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This is for anyone who’s ever bought a throwback sports jersey, and isn’t quite sure why they did it, but who also enjoys how it makes them feel. (gift link)
I know there are lots of heartwarming stories about the Olympics, but this one is my favorite so far: Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen is so obsessed with the chocolate muffins in the Olympic village that he’s made 10 TikTok videos about them. (The most popular one has been viewed more than 10 million times)
This piece reminded me that a) I’ve been using Gmail for almost 20 years and b) that I am probably not emotionally ready to read emails I wrote to anyone from probably 2005 through 2010. But wow.
This is such a cool short video about Kathryn Bigelow’s revolutionary POV shots, and how ahead of their time they were for fast action shots—especially when you consider how big and heavy the cameras were, compared to the first GoPro, which wouldn’t come along for another 14 years.
As a trail runner who worries about the welfare of animals maybe a little more than average, I have to say being followed by a flock of lost sheep on my run is maybe more terrifying than being followed by a mountain lion.
I had a great chat with my friend Jonathan Ellsworth on The Blister Podcast on Monday, and if you think I sound like shit, it’s because I do! But we still had a wonderful conversation about Ultra-Something. (I’ve had a cough for 3+ weeks now and am relentlessly advocating for myself as a patient in the healthcare system, while trying to rest and drink lots of fluids.)
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Writer, artist, filmmaker, columnist for Outside Magazine. My newsletter about creativity, adventure, and enthusiasm goes out to 15,000+ subscribers every week.
Friday Inspiration 545 I don’t know how to describe this 8-minute video of the Artemis II launch, but it was unexpectedly moving (I know Katy Perry/lots of ultra-rich people have now gone to space but why is this so much more exciting?)(video) This is a story about the minor-league Staten Island FerryHawks being the worst team in professional baseball this season, but the best part to me was Lauren Theisen’s description of what it was like to watch a night game in a stadium designed to hold...
Friday Inspiration 544 Clips of this performance were floating around social media this week, especially noting that Robert Glasper has tears running down under his sunglasses while he plays a cover of Radiohead’s “Everything in Its Right Place,” and it is incredibly powerful. But I poked around a bit and he’s been covering this song for at least 20 years, so I wonder why this performance affected him so much? (video) This New York Times article about Sylvester Stallone’s Cliffhanger being a...
Life Stage: Big Tent Sometime between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. last Wednesday night, I got kicked in the head. I jolted awake, not sure what was happening for a few seconds, then realized it was my 3-foot 6-inch tall preschooler’s feet in my face. I was trying to sleep against the wall of the biggest tent I’ve ever owned, and finding it a little cramped because my child, who was sleeping between myself and my wife, had worked himself into a position exactly perpendicular to us: I gently turned him...