Jeffrey C. Jacobs

The Green Pill Secret: Mercenary Dating

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, your night owl in Reston, VA. This week, we're talking about Mercenary Dating. Of course, before we go forward, we need to define what Mercenary Dating is. In essence, it's dating with purpose. When you date someone, the moment you see that they can't meet the goal you have—maybe you're at different stages of life, or have different priorities in terms of fitness or…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/05/16/the-green-pill-secret-mercenary-dating/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Doctor Who Rewatch: Where it Began, How it’s Going

My first episode ever of Doctor Who was The Power of Kroll, Part Two. That's the story that hooked me for life—too many years ago for me to even consider. And here we are again! Kroll Kroll Kroll Kroll!

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/05/11/doctor-who-rewatch-where-it-began-how-its-going/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Unrequited Love

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, welcoming you from a moonstruck Reston, VA. This post is being released at precisely midnight as we're only a month away from the Summer Solstice. And with the extra sun comes longer evenings and time for dates and time to meet new and interesting people. But then you meet that special gal—or guy—and she's the world to you.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/05/09/the-green-pill-secret-unrequited-love/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Bad Breakup

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, coming to you from Reston, VA… or is it Neist Point on the Isle of Skye? I visited Skye in 2018 and this is one of my photos from that lovely trip with my ex-wife, the last trip we ever took—because of the pandemic. Of course, I did say ex-wife, not because he name started with the letter X, but because after 25 years I knew I was being stifled and had to escape.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/05/01/the-green-pill-secret-bad-breakup/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Emotional Intelligence

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, brought to you from lovely Reston, VA. This week we're talking about Emotional Maturity through Emotional Intelligence. I, personally, am the first to admit I sometimes lose my cool. I don't like it, but it happens. For instance, they inserted a new line item into my lease requiring me to pay for the common area at utility rates which would be more expensive than…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/04/24/the-green-pill-secret-emotional-intelligence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: TradWife

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, recorded with love right here in Reston, VA. This week I wanted to delve into a topic which doesn't get a lot of publicity. The idea of a TradWife, or Traditional Wife in the Abrahamic religions, is the idea that a man is responsible for bringing home the proverbial bacon…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/04/17/the-green-pill-secret-tradwife/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: I’m Always Right

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, coming to you from right here in Reston, VA. This week is all about being right. Which is to say I'm not always right, and neither are you! The point really is to understand that if you always have to be right, then you're going to have issues long term with people who hold different beliefs trusting you.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/04/10/the-green-pill-secret-im-always-right/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Attachment Types

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, produced right here in Reston, VA. This week is based on a book we once read in The Science Book Club. In that meeting, we discussed Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—And Keep—Love, by Dr. Amir Levine, MD…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/04/03/the-green-pill-secret-attachment-types/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Tall Queens and Short Kings

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, produced right here in Reston, VA. This week's topic is all about Tall Queens and Short Kings. By queen, I mean someone who identifies as a woman, regardless of how they dress or if they are cis or trans. Likewise, the king is just someone identifying as male, be they cis or trans.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/03/27/the-green-pill-secret-tall-queens-and-short-kings/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Unaliving (A.K.A. Suicide)

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, produced right here in Reston, VA. This week, we're discussing a most series topic; a topic so fraught I can't even call it what it is on YouTube for fear of demonetization. Mind you, the channel as it stands is about 9,990 subscribers away from ever making a single penny but I digress.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/03/20/the-green-pill-secret-unaliving-a-k-a-suicide/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Sapiosexuality

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Green Pill Secret, produced right here in Reston, VA. This week we're talking about Sapiosexuality. Simply put, today is all about it being okay to be smart! Maybe your jam is science books like The Science Book Club, which I run and am making the 2025–2026 book poll as I write this.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/03/13/the-green-pill-secret-sapiosexuality/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Hegemony

No matter how you pronounce it, Hegemony, or more specifically Hegemonic Masculinity, is the idea that the man and the woman have specific gendered roles when it comes to dating. In and of itself, that seems rather innocuous, but problems occur when taken to extremes. One example of an extreme is a guy telling his girlfriend she can't have any male friends. 

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/03/06/the-green-pill-secret-hegemony/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Green Pill Secret: Energy

This week is all about Energy. Don't let a boring date get you down. Sometimes things don't work out, and that's okay. But often, the energy you share is the energy you receive. If you're a dead fish, how can you expect your companion to be anything different. Of course, the type of energy you give also matters. What we're talking about here is Positive Energy.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/02/27/the-green-pill-secret-energy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Green Pill Secret: Faith

A couple weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my dear friend and occasional writing partner Donna Royston. I knew Donna from the Hourlings writing group, which meets weekly, Sunday mornings online and at the Barnes & Noble in Ashburn. It was a lovely service in the Church in Winchester, VA. Needless to say, the service inspired me, and has brought me to love Jesus.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/02/20/green-pill-secret-faith/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Green Pill Secret: Pick Me

Welcome to another episode if the Green Pill Secret. Last week, I wanted to tell you all about the problem with Creep Culture, this week, it's all about the Pick Me people. What is a Pick Me person? Simply put, a Pick Me Person, for instance, a Pick Me Girl, is a woman who talks about mens and boys issues.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/02/13/green-pill-secret-pick-me/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Tutor: Science / Math / Software Engineering

Folks, as I've from time to time mentioned, I'm currently unemployed and as such, although I'm using the time to improve my literary portfolio, with hopefully at least 2 books to be released this year, I'm also considering earning some cash as the money runs out. For instance, since I run a science book club, am a mathematician, and a software engineer with decades of experience, I wanted to offer my skills to anyone needing…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/02/07/tutor-science-math-software-engineering/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Green Pill Secret: Creep Culture

This week I've decided to finally expand upon an issue I'd held back for a while now: Creep Culture. First and foremost, I'm not talking about #MeToo here. Those #MeToo stories are tragic and abominable and need to stop now! But, that's not what Creep Culture involves. No, Creep Culture is the practice of, for instance, taking a workout video and catching a man glancing your way, and putting that video on…

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/02/07/green-pill-secret-creep-culture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Green Pill Secret: Universal Basic Income

This week it's all about getting money from the gubment! Yes, we're talking about UBI, Universal Basic Income. I've decided to run the numbers so you don't have to, starting with what that UBI Monthly Payment should be and how much that would actually cost the government versus what it pays now for Social Security, Food Stamps, and the rest of it.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/01/31/green-pill-secret-universal-basic-income/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Green Pill Secret: Invisibility

Last week I recorded an episode about Invisibility. Unfortunately, there was no Audio Pickup because it was getting the sound from a non-existent microphone so it was just 10 sunny minutes of silence. I even filmed a clip where I could edit the video to make me disappear when I said Invisibility; but alas, that wouldn't have worked with a nighttime recording.

http://www.timehorse.com/2025/01/24/green-pill-secret-invisibility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social