Senses working overtime #304

 1 How to do nothing 

Jenny Odell gives the lowdown. You could listen to the trees while you read.

2 Pocket's top 10 stories of February

3 Tinnitist

Presents 41 songs to take you to the brink (take a look/listen)

4 Renegades

Bruce Springsteen and his mate, Barack Obama, have put together a podcast. Yes - really!

5 Billy Cobham

This week I listened to Spectrum a lot. 

Overtime: John Wooden signs off the week:

Basketball coach John Wooden, winner of 10 championships, on giving:

"There is a wonderful, almost mystical, law of nature that says three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others. Give it away to get it back."

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Senses working overtime #290

 1 Barack's interview about his new book

The whole world loves Barack Obama (give or take 70 million Trump supporters). 

2 Questions to ask yourself (from James Clear)

Some questions to consider before you speak:

Does this need to be said?

Does this need to be said by me?

Does this need to be said by me right now?

3 Seventeen articles that (almost) redeemed 2020

4 Trains Planes and Automobiles

The John Hughes movie reappraised (it centres or centers around Thanksgiving - that uniquely American holiday celebration)

5 Resilience

Emine Saner (great name) investigates for The Guardian.

Overtime: Sugar is evil

I've cut out a lot of sugar from my diet (no between meal sugary snacks, no alcohol and so on) and this is the good stuff that is happening to my body.

Senses working overtime #265

1 Honour King, end racism

 

2 Faking it?

Maybe everyone else isn’t faking it

Think about your most deeply-held beliefs. It’s entirely possible that someone who disagrees with you feels just as deeply.

Consider your chronic aches, your devastating pain, your persistent allergy–it’s possible someone else has their own version of this, but different.

And perhaps, your dreams and desires, the ones that keep you up at night, are similar (but different) from the person sitting right next to you.

They’re not making it up. It’s as real as you are.

Seth Godin

3 That disasterous Trump photo op

It was obscene on all sorts of levels! And how about that Ivanka Trump? She is a piece of work.

4 Anti-racism defined

5 A real leader speaks up

Overtime: James Mattis denounces Trump

Words can be powerful things - as they say, the pen is mightier than the sword.

Senses working overtime #74

1 We're going to miss President Obama

More stunning photos from the White House photobugs here!

2 More great seventies vibes...

...in these photos.

3 Zuni
I'm a fan, and you will be too - it's just a matter of time! Check out Build - she aces it!




4 Walls
Great read on Donald Trump's wall and how it compares to others built throughout history. The stuff about Hadrian's Wall is fascinating.

5 The Wright Brothers fly!
Great article about what happens when you change the world but no one listens or cares!

Overtime
The return of 'song of the week' is David Bowie's radical reimagining of the Who's Pictures of Lily!

 

Senses working overtime #65

1 Barack - the night guy

Like so many on planet Earth, I am an Obama fan. Unlike Barack, I have always carved out my alone time in the morning. Whenever it's carved out, it's important. Getting a peak into his routines is pretty cool.

2 Proxemics explained
Great little video from Vox on personal space bubbles as studied by Edward T. Hall.

3 OMG

Bobcat on a cactus! How did that happen (thanks to JW for the link).

4 Arsenal in Aussie

Adam (pictured - thanks Ashleigh) sent me this - pretty cool - Aussie tour by the greatest team the world has ever seen!

5 Bill Murray
An overview of Bill's appeal is always good fun.




Overtime
Great video of Lennon doing Imagine live.