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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Blogging & Writing as Sacred Activity

 You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about.

— William James, born  in 1842

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." 
~ Johnny Cash



The Center Of Hollywood’s COVID Outbreaks

Eleven more cases came from The Kominsky Method, a Michael Douglas-starring Netflix series where aging actors confront mortality. Around the same time, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 database, which tracks workplace outbreaks from the past 14 days, Netflix had nine more positive cases; NBC Universal, including some crew of the show Mr. Mayor, had 23; CBS reported 45. – The Daily Beast



On the Rise of Hyper-Individualism Plebity 




At the Los Angeles Review of Books Bob Blaisdell has: Writing Isn't a Sacred Activity, It Is an Ordinary Activity: A Conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard 

 

Sydney Festival receives record philanthropic donation

The donor is a leading businessman who shot to public prominence when he purchased Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar at auction for nearly $9 million.

Self-made millionaire Peter Freedman is the festival's knight in shining armour, having committed a minimum $5 million.

 

 

COVID-19 sparks history lesson for Queenslanders as records requests surge


The state’s Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages recorded a whopping 22% spike in family history purchases last year.

 

 

Studio Micat Combines Two Unlikely Activities with This Design


This outdoor bakery boasts an interesting and active design. Created by London-based firm Studio Micat, the structure needs exercise to operate.

The premise behind the project is to showcase "how distanced people have become from the physical effort required to make food." In order for the outdoor bakery to function and bread to be produced, one needs to use a bicycle to grind the flour. The structure is situated in a forest in New England and is a part of Beam Camp. Dubbed 'Brawn & Bread,' Studio Micat's outdoor bakery bears educational value. Not only does it provide the children with a form of exercise, but it also educates them about physical work ethic — a quality that is at times neglected in the evolving digital environment of contemporary society.

 
 

Sexual snow couple in SpainKEVIN REOME


       Michal Viewegh profile 

       I missed this when it appeared a couple of weeks ago, but at Radio Prague International they continued their 'The Czech Books You Must Read'-series with Tom McEnchroe's profile of Michal Viewegh - Master of satire in modern Czech literature -- who, with: "more than 30 books and 1.5 million copies sold under his belt [...] is quite possibly the Czech Republic's most popular contemporary author" 
       His Bliss Was it in Bohemia -- described as his: "breakthrough novel" -- is under review at the complete review, as is the not yet translated Případ nevěrné Kláry. 





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