Friday Inspiration 334
I don’t know how this masterpiece about sticks only has 6,000 views on YouTube, but trust me, if you like sticks, you’ll love it,…
I don’t know how this masterpiece about sticks only has 6,000 views on YouTube, but trust me, if you like sticks, you’ll love it,…
One of my greatest sources of wonder in life: At every breakfast joint I’ve ever patronized, there is a person working in the kitchen…
(I made this chart as a joke, and then I thought maybe other people only want to watch three movies, ever, so I made…
“There are no rules. There is a foundation, but there are no rules.” —Carlos Rodriguez (Mare139), breaking down graffiti in 12 levels of difficulty…
I don’t know how this dancer from Korea came up in my feed(s) but I am now a huge fan (video) (more of…
The other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and around-the-house things during which I had let time slip…
I just rediscovered this video I was obsessed with in 2012, which I now believe is timeless: Andrew Bird playing in a one-bedroom Heart…
I’m good, how are you
Don’t ask yourself, “Why would someone write a song about the DMV?” Ask yourself, “Doesn’t this song perfectly capture the DMV?” (video) It…
My friend Ace and I were hiking somewhere in the Utah desert several years ago when he asked me, “Have you ever heard of…
A quote from actor Jon Bernthal, just before eating a buffalo wing coated in Bhutila Fire hot sauce, beginning his descent into extreme discomfort…
exact proportions may vary based on your geographic location —Brendan
I am not normally a person who would say that I like to watch 28-minute videos of people building things, but this one (via…
—Brendan SOME RUNNING + ENDURANCE ITEMS IN THE SEMI-RAD SHOP: The Zen Of Training Coffee Mug ($15.99) I Hate Running and You Can Too…
I am trying to imagine the work it took to make about 10 seconds of this video and wow (video) ALERT: If you…
I don’t know how I feel about being a person whose friends think, “You know who would love this video in which a guy…
One day a while back, I was out on a run, thinking about nothing in particular, just enjoying moving through the world, looking at…
Me: well, Brain, it’s getting pretty late Brain: here is a list of things we need to discuss tonight
It’s hard to make a film about hiking, especially when the subject of the film averages 21+ miles per day, but I think the…
I might be biased because I have one of Max Romey’s watercolor prints hanging in my studio, but I think this short film about…
“I don’t know if it’s luck or just taking it kind of easy, but I’ve been able to run a bunch of ultramarathons without…
Rowlf: would you believe I share 98.8 percent of DNA with wolves? Me: no offense buddy but no I would not
The description of this 2-hour YouTube chillhop music mix, set to of footage of shrimp, well, just doing shrimp things at the Monterey Bay…
I don’t know if anyone besides John Green could make a 3.5-minute recipe video that’s this entertaining (video) I don’t know you, and I…
Me watching this 3-minute video: Oh this is cute. Very imaginative. Haha. Oh. Was not expecting it to go there. Very imaginative. Haha. (video)…
The folks at Strava asked me last summer if I’d like to tell a story about a particular segment of trail, for part of…
as the saying goes —Brendan
Every time a new Candide Thovex edit comes across my radar, I am 100% sure it’s going to be BANANAS, and it always is…
You may not think that you’re the type of person who has three minutes and 51 seconds to watch this single-shot video of the…
Some weeks, I spend a couple hours trying to find a video for this post, doing the Goldilocks thing where I go, “Ah, that…
At some point during the second or third episode of Once Upon a Time In Queens, I started thinking maybe I was using nostalgia…
What a world it would be if we could all spread as much joy and love as Rahim and his sandwiches obviously do. (video)…
Nick Willis had run a sub-4-minute mile every year for 19 straight years, and on New Year’s Day 2022, he went for his 20th…
Yooooooo we got a foot of fresh powder around here the other day, and you know what that means! Yeah, shoveling. OK, yeah, I…
If you’ve ever worried that you’ll one day be in a nightmare scenario where you’re at a dinner party and you suddenly realize that…