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BIG NEWS FROM ME: Ultra-Something is now available as an audiobook! Narrated by the author (me!). After enough people said they would like to listen to the book while running, I finally caved and spent 30+ hours recording, editing, googling audio settings, and very nearly tearing my hair out (but not quite).
- Audible
- Amazon
- Apple Books
My friend Nate Bender competed in the five-day Snowman Race in Bhutan in 2022, and he recently put together this amazing map story about the adventure. I highly recommend viewing/reading it on a laptop or desktop computer instead of a phone to get the full experience of the photos, 3D map animations, and videos.
As I said in the comments of Michael Estrin’s latest Substack piece, “Inconsiderate Yogi,” it’s not the person being loud at the campground late into the evening keeping me from sleeping, it’s my fuming inner rage that someone is being inconsiderate at a campground (which is about me, not them).
I’m pretty neutral on candy corn in general, but I do enjoy a good defense of “a thing that’s cool to hate. You know, tell me about something you love instead of complaining about things you don’t like. Anyway, this is a fun read: Actually, Candy Corn Is Great
As the parent of a toddler, I am enjoying revisiting Richard Scarry’s wonderful illustrated books (Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, Busy, Busy World, etc.). So I’m the prime audience for this thoughtful look back on Scarry’s life, on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. But maybe you are too? (via Kottke.org)
I don’t know why Reddit fed me this, but there’s some crazy artwork in this post titled “Some actual photos of the house I grew up in,” starting with those dolphins.
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Semi-Rad
Writer, artist, filmmaker, columnist for Outside Magazine. My newsletter about creativity, adventure, and enthusiasm goes out to 15,000+ subscribers every week.
Recommendation: Make Your Own 'Best Of 2024' List On my year-end list of “Best Meals of 2024”: a steel mug of maple-walnut instant oatmeal with a glob of peanut butter melted into it, eaten at a picnic table next to a not-quite-two-year-old kid eating his own bowl of oatmeal, next to his mother (also, of course, eating oatmeal). The campsite was nothing spectacular, really, just the first one we found open that May afternoon, but it was important: It was Jay’s first camping trip. He survived,...
Friday Inspiration 463 Some professional news from me: As of the end of this year, my Semi-Rad column will no longer appear on OutsideOnline.com. I found out on Tuesday and I’m still sorting out my feelings about the whole thing, but long story short: The money I was getting paid by Outside was partially supporting this newsletter. They paid me so they could republish, verbatim, my twice-a-month Thursday newsletter stories. So on one hand: I have to find a way to make up that income (not the...
Friday Inspiration 462 I cannot believe I haven’t seen this guy’s art before, but I love everything about his work, including the fact that he CREATED HIS OWN PAINT for these enormous, impermanent, outdoor murals. (video) I don’t know if this is the best time of year to mention this, or the worst, but: These Friday Inspiration newsletters take me several hours every week to curate and write. I am able to have the time to do that because people like my friend Don Laub support my work through...