Senses working overtime #177

1 Starting to get into the swing of new routines now...
S0 eeking out some time to check the interweb links this week. And that's OK, OK?

Ever wondered where OK comes from?




2 Poetry corner returns and so does Margaret Atwood

Habitation Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: the edge of the forest, the edge of the desert                     the unpainted stairs at the back where we squat outside, eating popcorn the edge of the receding glacier where painfully and with wonder at having survived even this far we are learning to make fire Margaret Atwood (1970)

3 The return of Seth Godin

Dumber angrier louder

When someone tries to engage you with a pitch that’s simple, visceral and more direct than you’re used to, it may be that their vitriol is hiding the fact that they’re afraid.

We race to the bottom, or we climb forward.

Stereotypes, shortcuts and shallow invective are effective in the short run, but they’re not useful, important or the best we can do.

4 Jim Carrey returns to TV

Samantha works on his new show, Kidding, a bit. It sounds like a great vehicle for young Jim.

5 I hate Spurs, so I love this...

Overtime: Van the man!
A compendium of stellar pieces from Thom Hickey on the great man.