Happy Covidversary? A whole calendar year ago, I started posting some virtual things to do … and a whole year later, we still need this (and a state of the covid address tonight…) If you need a good laugh about a purported side effect of the pandemic, read Break a Toe Recently? You’re Not Alone which was definitely not intended to be funny but I can’t stop laughing at it.
Fitness
- All the lolz from this letter from your afternoon walk.
- There’s a new teacher at BFree who I love—he also teaches online.
- Crux Central is open, and awesome (bouldering in a mask is not awesome but what are ya gonna do?)
Entertainment
- Episode 26 of Sacks and the City is live! I got a hilarious text from a double-match on bumble, ya have to listen to the end to hear what it is.
- Did I watch Step Up Revolution late into the night last week? I did, and it was so worth it, even if it did come out 9 years ago… Need more Step Ups plz. Don’t @ me, Ryan Guzman might be hotter than Channing Tatum.
Art Me
- This article posits that art heals. I don’t have to read it to know I agree; art saved me last year when job loss, a breakup, and the isolation of a pandemic collided. This quote though:
But it can be hard to pinpoint what we feel about an art piece. That is in part because our reaction is the dynamic result of neural stimulation that combines areas of the brain that normally don’t operate together: the deeper recesses of our minds, which govern the pleasure and reward system, as well as other systems dealing with knowledge, perceptual, and motor circuits. Lemarquis writes that, as a result of these processes, we start to experience “aesthetic empathy,” or the impression that an artwork is part of us—that we’ve embodied its “spirit.”
“This constant back-and-forth, this empty space between the two, is the source of everything— the meaning of life,” adds Lemarquis in the interview.
article here
Feed Me
- THIS IS BRILLIANT. Kudos, Postmates. Simply stellar marketing.
Week 51. Week 51 (convo). Week 50. Week 49 (blizzy). Week 48. Week 47. Week 46. Week 46 (the convo is back). Week 45. Week 44. Week 43. Week 42. Week 41. Week 40. Week 39. Week 38. Week 37. Week 36. Week 35. Week 34. Week 33. Week 32. Week 31. Week 30. Week 29. Week 28. Week 27. Week 26. Week 25. Week 24. Week 23. Week 21. Week 21: the shame convo. Week 20. Week 20: the infection convo. Week 19. Week 19: the polarization convo. Week 18. Week 18: the wrong convo. Week 17. Week 17: the convo. Week 16 (the rant). Week 15. Week 14. Week 14+. Week 13 skipped (it’s unlucky anyway). Week 12 (not really about Covid). Week 11. Week 10. Week 9. Week 8. Week 7. Week 6. Week 5 here. Week 4 here. Week 3’s here. Week 2’s here. There is no Week 1 because we didn’t know back then.