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.

Senses working overtime #64

1 And a hero comes along

Joseph Campbell had it right - the hero has a thousand faces. Nice medium.com update on what makes a hero.

2 John Oliver
Has become widely known and admired for his own satirical TV show. Here he is explaining English football to David Letterman. Hilarious!




3 Seth Godin
Yes, more groovy messages from Seth. This one is about the signals we send. Reminded me of the
Jerry moment.

 


4 Hollywood and movie sequels
They are mostly bad bad bad and here's why.

5 Legend of Tarzan

I grew up with Tarzan on the TV, in one of my favourite comics and on the big screen. I'm a fan. Fingers crossed for this latest version!

Overtime

Speaking of heroes - here's another one fer yer - I loved reading the Robert E. Howard Conan books when I was younger. Looks like a reboot is happening with Conan as well.

Same fingers are crossed coz Conan has been poorly treated at the movies (and I'm an Arnie fan!).

Senses working overtime #63

1 Movie posters

Do they all look the same? 

2 Body tells
Nice piece this on some of the ways our body lets us down without saying a word. I am very much a WYSIWYG person and an open book!

3 The other side of fear

Another short read: this one is in the inspirational reading category on not letting pain and fear stop you from pursuing everything you want in life.

4 Seth Godin

I'm enjoying my daily dose of wisdom from Seth's blog. This edition was titled Shields up and may surprise you!

5 Matt Muir's Imperica
Thanks to a brilliant Olgilvy Blaze Radio thingcast ('cept what's with the annoying piddly music guys??) from James Whatley I found this from Matt Muir. Holy sugar honey iced tea!! It's pretty cool!!

Overtime
Ha ha Boris! What's that sound? Oh yeah - chickens flapping their way homeward.

Britain and Westeros are taking on too many similarities for comfort of late. Great read on the treacherous side of UK politics.

Senses working overtime #62

1 Jeeerrrrrry

Jerry Seinfeld is a regular visitor to these pages. He has season 8 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee out (soon? now? not sure). If you've never seen any (!!!!) go to YouTube right now and treat yourself.

2 Tim's views
Thanks to a link from James Whatley - here's a series of photos from Tim's view aboard the space station.

3 PM Dawn
RIP Attrell.

4 Rowan and Elton
Hilarious YouTube clip has Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton John.



5 Welcome to a scary world...

Vantage have some great photography stories. This one is slightly creepy/ scary though - it details the strange world created by Mark Hogancamp who was attacked outside a bar in Kingston, NY. After coming out of a coma, Hogancamp created his own recovery therapy in his backyard — a miniature Belgian WWII town called Marwencol where Hogancamp can work on his dexterity and on his imagination.

Overtime: Pixar
All seventeen of the Pixar movies rated! Your life is now complete!

Senses working overtime #61

1 Grace Slick

I think I've always been in love with Grace. She is so wonderful, so talented, so funny, with such a beautiful spirit. You get a sense of it as she discusses writing White Rabbit.



2 A movie written by algorithm
Hmm - not sure what I think about this - Sunspring is a sci-fi movie written by artificial intelligence. Definitely fits into 'senses working overtime', though.

3 Girl squad
This NY Times 'report' on the Hillary Clinton/ Liz Warren meeting is hilarious!! I wish I could write clever stuff like this.

4 Brain Pickings
I love tuning into the more cerebral delights of Brain Pickings. This latest piece on reading centres attention on Hermann Hesse in a stunning way!

5 Ellen's set

I saw this picture on my Twitter feed and while it didn't inspire me to go to the link, it did make me admire the set: the white square seating (which allows the humans to float via their darker clothing); the contrasting natural textures of the (fake?) wooden coffee table with book/(fake?) flowers/coffee mugs (not cups); fake cityscape with palm trees projected onto the big screen behind her; the highly polished floor. All gleaming, all fake warmth or fake expanse. It's actually really really well done!

Overtime

Song of the week and, yes, I love Steven Wilson's stuff: Lazurus by Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree:

Senses working overtime #60

1  Pep

It's another Sgt Pepper's anniversary and just when you thought it had all been written something springs up to surprise you. The Greatest? the debate rages on...

2 Mystery train
I like this guy - he embarks on a metaphor (visits to his posts are like a train coming into an abandoned station, and not very frequently) and just extends it without mercy! Gotta love that!

3 Sadiq Khan
How wonderful that there is a muslim mayor of London. Londoners rock!! This is a great Guardian article about what he's up to over Ramadan which started this week.

4 Speaking of Ramadan
What is it? This is what it's about!

5 The Ercolines - Woodstock icons

I remain fascinated by the original Woodstock festival in 1969. I love this couple's story!

They met at Dino’s Bar, a local diner, when Bobbi was with another man, a waiter there, in February of 1969. 

“She was gorgeous, are you kidding me? Long, blonde hair, she was a gorgeous girl. She’s a gorgeous woman,” Ercoline said.

Overtime
Song of the week is Porcupine Trees's Buying New Soul.

Senses working overtime #59

1 National Geographic photos

Get ready to gasp in awe - some truly inspiring images in this lot!

2 Olivia Munn

Woo Nellie - Olivia Munn was freakin awesome in The Newsroom. Wait, what? She's Psylocke in the new X-Men: Apocalypse movie? Let me through...

3 Work place dress codes
Always a hot topic, this is a great article about the changing modes of dress for men and women at the coalface. 

4 Star Wars holograms
Cool idea, holograms carved into the grooves of the vinyl version of The Force Awakens soundtrack. Thanks to James for the heads up.

5 Three years of Unsplash

Amazing images on Unsplash, as you know. This link takes you to a three year anniversary celebration.

Overtime: Song of the week
This insane version of Highway Star by Joe Satriani and the guys from Chickenfoot rocked the Purdmobile this week.