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“Books are a frozen conversation”This reality understanding at a deeper level as I continue (slowly) making my way through Merton’s “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”.
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Boy Scouts’ first-ever change of name will reflect inclusion - Baltimore Sun“ Boy Scouts of America” to become “Scouting America”.
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CloudConvertCloudConvert - Online file converter between all different media types, including video, audio, image, text, etc.Could be very useful, perhaps in coordination with Zapier and AI tools.
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Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape competition through authenticity – No one else can beat you at being you.Writing that one down.
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Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape compet
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Newspaper Club - Make and print your own newspapersHere’s a neat service that’ll enable you to print your own newspaper, from 1 copy to thousands.Choice of three different formats, two printing methods - Prices don’t look super cheap, but for the right use, very reasonable.Now to just channel the inner Hearst into the next big thing! :)
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St. Thomas did not seek to be imposed on the world. He asked only to be understood in the world, as revealing the possibilities the world had in itself. In a time of drastic change, one can be too preoccupied with what is ending or too obsessed with what seems to be beginning. In either case one loses touch with the present and with its obscure but dynamic possibilities. What really matters is openness, readiness, attention, courage to face risk. You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope. In such an event, courage is the authentic form taken by love.Thomas Merton, in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
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Lawmakers eye changes to pot laws Md. lawmakers eye changes to pot lawsvia The Baltimore Sun
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Tied up for a few meaningful minutes on a downtown Baltimore street Enjoyed this recounting & reflection by Dan Rodrick’s in today’s Sun about an everyday experience of meaning. :)
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Teflon Bone foldersAh yes, when it’s time to get serious with folding paper - a modern version of the bone folder.
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Meet the woman who doles out the snacks to keep the Ravens fueledA good run-down of healthy and active snacks as cataloged by the Baltimore Ravens’ nutritionist.(via The Baltimore Banner)
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Save emails into Evernote(Note to self)Standard format for sending email into your Evernote:Email Subject: [Title of note] ![optional date for reminder] @[notebook] #[tag]Note: You can use any combination of these commands, but to ensure correct sorting behavior, always add the reminder first, followed by the notebook, then the tag.
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Newsletters spam test by mail-tester.comWith the enhanced email verification going on lately (seems a decade or two past due), this turns out to be a handy way to see how emails from your domain stack up and where some tweaks will help them be seen as legitimate.
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In 2023, I started believing in ‘horseshoe theory’ of politicsInteresting take by political commentator Jonah Goldberg, as syndicated through The Baltimore Sun:Of course, these trends predate 2023 by quite a bit. But what’s changed is how much more willing the political center is to let itself be defined by the logic and rhetoric of the extremes. The result is a kind of bipartisan consensus around the more European idea of fighting for control of the state, led by fairly mainstream politicians terrified of their party’s bases.Why the rhetoric of the fringes has become mainstream probably has a lot to do with the changing media landscape and weakness of parties. But what remains constant is the importance of rhetoric itself, which, as the late literary critic Wayne Booth said, is “the art of probing what men believe they ought to believe.” And the loudest voices are bending the arc of our politics towards illiberalism.
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Lessons from spacE“Lessons from Space” via The Baltimore Sun.In which “Hoot’s Law” is shared: “No matter how bad things may seem, they can always get worse.”The point of which is: If you make a mistake, don’t rush and scramble trying to fix it, thereby compounding the problem. Better to take moment to take a deep breath, get to a working frame of mind, then go at it, perhaps even calling in help when applicable.Definitely good advice. :)
