Senses working overtime #333

1 An accidental collection - Haruki Murakami

This shirt is from the Ventura Surf Shop, in Ventura County, an affluent surfing mecca near Santa Barbara. It sounds pretty nice, but will going there really improve your life? That much I can’t say.

2 The best cover letter ever - read by Benedict Cumberbatch

3 Refusal to mourn 

In lieu of
flowers, send
him back.

Andrea Cohen (2021)

4 Kickback City - Rory Gallagher

I've been a fan of Rory's for a long long time. My lovely cousin Christine in the UK gave me this for my birthday this week. It's a triple CD pack - a pulp fiction/crime noir novella by Ian Rankin and 2 CDs of Rory (a compilation of studio tracks, and one live CD). It's a pretty cool idea - Rory's favourite writing genre and his music.

5 Something's missing - John Mayer

Something great about this song from his Heavier Things album. It's been on repeat in the Purdmobile this week.

Overtime: The last word

Malaysian politician Tunku Abdul Rahman on patience:

"Some people think that as soon as you plant a tree, it must bear fruit. We must allow it to grow a bit."

Source: Leaders of New Nations (via James Clear)

Senses working overtime #101

1 Stop taking pictures

Some great advice and some nice writing from Rob Moore on taking photos instead of pictures.

2 John Mayer, check

He is making (another) return. His interviews are (nearly) always hilarious. Here's the latest!

3 GOTG2

Oooh baby!!



4 The peak
Nifty graph about the ages we peak at stuff. The good news - I still have a few to go!

5 Working memory
Cool - there are 5 (+ overtime) items every week on Jewels For The Thirsty. That's within the 7 things we can hold in our memory at any one time.

Overtime
Donald Trump's lies and how his faithful fans don't care, in fact - they like them! Americans eh!!

Senses working overtime #76

1 This photo

Great deconstruction of a troubling image.

2 Zach meats Hilary (sick)
This interview by Zach Galifianakis is hilarious!!!

3 Alex
Six year old Alex wrote a letter to President Obama. Look and learn.



4 Indiana wants me
Great animation from a fan celebrates Indiana Jones.



5 Open letter to John Mayer
Ok yes, I'm a fan. But this tickled my fancy.

Overtime
Thirtysomething was a show I loved in the eighties when I was...uh...thirtysomething. Recently I bought the box sets and started at Season One (durr), which I don't believe I ever saw - I'm pretty sure I got on board at season 2 or 3.

And you know what - now that I'm Fiftysomething, I still love it (even looking back at eighties fashions and hair styles was great).

Senses working overtime #2

1 Read this for a refreshing look at the impact of connecting with the world via the interwebs various social media outlets https://medium.com/message/nobody-famous-37790cb4d014?sectionName=suggested

"Once we realize that, a few unusual accidents aside, our social networks have the same foibles and biases as the rest of our culture, that leaves a basic question: Is there any value to any of this?
Yes. First, there is the privilege of getting to connect to an extraordinarily large group of people, and get a small window into their thoughts and desires. Hearing an unfiltered stream of people shouting their wishes into the vast expanses of the Internet has permanently made me more aware of the humanity of the strangers who tweet at me every day."

2 Sound At the moment we have Rialto channel on a special deal and I'm enjoying watching Jools Holland's Later again. Series 44! Heard this by Agnes Obell and loved it!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNsacakNkJ4




3 Sight We live in the Marvel universe. Okay - well I do anyway! My comic obsession started with a preteen attachment to The Fantastic Four, Thor, Spiderman, Sgt Fury and Tarzan. It still has its hooks in me.

All of which makes me a sucker for this mash up. Love it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXyGOecaaWg&list=PL8BDEC7368DD28E02

4 Read this - More from Murakami as he's building a picture of his character Aomame:

She had few possessions. She enjoyed reading books, but as soon as she was through with them, she would sell them to a used bookstore. She enjoyed listening to music, but was not a collector of records. She hated to see her belongings pile up. She felt guilty whenever she bought something. I don't really need this, she would tell herself... 

what did it mean for a person to be free? she would often ask herself. Even if you managed to escape from one cage, weren't you just in another, larger one?

Sensing a theme?

5 Smell You're right - I haven't had an entry on this sense yet...but I love the smell of teen spirit and the whiff of right-here-right-now that comes from Ed Sheeran. Here he is in wondrous mode on Don't with another of my favs - John Mayer.




Overtime - For those with a mature attention span - I love Macca in this interview setting. Not your normal journalist questions and the old stories take on different twists.