What random skills have the best return to learning time ratio? I feel like proper kitchen knife technique has gotta be up there

Both wildwood and YCSE were excellent movies. Maybe I should stop being enemies with theaters. Sigh

Why do all the holidays with good seasonal decor happen at the end of the year? We need an excuse for people to put big inflatables and shit in their lawn in the springtime

Three (count em) THREE emotional conversations leading to notable somatic shifts this month. Idk if I’ve ever been this certain that I am moving in the right direction

Grateful for: - small artists - tough competition - damn good movies - the wonderful people in my life - cute animals - getting unstuck - words going from inside head to outside head - people being altogether too patient - soup!!!

There’s something visceral about running that makes a day feel extra well spent. If I’ve been on a run, the productivity-shame goblin in the basement of my head is fully sated and goes off to mind his own business. Couldn’t tell you why, but damn I’ll take it!

You need to have live music in your life or you are letting your spirit atrophy send tweet

Are we SURE that the “50-85% people don’t experience frisson from music” thing isn’t fake? What if they’re just emotionally constipated

‘Bartender, get me a dirty dirty dirty on the rocks’

philadelphia i am in you

Almost all large-scale regret feels pretty damn irrelevant lately? If I didn’t make this exact set of decisions and mistakes, I’d miss out on the wonderful things I have right now

Aggressive career pivots have gotta be more viable than ever right now, no? Though it sounds like the best plan is just… continue to meet as many people doing cool shit as possible

The credit card companies are lying to you. It’s your DUTY to use aiport lounges to their fullest potential (slamming five consecutive cocktails before six in the morning)

The difference between someone who asks questions out of curiosity versus simply to fulfill the script of a “good” conversation is pretty damn stark if you’re looking for it