Ten Things that Occurred to Me #1
Mental Health Tip of the Week: Listen to music. I've been not listening to music for a while, and it has taken its toll. Fired up Spotify this morning, and listened to some awesome country music, and it has put some pep in my step this morning.
You know when you get your driveway shoveled, and then the street snowplow comes by and deposits a four-foot-tall wall of snow at the end? I always love that.
It seems like there have been only a very few sports coaches over the years that have been transcendent — who have had a profound impact on not only their players but on the actual game itself. John Wooden comes to mind. Widely considered the greatest coach of any sport of all time, Wooden change the game of basketball and the lives of many, many players. I think a current coach who may be approaching that level is Nick Saban — and I find it interesting that Coach Saban follows Stoicism in his approach to life and football.
The perfect fast food place has:
Good food
WiFi
A Coke Freestyle machine
A clean bathroom.
“Outhouse” garbage cans (The ones where you just have to drop your garbage in and don’t have to touch anything)
Warmth. Seriously, it’s like a meat locker in half these places all year round.
Sweet Baby Elvis on a Biscuit. There are few things in this world more irritating than having to click "See More". I ALWAYS want to See More. I don't ever NOT want to See More.
Coding Quote of the Week: “The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.” — Pamela Zave
I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- "Compiling to Javascript" is the future of programming. The browser is really the Operating System now. People won't be writing Javascript anymore in ten years, just
I love utterly meaningless headlines. Saw this today: "Key Metrics Indicate Bitcoin's Newfound Momentum Could Sustain". It's not wrong. Yup, it could. It also could tank.
Book of the Week: A Gentleman in Moscowby Amor Towles. (Affiliate Link) A lovely book about a lovely man.
Newsletter of the Week: Mark Manson -- a lot of brutal truths to keep your life from being more horrible otherwise.