKING ...... TEA. POWERFUL MEN

8 MARILYN . . . ’S DRESS . . . A SUBWAY . . . TURNING TO PAMELA . . . A DROWNING NAOMI . . . SMACKING FAMOUS FEMALE MONROE . . . BALLOONING VENT. MEDUSA . . . STONE WITH . . . A STATUE. ANDERSON ...... SAVING . . . CHILD. CAMPBELL . . . A MAID WITH ...... A HANDBAG. PHYSIQUES UP OVER . . . AN ICY GLARE . . .

7 ISAAC . . . GETTING HIT . . . LOOKING . . . TRAVELING AT . . . A BEAM OF STEPHEN . . . SPEAKING FAMOUS MALE NEWTON . . . ON THE HEAD . . . AN APPLE. GALILEO . . . THROUGH A . . . THE MOON. EINSTEIN . . . LIGHT SPEED LIGHT. HAWKING . . . WITH ROBOT . . . A WHEELCHAIR. PHYSICISTS BY . . . TELESCOPE AT . . . ALONGSIDE . . . VOICE FROM . . .

6 . . . STRIKING . . . AN ’80S . . . HOLDING AN . . . BEING VICIOUSLY . . . WEARING A CONTROVERSIAL MADONNA . . . YOGA POSES BOOM BOX. RIHANNA . . . UMBRELLA IN ...... A RAIN STORM. TAYLOR SWIFT . . . INSULTED BY ...... KANYE WEST. LADY GAGA . . . MEAT DRESS . . . THE PAPARAZZI. FEMALES IN FRONT OF . . . FOR . . .

5 . . . TELLING . . . A DANCING . . . GOOSE- . . . A PUFF OF . . . RECORDING . . . A SUICIDE CONTROVERSIAL STALIN . . . AN AMUSING BEAR. HITLER . . . STEPPING . . . A BUNKER. JULIAN ASSANGE ...... VANISHING IN . . . SMOKE. OSAMA BIN LADEN . . . A GHETTO BOMBER. MALES JOKE TO . . . INTO . . . VIDEO WITH . . .

4 JULIA . . . FRENCH- ANGELINA JOLIE SCARLETT . . . GETTING REESE . . . PLAYING FEMALE ROBERTS . . . KISSING ...... RICHARD GERE. AS . . . KARATE KICKING ...... AN ANCIENT TOMB. JOHANSSON . . . DRUNK WITH ...... BILL MURRAY. WITHERSPOON AS GUITAR . . . JOHNNY CASH. MOVIE STARS . . . JUNE CARTER . . . WITH . . .

3 GEORGE JOHNNY DEPP . . . MAKING . . . RUNNING LIKE . . . GETTING A MALE CLOONEY ...... SMOKING ...... A CIGARETTE. AS JACK SPARROW . . . PIRATICAL . . . A PIRATE SHIP. . . . . . . THE WOODS. BEN STILLER . . . LIE-DETECTOR . . . ROBERT DE NIRO. MOVIE STARS NOISES WITH . . . THROUGH . . . TEST FROM . . .

. . . RECEIVING A 2 . . . “THE STAR- ANNA . . . SUNBATHING . . . ENRIQUE IGLESIAS. THE WILLIAMS . . . LIFTING INTO . . . THE WIMBLEDON FLO-JO . . . GOLD MEDAL SPANGLED ANNIKA . . . DRIVING ...... A GOLF BALL. SPORTSWOMEN KOURNIKOVA . . . ON TOP OF . . . SISTERS . . . THE AIR . . . TROPHY. WHILE SINGING SÖRENSTAM . . . ALONG TO . . . BANNER.”

ACE . . . RUNNING MICHAEL . . . SLAM- . . . A BASKETBALL. MUHAMMAD ALI ...... PUNCHING ...... A BUTTERFLY. ROGER FEDERER ...... SERVING . . . A TENNIS BALL. USAIN BOLT . . . RIDICULOUSLY . . . A CHEETAH. SPORTSMEN JORDAN . . . DUNKING . . . FAST AFTER . . .