Senses working overtime #286

 1 Edgar Rice Burroughs' covers

I'm always amazed at the artwork that adorns pulp fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

2 Why arrogance is dangerously contagious

3 America votes and the rest of us look on in amazement!

Let's hope they make the right choice.

4 Is this the end of American optimism?

5 Springsteen and the art of aging well

Overtime: Nearly 80 kph downhill...on a bike!

Overtime: RIP Nobby

Senses working overtime #285

1 Broooooce!

He's back with the surviving E Streeters, and back with an album, Letter To You. It's great too (got my copy yesterday).

2 Trump's $1 Billion debts explained, really well!

3 Sigourney

4 My Life In Red And White

I got my copy yesterday - so exciting! I love autobiographies!

5 The 100 most influential animations...ever

Overtime: Bluesleep

Senses working overtime #284

1 Jazz music lettering

2 Grapefruit and why I can't eat any anymore

3 Wear the damned mask!

To be clear, the science supports using masks, with recent studies suggesting that they could save lives in different ways: research shows that they cut down the chances of both transmitting and catching the coronavirus, and some studies hint that masks might reduce the severity of infection if people do contract the disease.

4 Newman!

Wayne Knight stars in this advert for the mail. Yes, the mail. It never stops....

5 Twelve great movies are coming...sometime

Including On The Rocks - a repeat pairing of Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray. Looks great too!

Overtime: Where you're born influences the person you become

An interesting article. An excerpt: 

In some societies, such as the U.S. and Netherlands, people are largely driven by pursuits that benefit themselves. They’re expected to seek personal recognition and boost their own social or financial status.

In more collectivist societies, such as South Korea and Chile, high value is placed on the well-being of the larger group – typically their family, but also their workplace or country.

We found that the way parents discipline their children is strongly influenced by these social values, and likely serves to perpetuate these values from one generation to the next.

Senses working overtime #283

1 Why the brain forgets 

2 When the pandemic ends...

3 Rest in peace Eddie Van Halen

4 Things you can learn from people who succeed later in life

by Thomas Oppong

5 Brie Larson has a series of cool YouTube videos you could check out.

Overtime: Woodstock

Having picked up some new Woodstock soundtrack records (Woodstock 3 - a triple, and Woodstock 4 - a double album) I've been collating all my Woodstock related CDs, DVDs, record albums, magazines and books and put them in one place in The Shack (a.k.a. ARF). Oh, and I rewatched the movie again! It's still one brilliant piece of documentary film making some 50 years later kids.

Senses working overtime #282

1 Mount Tamalpais

During 2013 I went for a bike ride with Mike Rowbotham up Mount Tamalpais. I'll never forget it! Great views (SF far to the distant right), great homemade lemonade and music at the top.

2 Logical fallacies

3 Trump v Biden

The first 'debate' analysed well by The Washington Post and Vox. Why do they persist in calling these food fights 'debates'? The NZ version was no debate either. Bizarre.
4 Marvel's 616

5 Why many Netflix shows are canned after two series.

Overtime: Bill Withers 

A great piece from Rolling Stone, written while Bill was still around.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's advice for living.