Our daughter, who turned 18 this year, voted for the first time today. The world will begin slowly changing in the right direction now.
Statuses
I’ve really been enjoying this new YouTube show, One Question with TK. I don’t know many of the guests but the premise is so interesting and the conversation so fascinating it doesn’t matter. Highly recommended.
Dense Discovery #401: Your call is important to us
Technology has stopped being the thing that connects us to people and became the thing standing in for them.
Nailed it.
A perfect late summer salad: Small cubes of watermelon. Small cubes of cucumber. Crumbled feta. Chopped mint. Toss together in a bowl. Enjoy.
On Sunday, Beatrix will walk out of the arena at Circus Juventas for the last time, and that thought has me up early this morning. It’s not like I did not know it before, but it’s hitting especially hard.
Same.
Performing circus can teach kids about hard work, dedication, teamwork, performance, etc. Most importantly, it teaches kids how to fail in front of a crowd, get back up, and try it again. “Smile and Style” as they say. The crowd, for their part, will cheer even louder when you get it the next time.
Give me an Irish funeral and an even more Irish wake. I have but nary a drop of Irish in me but I hope those that mourn can make it up in whiskey. I want singing and dancing and music and drinking — drinking enough to remember but not so much as to forget.
Taking a test…
Same Shoe, Different Factory: Who Makes Your Running Shoes
Only two major running brands still own their factories. The rest rent from the same pool of contractors. Many do so with no commitment past the current order.
Very interesting and informative. It’ll certainly change how I think about running shoes.
It’s all going too fast.