Week 66 Wanderings (2-13-24)

49er fans, hopefully you don’t break your phones reading this newsletter through your fountain of tears. (I could not give 2 shits about football tbh)

Enjoy!

How I lose things less often

‘It has to have a place to live’

I lose things perpetually.
Recently it’s been my mind.
Subpar joke, I get it but it’s not like I have a week to come up with a solid punchline or anything.

I find the core of my disorganization comes when my things don’t have a place to live:
Shoes go on the rack.
Pencils go in the cup.
Keys go in the box.

If I’m losing things over and over it’s because they don’t have a place to live.

Some comedy I am listening to

Both by Ricky Gervais. A stark contrast from the British version of The Office, Mr. Gervais takes on a totally different twist with his standup. Controversial but thoughtful, this dudes 1 hour specials were fantastic. My favorite comedy is the one that makes me think and laugh and he nailed both.

“Humans are the only species that allow nature to understand itself”

Ricky Gervais Supernature

Question I’ve been thinking about

What exactly makes humans fundamentally different from animals?

It seems like such a silly question, right? But the more I debated for hours-on-end-with-my-friend-in-a-car-in-the-middle-of-Montana-on-some-windy-mountain-roads, the harder it was to articulate the actual differences.

Obviously we’ve got a prefrontal cortex and logic, but how does that change us?

Elephants can paint.
Dolphins use a form of language.
Lions have a hierarchical social structure.
Monkeys pay for sex and throw poop at each other.

Are we really that much different?

A cool promotion video

Niki Boon

No clue who Niki Boon is, but this was her 4 minute ‘Get to Know Me’ video from her company’s website.

It was the most personal and intimate ‘About Me’ that I’ve ever seen (not that there is stiff competition). I find it super cool when put this much emotion and humanity in to a small snippet of themselves. It gives you incredible insight in to who a person is in such a condense time period. Storytelling at it’s finest.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My name is Colin and I like to ramble about life. My mom tells me I’m special and I think the Officials are starting to believe her. I like reading (mostly picture books) and telling people they’re wrong. If you figure this life thing out, pls let me know, it’s a toughie.

You can hear me talk (read?) more about myself here.

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