Senses working overtime #371

1 Collage - Austin Kleon

2 The case for fewer friends

Photo by Nicole Herrero on Unsplash

3 Why we need rituals, not routines

Photo by Ashley Batz on Unsplash

4 Dr Jill Biden

5 Mall walkers

Overtime: 

Sasha Aickin, former CTO at Redfin, shares some financial advice from his grandmother:

"When you buy something cheap and bad, the best you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it. When you buy something expensive and good, the worst you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it."

Senses working overtime #316

1 Thomas Drambo's trolls

A friend's blog alerted me to these great troll sculptures, built in a variety of countries. Thanks Annette.

2 TV Friends and real adult friendships

3 The famous pick their fav Dylan song 

His Bobness has had his 80th birthday doncha know.

4 Tour of the moon

This is mesmerising!

5 How to overcome fear

Overtime: Downhill serenity

Senses working overtime #49

1 Republican fight

This is a great article from someone who has been going to Republican conventions since, staggeringly, 1952. She writes beautifully - clearly and dispassionately about the unholy mess Donald Trump has brought to the American political status quo. A great read - go to it!

2 British or American?
Ricky Gervais - love him or hate him (I'm in the first camp) has written a great article on the differences between British and American humour.

3 100 Books
How to read 100 books in a year. It's easier than you thought!

4 Pexels

The two best free photo sites I've found are unsplash (featured last week) and Pexels. I typed in autumn and this beautiful picture came up!

5 Donald Trump's language
Great video analysis of Donald Trump's oratory, link supplied by a colleague - thanks Andrew!

Overtime
Great article about nerds, chess club members, Ross from Friends and American idiot culture. Go to it...