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Episode 416: A Squishy for the Ages

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

DISCUSSED: Merlin is living the Domino lifestyle; R.I.P. Two Cats Comics; praise for iA Writer; Merlin needs help with his sudden Gmail spam; a meditation on comics as some awesome fun and an ugly damned business; nostalgia for hobby shops and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks; and finally Merlin reintroduces the concept of "Power Puttering."

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Hello.

0:03.0

Good morning.

0:03.9

How are you?

0:04.9

I'm doing good.

0:05.9

How are you doing?

0:06.9

I'm pretty good.

0:07.9

Pretty good.

0:08.9

It's Tuesday, you know?

0:12.1

Optimistic day.

0:13.1

Yeah.

0:14.1

Has it stopped raining?

0:15.8

Has it stopped raining?

0:17.6

Um, I mean, it's the rainy season, so it kind of goes on and off over the days, but

0:22.6

it's kind of drizzled today.

0:24.2

Does that help with the drought issues and stuff in California, or is it just simply

0:28.9

not enough rain to make a dent in it?

0:30.9

That's a very good question.

0:32.6

I think it's a mixed bag.

0:34.2

On the one hand, especially up in the North Bay, it got to rain so much like in snow

0:38.7

country.

0:40.5

It does help with the water problems, but it also creates problems because you think

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