“I’ve been collecting these theories of why writers write because so many writers have written about it.”
I like: "We have to write while the image is shimmering."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/07/06/why-write

The complex practices of uroscopy: how physicians could divine sexual history, disease, and impending death by studying the body's liquid excretions. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/troubled-waters

We watched the documentary about Mary Tyler Moore last night. I expected to enjoy the show (if only because my beloved cousin Treva is in it), but we found it far more thoughtful than a historical overview about an influential actress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU5p79a7IgU

Sorry, I missed my train because I was caught in a time warp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prS7GWx-SoA

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Learning How to Delegate (Without Making People Hate You)

Report by me, from 2016. I'm still pleased with it.

https://www.oreilly.com/content/learning-how-to-delegate-as-a-leader/

I've never known a cat who'd have considered this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBUxmWeoc0

Nearly 50 years after the show wrapped, the Studio City home where Carol, Mike, and their clan of six kids once lived is up for grabs. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/brady-bunch-house-just-restored-183000338.html

Iron man https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sad-iron-man/

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I love this: One dedicated soul even formed a D&D map out of jello.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/homebrew-dungeons-and-dragons-maps

From the old e-mail sig file: The light at the end of the tunnel is usually a No Exit sign.

Your moment of zen

With the waning of Victorian prudery and the birth of psychoanalytical theory, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland seemed a good deal less innocent
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160527-alice-in-wonderlands-hidden-messages

Want a lighthouse? U.S. is auctioning or giving away 10 of them

The aim of the program is to preserve the properties, most of which are more than a century old. https://fortune.com/2023/05/26/lighthouse-us-auctioning-giving-away-10-gsa/

Generate a secure password using lyrics from Kenny Loggins. It's funny AND useful! https://www.kennylog-in.com/

A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the 9th century.
https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/medieval-books-manuscripts-discovered-romania/

Software company CEO says using ChatGPT cuts the time it takes to complete coding tasks from around 9 weeks to just a few days

…About that QA, though…
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-coding-openai-ceo-save-time-ai-jobs-software-2023-5

TFW you try on your "special occasion" clothes and you realize they're all one size too small.

I guess it's time to go shopping.