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I think good questions are very powerful. But a good question for person A is not a good one for person B. I shared this particular question because I first asked it of a relative stranger, apropos of nothing, and got a thoughtful response. My own answer didn’t reveal anything to myself, but I enjoy...

"The unexamined life is worth living." -- Odin

Ronald, nice share on the Civil War letter. Teared up listening to that guy facing his death and saying goodbye to the woman he loves.

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Cool track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScNgrQ1EXr0

I took about thirty minutes after finishing this video to think the question over. While reflecting on “Things Done Well” wasn’t helpful (beyond encouraging myself to keep it up), I found it illuminating to ask “Where Could I Grow?” The biggest gap was in doing fun stuff with people I care about. So...

A few days ago, I was watching a great 20-minute documentary on Alex Honnold’s last project before famously free-soloing El Capitan: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V4OGs1DehzA&pp=ygUgbmF0aW9uYWwgZ2VvZ3JhcGhpYyBhbGV4IGhvbm5vbGQ%3D At the end of the documentary, the narrator and filmer Jimmy Chin s...

Surprised to hear a healthy guy like Bill passed too young.

Rest In Peace, Foxy One

Y: The Last Man . 10 issues into this 60-issue comic book series. We follow Yorick, a young escape artist, who, along with his pet monkey, Ampersand, find themselves the last males on the planet after a mysterious plague. Many women go crazy in the aftermath and the world is looking to be dead with...

I’m not relentless about it, but I try to look for, and take, opportunities to be giving. This week, I know some relatives like granola from a local cafe, so I bought some bags and mailed them out as surprise gifts. Just got a thank you email from my 87-year old aunt that was so sweet and kind. It m...

Anything you do regularly that makes life better?

Thanks Lenny,

Have a good weekend too! Hope you catch some fun waves in Florida. Safe travels!

Lenny, You can see the Pacific between some Encinitas streets from Highway 1/Main Street. I think Wave Ki sounds super cool! A friend did it and swore it helped him. My issue with it is that in good surfing you are pushing the board away from you (surfing on the rail), whereas in Wave Ki you are pus...

The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt.

A murderous farce set in the 1850’s Old West. Two brothers, hired killers, encounter all sorts of oddballs and ne’er-do-wells in their quest to hunt down an eccentric prospector.

Funny and engaging!

Lenny,

Glad you’re getting out of Israel! Terror attacks on the street is not something a person should have to endure. Best of luck in Florida!

Dunno the story of the Lopez brothers. Got into following pro surfing around 2010 and missed their era.

My offering in the rap parody genre (rapping starts around 3 minutes, but the whole sketch is good):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLSeuaDz4tE

Always appreciate a good rap parody!

The Man Who Quit Money , by Mark Sundeen. A non-fiction account of the life of Daniel Suelo, a deeply spiritual man who abandons money to embrace Jesus's teachings. I thought it was going to be a how-to book -- tips and tricks on how to live off the land and out of trash cans -- but the main focus ...

That's something I've been wrestling with in letting go of difficult people, or at least setting boundaries with them. I've been friends with someone who's been inconsiderate for over 20 years. I finally confronted him this week because he was coming along on a snowboarding trip, which had originall...

Boris, that’s a really good point and something I struggle with. An area where I actually have done that well is in exercise. I lift weights and I surf. If I can’t surf, I’ll mountain bike, do yoga, run, etc. But I used to try and force cardio and it always made me feel worn out and like I was falli...

Ablutions , by Patrick deWitt. A piece-of-shit, alcoholic bartender works in a seedy drinking hole in Hollywood. He encounters a crackhead, a poor transexual, a child actor drinking himself to death, grifters, drugs, violence, gross sexual encounters. It’s a short read, darkly comic, and I blew thr...

Nothing, I’m just as likely to put it beforehand. As for including it at all…I think both bags are pretty cheap for their bang-for-the-buck.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

I have two backpacks. One is for work, one is for play. Each day when I visit the coffeeshop I bring the play backpack along. Dunno if other people do this, but thought it might be interesting to share what’s in your bag. Work 1 set of Rosapoar resistance bands 2 sets of Innstar workout handles 1 se...

Nicely done helping your mom!

I know what you mean with the role thing. I threw a couple parties at my house this summer. When I focused on being a good host, it led to a good experience. When I didn’t do that, I didn’t like how I showed up.

Danny MacAskill is super impressive and that’s a great vid.

This is a ski version that’s pretty cool, with Markus Heder:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fbqHK8i-H ... VzIGhlZGVy

I have the sense that it’s like a muscle.

If you dwell a lot, on anything, you get better at dwelling.