- not now
- Stay on target
- STOP!
- Just keep doing the thing.
- Whatever. You’ll get it next time.
- What exactly are you saving this for?
- I've decided not to let it bother me.
- Remember your toolbox.
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/ say-to-yourself.md
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Pay attention, and you'll learn when to say one of these.
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Paste this into your Google Doc for a place to store your cursor.
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bios - Merlin likes to change his Twitter bio for some reason. #runx
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/ Better.md
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November 29, 2024 16:48
Original version of Merlin Mann's essay, "Better."
Politics, celebrity gossip, business headlines, tech punditry, odd news, and user-generated content.
These are the chew toys that have made me sad and tired and cynical.
Each, in its own way, contributes to the imperative that we constantly expand our portfolio of shallow but strongly-held opinions about nearly everything. Then we're supposed to post something about it. Somewhere.
From businesses we've never heard of, to countries we've never visited, to infants who've had the random misfortune to be born into a family that's on TV -- it's all grist for obvious jokes and shortsighted commentary that, for at least a few minutes, helps both the maker and the consumer feel a little less bored, a little less vulnerable, and a little less disconnected. For a minute, anyway, it makes us feel more alive. Does me, anyway.
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/ Mike Schuriverse.md
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November 28, 2024 19:41
A Unified Field Theory of the Mike Schuriverse
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/ flintstones.md
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August 23, 2024 00:31
Every day, somebody's born who's never seen "The Flintstones."
Cincinnati's independent UHF channel 19 (WXIX, get it?) used to have a "1 O'Clock Movie" that ran for two hours every weekday afternoon. They were mostly old black and white films that, even with all the commercials, often ran shy of the 120-minute block allotted.
When they had to fill the extra time, they'd run a "Questions to the Station Manager" segment, where viewer letters were read and the manager responded on-air. Why'd you stop running Ultraman? (Too violent). Why'd you stop showing pro wrestling? (Too violent). How come you show so many commercials? (Well. We're a business and stuff).
Anyhow. One time a viewer expressed her frustration that WXIX was still showing reruns of The Flintstones, a dumb kid's cartoon that hadn't even been on the air in almost a decade ferchrissakes.
The manager calmly explained that, in addition to lots of kids enjoying the show, you have to keep in mind that, believe it or not, that show is stil
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