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Why What You Think You Know is Wrong – And Right – at the Same Time
Posted in: PsychologyWhy we can’t have nice things. Or agree. Great episode here of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. Discussion centering around tribalism and polarization and the misconceptions we have about how we view what are ‘facts’ and what aren’t. Why what can be ‘true’ for one person is not necessarily so for another. In…
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Went for a Bike Ride
Visited the UNB Woodlot for a nice 15km spin before the pending storm. -16°C but sunny. Trails were spectacular. Well beaten double track thanks to snowmobiles and fantastic single track thanks to snowshoers and other riders. Harmonic convergence.
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Candle Wrangler
Posted in: MusicWas just listening to this album and remembered this iconic video from the heydays of MTV. What must it have been like to be the ‘candle wrangler’ on this set? What was the budget for bic lighters? “Damn, Sting just blew one out waving that hankie around. CUT! Everyone back to one…sigh“
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Missing Statement
Posted in: Letters to McAllisterMcAllister, I am glad, in your spirit, that I’ve finally made the move to leave everything behind and start fresh after so much internal debate and gnashing of teeth. I hope I can do justice to your no bullshit attitude moving forward. I’d ask you to humour an internet junkie for a moment. I don’t…
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OG Pool Party
I had a dream last night that I was hanging at some sort of house/bbq/pool party somewhere and I’m in the kitchen talking to Martin Lawrence – yeah, THAT Martin Lawrence – and also, Ice Cube was hanging out with some other people in the kitchen as well. Because that’s the kind of parties I…