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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 537 Who among us has not wondered, “Can my friends and I carry an entire spaghetti dinner into this Major League Baseball stadium in ziploc bags?” Thanks to Hannah sending me this video, I know the answer. (video) [Related: The story about this video in the Milwaukee Record.] [Also related: These people looked up the carry-in policies for every Major League Baseball stadium] [Also related: The New York Times wrote about all of this [GIFT LINK] If you watched and loved the...
Friday Inspiration 536 MY BOOK ULTRA-SOMETHING turned two years old on Thursday, so to celebrate that, I’m making the ebook $2 for two days (actually, two and a half days). You can buy it at Gumroad for $2 through 5 p.m. MST Sunday, May 17 at this link. — I don’t know how the algorithm decided to deliver this to me, but I deeply appreciate whatever equations guessed that I would like to listen to Tracy Morgan delivering a very unhinged breakdown of what goes on in The Empire Strikes Back,...
The 35 Types Of Runs I Have Gone On In The Past Year Or So I pushed the start button on my running watch with my right hand, two thick envelopes in my left hand, and jogged across the busy street when I saw an opening in traffic. I wasn’t sure where my run would take me, aside from a stop at the blue USPS box outside the grocery store seven-tenths of a mile away, where I’d pause to drop the envelopes and then run off. As I dropped the envelopes in the box, I thought: I wonder if any of those...