Episode 229: Shrimp in the Desert
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2015
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
TOPIC: The perils and joys of just getting started.
This week's episode is chockablock with awesomeness, from the sublime to the ridiculous. It ends on a very inspiring note. But, en route:
- Mexican guys love Morrissey
- Shabbos goys cause fire to be created
- An eruv is an ad hoc house described by string
- Merlin has Aloha for Judaism
- Teaching History is hard
- America owes some apologies
- Endorsing "Ordinary People Change the World" books
- Endorsing Mr. Robot and Humans
- Thanks for great Holacracy feedback (more later)
- Feedback on Merlin's lightning cable corrosion
- Dan's Concern: Acura recall
- What's up with "over the shoulder syndrome?"
- Is it dangerous to talk on a phone in the car?
- Is it dangerous to approbate?
- HUGE followup on "perfect is the enemy of the good"
- Just make a mark on a page.
Links for this episode:
- MaxFunCon: Merlin Mann on Doing Creative Work; The Sound of Young America | Maximum Fun
Merlin Mann talks about the process of doing creative work, and particularly how to abandon the quest for perfection, get off your butt and get started. - How email became the most reviled communication experience ever
- CBT is becoming less effective, like everything else « Mind Hacks
- Time management is only making our busy lives worse - Quartz
- The Avalanche of Options — Medium
- Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) | 2014 Acura MDX | Acura Owners Site
Part of the Advance Package, the Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with heads-up warning was developed to help reduce the likelihood of a frontal collision. The system is designed to alert the driver of a potential collision and take steps to help mitigate the severity of a frontal collision if the system determines it to be unavoidable. - Shabbos goy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Shabbat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Activities prohibited on Shabbat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Eruv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Eruv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Lisa's Substitute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Amazon.com: Christopher Eliopoulos: Books
- I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World): Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos: 9780803740839: Amazon.com: Books
- Douglas Adams Quote
Rules that describe our reactions to technologies... - The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion HQ - YouTube
- The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - YouTube
- Google Ngram Viewer
approbation - Why do Mexican Americans love Morrissey so much? - The Washington Post
What is the appeal of Morrissey (or “Moz”) to this community? With help from Nancy Marie Arteaga, a former diehard Moz fan, I asked three major Morrissey fans about the Latino fixation. - Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake | 43 Folders
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:02.8 | How are you? |
| 0:03.8 | Pretty good. |
| 0:04.8 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:05.8 | Every day I'm hustling. |
| 0:06.8 | Every day that's a song. |
| 0:08.8 | Actually you know what the song for today should be. |
| 0:11.2 | What's that? |
| 0:12.2 | The classic from Sisters of Mercy. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey now, hey now now. |
| 0:18.2 | Sing this corrosion. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't know that one. |
| 0:22.8 | What? |
| 0:23.8 | I don't know that one. |
| 0:24.8 | You're telling me you weren't out dancing in the new wave clubs in the late 80s? |
| 0:28.9 | Not as much as I should be. |
| 0:30.7 | I'll sing it again. |
| 0:31.7 | Hey now, hey now, now. |
| 0:34.7 | Sing this corrosion. |
| 0:38.0 | I was speaking to somebody in their very early tw-in fact, I think they were 20 years old |
| 0:42.2 | and they were unfamiliar with Marcy, so I'm sending them back to listen to-back to work |
| 0:45.8 | from-from episode one on. |
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