Senses working overtime #134

1 Stillness

A modern day Walden story by a young poet desperately seeking solace - great writing and amazing photos.

2 Hilarious

Great piece about Omarosa Manigault and what she may or may not do at the White House. Fascinating and the Trump administration in microcosm.

3 Robots 
An excellent, balanced, Vox vid on robots and future employment.




4 Dunedin's Cadbury factory

I live in Nu Zild but missed this cool story about efforts to save Dunedin's Cadbury factory - I needed the Guardian to get things sorted out.

5 Speaking of the joy of chocolate...
Great reminder from Zen Habits about appreciating things!

Overtime: One-hit wonders

Excellent run down of some great one off hits. Who doesn't love a one-hit wonder??!!

Senses working overtime #133

1 Marvel rankings

Here are the new ones now that the latest Thor is out. Fun!

2 Get journaling!

Nice reminder from the consistently awesome Thomas Oppong on the joys of keeping a regular journal.

3 Apollo 15

Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden took this eery photo of Earth on the way home from the Moon
4 JFK 22 November 1963

Nice piece about the fiction generated by the JFK assasination.

5 Reputation
Tay Tay's new album is out and this Vox run down of her current state of being is spot on!

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Culture overload from now until Christmas explained by Vox!

Senses working overtime #132

1 Unsplash photo of the week

Photo by Mike Wilson on Unsplash

2 The quiet voice

Voices in the head - apparently we all have them! 

3 More voices by Dan Rockwell
Feedback and tough conversations start in the head

4 A lot of smoke!
Great Vox summary of where the Trumpski investigation is going.

5 Search your feelings Luke

Mark Hamill talks.

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A European in San Francisco explains the unwritten laws.

Senses working overtime #131

1 Mmmm

Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash

2 It's Jacinda Time

Personally, I'm thrilled to have Jacinda Ardern as our new PM. Great choice Winston! She's a breath of fresh air and after nine years of no creditable opposition to the National establishment, we have a new leader. Let's do this!! Rock on!

3 Evil - call it!

Evil happens when good people do nothing. Tarantino should have spoken up against the Harvey Weinsteins!

4 Sonder
Seth Godin explains all.

5 Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Now that you know about Sonder - read Walt Whitman's great poem - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.

Overtime: Real life Up In The Air

It's been 43 exhausting weeks since Ben Schlappig slept in a bed that wasn't in a hotel, and he spends an average of six hours daily in the sky. He has a freewheeling itinerary, often planning his next destination upon hitting the airport. Just last week, he rocketed through Dallas, Dubai, Oman, Barcelona and Frankfurt. Yet for all his travel, it would be a mistake to call Schlappig a nomad. The moment that he whiffs the airless ambience of a pressurized cabin, he's home.

Read more about him here!

Senses working overtime #130

1 How to walk out of the Louvre with a masterpiece

Excellent piece from the New York Times.

2 Steven Spielberg

Thoughtful piece backgrounding a PBS film about SS. 

3 Zinger!!

Found this list by Mary Cella on:

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT ME, THE FEMALE CHARACTER YOU’RE FALLING IN LOVE WITH IN A ROMANTIC FILM/TV SHOW WRITTEN BY A MAN

via James Whatley's Five Things - hits plenty of bullseyes!!

4 Hit the road Jack
Goodbye to these tired cliches!

5 To do

I'm not a fan of the daily 'to do' list - this is not that! As the song says, it's something else: Da Vinci's 'what I want to learn' list via Austin Kleon's newsletter.

Overtime: Build
This song just keeps on, erm, building. 

The Housemartin original popped up on my YouTube notifications and, of course, that lead me back again to Zuni's stunning (STUNNING) version. I love Zuni!

Senses working overtime #129

1 The First Trailer. The Last Jedi.

Read and watch all about it here.

2 Yeh, Tay Tay

What to do with a problem like Taylor? Am I the only 60 year old male alive who actually appreciates Taylor Swift? I'm not sure how old Ryan Adams is, but he can't be that old, so, I think I might be. 

Hilarious, is it not, that her image is so fascinating for people. Try this analysis for starters.

3 The politics of Plath

I read Ariel as an undergraduate back in the late seventies. Appreciating it was a complex experience; she was a complex woman.

 Nice that Plath is still generating thoughts, words and new dramas into 2017. This Medium article is absorbing and worth your time.

4 The Governator on Trump

Arnie is the man! Here he is at Oktoberfest and talking sense about Trump (and other things)

5 Courtroom sketch artists and why we need 'em

  

Extra Texture
Austin Kleon's blog is pretty darn cool.

Senses working overtime #128

1 Fare thee well

Great send off for Squadron Leader Nigel Rose, a war hero from WW2.

2 A swift half? Oh go on then!

In celebration of happiness and a visit to the local.

3 Eddie Vedder takes a knee!!!!!

I love Eddie's support of those NFL guys.

4 Nature, enter me

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” HD Thoreau

Great piece that, okay, preaches to the converted but that's okay from time to time.

5 The open office
Another excellent vid from Vox!



Overtime
Caught up with some bookmarks this week (first week of our term holiday)

• Having a favourite anything is, erm, bullshit, apparently.
• Give yourself something worthwhile to pursue.
• Here's why you are not your thoughts.