[I am re-posting this again this year at the beginning of…
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Friday Inspiration 288
Filmmaker Sean Wang revisits his 8th-grade yearbook, and I think the short film he made…
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Friday Inspiration 287
This film about photographer Mylo Fowler is beautiful (directed by Chris Burkard and written by…
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Getting Up Early: An Ode, A Lament
Some mornings, after I have been jarred out of a deep sleep far too early…
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Friday Inspiration 286
I love this song, I love this video for this song, I love all of…
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17 Hill-Climbing Strategies
There you are, at the bottom of a hill, on foot, or on your bike,…
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Friday Inspiration 285
I am trying to remain objective here but this is some INCREDIBLE cloud and storm…
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Friday Inspiration 284
The story of how Michael Berry became the only Black lumberjack in the state of…
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Some Other Things I Would Like Your Help Reclaiming
Dear guy from those YouTube ads and videos: Thank you for your offer of advice…
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Friday Inspiration 283
This is not new, but I just found out about the “Magic Roundabout” (which is…
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The Joy Of Planning Trips I’ll Never Take
I was opening a fifth browser tab when I caught myself. Researching an 600+-mile bike…
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Night Skills
drawn at 4:17 a.m. (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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Friday Inspiration 282
I didn’t really watch any of the footage of the recent eruption of the volcano…
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You (Probably) Can’t Everest Mt. Everest
Maybe you’re familiar with this thing known as “Everesting,” in which maniacs people pick a…
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Math, Throughout The Year, According To My Life
this is a joke about tax season and also a joke about trying to…
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Friday Inspiration 281
Peter Bromka introduced me to these short clips of Off Camera with Sam Jones a…
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Going Fast, Going Far
Even when I was just taping off my steps before the race started, I was…
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Doing Shit vs. Saying You’re Gonna Do Some Shit (Some Variations On A Theme)
some variations on a theme/reminder to myself (prints available here) (More…
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Friday Inspiration 280
This is super cool: an almost-real-time vlog of Joe McConaughey’s fastest known time attempt on…
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“This Meeting Could Have Been An Email” And Some Other Ideas
My new book, I Hate Running and You Can Too, is available now. —Brendan
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Friday Inspiration 279
“The point of no return for me is when the chatter in the head stops.…
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Was Balzac’s Coffee Consumption Really That Impressive?
A few months back, my friend Anna sent us a print of a quote/paraphrasing from…
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Balance: In Theory, In Real Life
if you zoom out far enough, I am indeed achieving balance in my…
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Friday Inspiration 278
I have watched this 1-minute commercial three times in a row trying to figure out…
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If I Were A Hibernating Bear
Thanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of…
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