What Kellan is doing. Also interesting content. Obvs.
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What Kellan is doing. Also interesting content. Obvs.
i know it has been noted ad-nauseum, but it's striking how ties are mostly worn by non-powerful people now pic.twitter.com/YXTkMGkAaX
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) September 15, 2022
September 21, 2022 | Permalink
As you age, it's ridiculous how fast bird-watching creeps up on you. You spend your whole life being 100% indifferent to birds, and then one day you're like "damn is that a yellow-rumped warbler"
— Jesse Case (@jessecase) September 17, 2022
UPDATE! COMPLICATIONS!
I deleted a silly tweet about bird-watching because I've been made aware that @gaberutledge has been doing a BANGER similar bit about it, and I'm not about stepping on any toes. It happens.
— Jesse Case (@jessecase) September 18, 2022
Gabriel's an AMAZING comic, and everyone should give him a follow and catch a show.
When you’re 48 you start looking at what the 50 year olds are up to #comedy #standup pic.twitter.com/KK7P4Kl3I6
— Gabriel Rutledge (@gaberutledge) August 24, 2022
Thanks to Tom for keeping me across all these developments. News as we have it.
September 21, 2022 | Permalink
I enjoyed this discussion on Woman's Hour about male friendships. Based on Billy No-Mates.
"Men treat women like their HR department"
"Men don't have friends. They have wives who have friends who have husbands"
"The best way to have a friend is to be a friend. Men don't put the effort in"
"Show up when you're asked. Go first when you're not. Keep going even when it's hard"
Notion is made for people who used colored pens in their school notes
— L3 Tweet Engineer (@MegaBasedChad) September 18, 2022
I'm extremely 'notes' curious. I imagine that finding just the right note-taking app or methodology will unlock all sorts of productivity gains. Then I remember that it never has in the past, I don't really want to unlock productivity gains and I'm getting too old to care that much.
But it has also occurred to me that this blog right here is probably the place I've cultivated and tended the longest. It's been a sort of notebook for almost 20 years. So I'm going to go back to just sticking notes here.
Apologies to the RSS massive.
This Arena film by Gillian Wearing is fantastic. It's about George Eliott but it's also about all sorts of modern people. Many of them from the Midlands!
I did not know that she lived (and wrote Middlemarch) very near Regents Park. I did, sort of, know of her Derbyshire connections. But not to this extent.
September 20, 2022 | Permalink
Anatolian psych-pop. It's time.
September 19, 2022 | Permalink
Perfect for a morning of transitional weather, Peter Gregson's recomposition of the Bach cello suites. via Alan Jacob's newsletter.
Everything about this is gorgeous. The sound. The look. The vibe. The vibes.
Excellent advice from Rose Eveleth on dealing with someone who won't let you talk:
"There are also more advanced moves. One of my favorites is the Question Sneak Attack. While your monologuer is talking, say over them “Jim (or whatever their name is), can I ask you something?” This often makes them stop, or at least wrap up their thought. Because there’s nothing better for an over-talker than you asking them a question. This makes it seem like they are not simply holding forth at length, but instead answering your questions. When they do stop, you don’t, in fact, ask a question. Instead, you make your point. Every time someone successfully executes off the Question Sneak Attack on the radio I high five myself, or whoever is around me. It is probably my favorite move.
A less advanced, but very effective move is the Name Drop. When you find yourself unable to get a word in edgewise simply start saying the speakers name. Like this, “Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.” This is incredibly effective because it is usually a short and easy set of syllables to get in that makes it very clear that you’re being talked over. And because you’re using the talker’s name it is very clear that you are addressing them specifically. Eventually, they will have to stop and say “yes?” At which point you can politely point out that they have been speaking over you this whole time and you did not buy tickets to this one man show and could he please show you the exit."