Category: Lost & Found
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When I Run, I Run Ugly
Posted in: Lost & FoundI’ve been riding bikes so long it’s easy. I don’t mean easy like I go out and crush Tour stages easy, but 99% – well, ok, maybe 85-90% of the time, when I’m suffering on the bike, I can find a way to make it work. I’m comfortable enough to find a way to get…
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1971 Land Rover Series IIA
Not your Daddy’s Oldsmobile. Mine is not your conventional mid-life crisis. I don’t want the fast red sports car. I long for the slow, red truck that’s noisy and has no radio. No bluetooth. No heated seats. This particular one is a nice shade, has the additional cool tie-in of being from the year of…
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World Happiness Report 2019
Posted in: Lost & FoundAccording to the World Happiness Report 2019: Finland Denmark Norway Iceland Netherlands Switzerland Sweden New Zealand Canada Australia The USA ranks 19th, down 5 spots since 2017.
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Ancient Roman Roads Rendered as Modern Subway Maps
Posted in: Lost & FoundFrom Open Culture: Ancient Rome’s System of Roads Visualized in the Style of Modern Subway Maps The Roman Roads of Spain and Portugal Visualized as a Subway Map The Roman Roads of Britain Visualized as a Subway Map It’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly why these appeal to me so much but in part…
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We Are Not the Thinkers of Our Thoughts
From a post over on kottke.org, Tiny Private Mind Motions “Every morning, when I screw the lid onto my steaming thermos of coffee, I think to myself, automatically, the phrase “heat capture.” I have no idea why. I’ve never used that phrase in any other context in my life. And yet I couldn’t stop it…
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John Beargrease
Posted in: Lost & FoundBen Weaver shared this poem via his email newsletter and it struck me such that I wanted to share it. I couldn’t find it anywhere online to link to, so I’m sharing it here. Do visit his website and see what he’s about, and perhaps join his email newsletter as well to have magic like…