Tag: music

Weekly Compendium (4.19.20)

What I’ve Been Reading Tribes, by Seth GodinWhile I’ve been aware of Seth Godin for quite a few years, I only read his work recently. Late last year I read The Dip and then this past month Tribes. I struggled a little with his writing style and formatting, it seemed like a random collection of ideas. Each section might be a paragraph to a page long and do not connect together very much. While this makes it highly accessible, it also felt too broad. There were a few ideas that I wish he had spent more time exploring. But overall,…

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A Week in Houston

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I am officially one week into my vacation! A brief recap of my adventures thus far: Reading Economic Science and the Austrian Method, American Gods, and I Capture the Castle Watching the second American Sherlock Holmes, She’s the Man, and half of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries  Making good progress on my summer tan and almost getting burned Experiencing the craziness of Houston traffic Spending time at the pool and the beach Eating some delicious fish tacos while overlooking the Gulf Learning about pirates at the Moody Gardens Trying to make sense of what’s going as “art” at the Houston Contemporary Art Museum Walking about 3 miles in…

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Top Fav Bands, #3: Bastille (Post 3)

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I’ve gotten behind with doing my favorite music videos…sorry about that! I am leaving tomorrow to visit a friend in Houston for a few weeks. Besides a bit of work and a few other projects, this is mostly going to be a relaxing/fun vacation. That mostly means hanging out at the beach and doing a lot of reading, which I am really looking forward to! I may fit in some blogging too…but we’ll have to see. I will try to keep up with doing some music videos and some other random things. Considering that Bastille ranks so highly for me,…

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