It’s that time of year again … this is my 5th journey with ‘Take Three Words’ and has worked well for me over the years.


Uh Oh!


January 5th.

The Daily Stoic … The Daily Quote … 5

The Daily Stoic … The Daily Quote … Page 13


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🎥 The Power of the Dog, 2021 - ★★★★

It just popped up as a ‘why not watch’ kind of alert … I had. Very good.


Fed up with Wordle? Try the Guardian alternative.


One job for the new year is to sort out my ‘flows’ … what do I syndicate versus keep separate in their own silos? Specifically thinking about microblog and mastodon.

Pretty much everything out there gets fed into microblog … EXCEPT mastodon.

Should that change?


Florida … enough said.



Just read this and decided to switch my scroll bars on permanently.

And when I say permanently - that’s just for now!



🎙️A Three parter from Freakonomics … drilling down into Adam Smith.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

It was listening over the holidays as I travelled - so I had the time.


🎙️Ezra - Time is way weirder than you think - well worth a listen if you are into time.


He’s a comedian - sure. But the best comedians like Jonathan Pie live in truth.


January 4th.

The Daily Stoic … The Daily Quote … 4

The Daily Stoic … The Daily Quote … Page 12


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I don’t think I have posted this already - so apologies if a repetition … although it is definitely worth repeating … congratulations @Agiletortoise


A quote from my ‘funnest’ Christmas read …


Last time I had one of these was on or around December 12th 2019 … this one was devoured on January 1st, 2023.


A ‘room’ with a view.


A clean, green machine ….


I guess it explains the rectangular nature of the mail box?