• What I learned last week (#100)

    What I learned last week (#100)

    Learned last week: The joys of being a generalist, the history of the kettlebell, the problem with personal productivity, and more!

  • The year of the dog

    The year of the dog

    We now own a dog. We are now “dog owners”. Our house now has a distinct dog owner smell that we cannot detect but others certainly can. We are out first thing in the morning and in the evening with the other dog owners and are now recognized as “one of us” instead of “one…

  • Little, Big

    Little, Big

    Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad. It is usually both. Robert Musil I certainly wouldn’t consider Little, Big by John Crowley one of the best novels I’ve ever read, or would I? It’s certainly one of the most interestingly strange and effecting fiction…

  • What I learned last week (#99)

    What I learned last week (#99)

    Learned last week: How big is space, what living in Antarctica can teach you, the symbiosis of the old and the young, and more!

  • What I learned last week (#98)

    What I learned last week (#98)

    Learned last week: The joys of being a stoic, sprezzatura, designing your life, and more!

  • Fall music rotation (part 2)

    Fall music rotation (part 2)

    There’s been a lot of new stuff in rotation as of late, as well as some old favorites as well. Here is another selection of some of my favorite music keeping me company during my favorite time of year.

  • What I learned last week (#97)

    What I learned last week (#97)

    Learned last week: Not freaking out about the election, faking it to make it, the wonder of the cosmos, and more!

  • Atomic habits

    Atomic habits

    Although I write and think a lot about habits, I hadn’t read Atomic Habits by James Clear until very recently. It had been on my reading list for a while, and I finally got around to it and finished it last week. I’m working on a habit change experiment with my physical health this month…