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Friday Inspiration 326

by brendan on March 25, 2022

I don’t know how I feel about being a person whose friends think, “You know…

I Have Decided On A New Goal In The Middle Of My Run And Nothing Will Stop Me

by brendan on March 24, 2022

One day a while back, I was out on a run, thinking about nothing in…

Switching My Brain On Vs. Switching My Brain Off

by brendan on March 23, 2022

Me: well, Brain, it’s getting pretty late Brain: here is a list of things we…

Friday Inspiration 325

by brendan on March 18, 2022

It’s hard to make a film about hiking, especially when the subject of the film…

Friday Inspiration 324

by brendan on March 11, 2022

I might be biased because I have one of Max Romey’s watercolor prints hanging in…

There’s No Way I Could Have Seen This Totally Predictable Injury Coming

by brendan on March 10, 2022

“I don’t know if it’s luck or just taking it kind of easy, but I’ve…

My Dog: Wolf vs. Stuffed Animal

by brendan on March 7, 2022

Rowlf: would you believe I share 98.8 percent of DNA with wolves? Me: no offense…

Friday Inspiration 323

by brendan on March 4, 2022

The description of this 2-hour YouTube chillhop music mix, set to of footage of shrimp,…

Friday Inspiration 322

by brendan on February 25, 2022

I don’t know if anyone besides John Green could make a 3.5-minute recipe video that’s…

Friday Inspiration 321

by brendan on February 18, 2022

Me watching this 3-minute video: Oh this is cute. Very imaginative. Haha. Oh. Was not…

One Segment: The M Trail

by brendan on February 17, 2022

The folks at Strava asked me last summer if I’d like to tell a story…

Live Fast, Die Young,

by brendan on February 16, 2022

as the saying goes —Brendan

Friday Inspiration 320

by brendan on February 11, 2022

Every time a new Candide Thovex edit comes across my radar, I am 100% sure…

Friday Inspiration 319

by brendan on February 4, 2022

You may not think that you’re the type of person who has three minutes and…

Conversation My Dog Has With Another Dog, Who Is Behind A Fence, While We Are On A Walk In Our Neighborhood

by brendan on February 3, 2022

Friday Inspiration 318

by brendan on January 28, 2022

Some weeks, I spend a couple hours trying to find a video for this post,…

Nostalgia: A Hobby, A Habit, A Survival Tactic

by brendan on January 27, 2022

At some point during the second or third episode of Once Upon a Time In…

Friday Inspiration 317

by brendan on January 21, 2022

What a world it would be if we could all spread as much joy and…

Friday Inspiration 316

by brendan on January 14, 2022

Nick Willis had run a sub-4-minute mile every year for 19 straight years, and on…

Shoveling Season Is Upon Us

by brendan on January 13, 2022

Yooooooo we got a foot of fresh powder around here the other day, and you…

Friday Inspiration 315

by brendan on January 7, 2022

If you’ve ever worried that you’ll one day be in a nightmare scenario where you’re…

Friday Inspiration 314

by brendan on December 31, 2021

FIRST OFF: If you want to help support these Friday Inspiration posts going forward, here’s…

Make 2022 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm

by brendan on December 30, 2021

Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…

Friday Inspiration 313

by brendan on December 24, 2021

I am not much of a mountain biker, but, maaaaaaaan this 2-minute edit just feels…

Friday Inspiration 312

by brendan on December 17, 2021

Hey, before you scroll down to the content in this third-to-last Friday Inspiration post of…

The Birth Of An Idea

by brendan on December 16, 2021

Things like this are able to exist because of my Patreon supporters, who are universally…

Friday Inspiration 311

by brendan on December 10, 2021

I am a fan of pretty much everything Beau Miles does on YouTube, and he…