GAAAAAAAH
File under ‘Lessons for Posterity’
Just running through a podcast recording I did earlier this week. I didn’t use my own Zoom account and forgot to check that the account I was using was set to record separate audio tracks for each participant …
DOUBLE GAAAAAAAH!
“Some napkin math told us that getting people to buy a $20 book is way less advantageous than getting a small percentage of those free readers to subscribe to our newsletter for $200/year.”
A big fan of Chris Lochhead and his category thinking .. this from a substack newsletter that is exploring what different people are doing to grow their business.
Churchill was witty in his public disparagement of him. (E.g. “A modest man with much to be modest about.” “An empty taxi drew up and Clement Attlee got out.”) But he knew better than anyone what a formidable operator Attlee was.
He then references a limerick which is sometimes attributed to Churchill.
There were few who thought him a starter,
And many who thought themselves smarter.
But he ended up PM, CH and OM,
An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.
And then goes on ….
It’s not inconceivable that people might write about Keir Starmer in these terms in a century from now. We shall just have to wait and see.
Umm - really? I’m not seeing it … yet. (John does provide a suitable waiting period!).
… then again - as much as I am not an artist, neither am I a political historian.
I always liked Rackham’s art since I was introduced to it as a teenager.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a lovely - gorgeously illustrated piece containing this gem.
“A year later, Rackham would revolutionize the technology and economics of book art with his Alice in Wonderland illustrations; Peter Pan became the R&D lab for his revolution, working within the limitations of the three-color printing process then available to create worlds of wonder with his meticulous ink lines, populating London’s familiar landscapes and places with otherworldly creatures of haunting tenderness and strangeness — Shakespearean fairies and talking mice and, of course, his signature enchanted trees.”
I never really thought that about someone like Rackham revolutionizing technology … and having a ‘lab’ - but that’s my ignorance and lack of understanding of the process of art. Makes total sense.
Dave Winer gives a shout-out for our very own Manton Reece.
“And I look forward to reading his book.”
💬 Dave Winer
Even Dave was waiting!
Dana Channeling Lennon?
The Fog of Global War, Dana Blankenhorn
“This is also no normal midterm election. This is an existential battle between democracy and fascism. Major media try to both sides it, but that’s increasingly impossible. Every possible -ism is rising against democratic compromise and common sense – sexism, racism, fascism, Christianism. All the evils bedeviling the rest of the world have come here to roost because Vladimir Putin invited them in.”
and concludes ominously
“I do know that, around the world, compromise is no longer possible. This world cannot continue half slave and half free. It will be all one thing or all the other.”
“Every possible -ism …”
Everybody’s talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
💬 John Lennon
I find the ‘Uncharted Territories Newsletter’ makes for an interesting read … the pattern is typically how a country’s geography shapes its history.
🎥 Uncorked, 2020 - ★★★½
It was on Netflix … and just wanted ‘something’. Turns out it was just what I needed. The storyline is recognizable .. with wine and barbecue this time. For all of that - well done.
Trust me, I don’t need to spend time reviewing a bad film … so I don’t.
I have three plans for our country - growth, growth and ( pause for effect ) growth ….
Is this the UK equivalent of #winning ?
If so, I am thinking that we will have so much growth that we will start pleading … STOP … please no more growth!
Liz Truss has effectively just named me an ‘enemy of the people’.
Then again - I was part of a list that basically accounts for the vast majority of British people.
So I am … what #proud ? #confused ?
🎶🎵 The Turtles were NEVER a ‘silly’ band. NEVER!
Truss to give government powers to override human rights court.
Suella Braverman will be in charge of overseeing passage of the legislation that will bring new powers to allow government to overrule human rights rulings by the European court.
Welcome to the new #darkage
Different Times.
If Adam’s grandfather was alive today - I wonder how he would negotiate the virtual office. Remote work. Fractional and Interim people.
As they point out - I don’t need a new browser …
📚 Email Marketing Rules by Chad White features in my next newsletter, the link takes you to where you can buy it. I have used the cover from the original book. It is now on the third edition.
🎥 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008 - ★★★★
It took me forever to get around to watching this film and when I finally did … oh my. Tears (mine) at the end - which to me is always a good guide to the quality.
I had a Tivo. I even had a lifetime subscription, but I cycled the box out of the media space years ago … wonder if I can get a refund? 😂
Happy Birthday, Dad. Hope you are loving wherever you are.
🎶 The Intentionally Bad Song That Accidentally Worked.
… Nick Lowe wrote ‘We Love You’ for ‘The Bay City Rollers’!
Did you know that?