october 20 etc
The original intro to today's post was about sports, history, family, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I deleted it because wasn't written very well. Or, it was, but it didn't quite nail what I wanted to say, which is that while some people think sports are dumb, they have always been central not only to my life, but also my understanding of everything I understand.
I am presently working on that piece, which sprawled and sprawled and started evolving into something bigger and maybe even better. I don't know when I'll be done but it won't be soon. For now I will leave you with two thoughts that are in the bigger piece, or will be, as most of the bigger piece is little more than a hazy concept at present:
- loving is the point of being alive
- every truly bad man I've ever met didn't like or understand sports
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go hyperventilate for three hours.
#lightsupletsgo
ππ ICYMI, Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down today and took a big portion of the internet with it. Man, it's almost as if relying on a handful global cloud providers is a bad idea. (Reuters; Guardian)
ππ ICYMI the Louvre got robbed yesterday. Among the things the thieves dropped on their way out was this crown, which belonged to Empress EugΓ©nie and features 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds. (Guardian; Louvre.fr)
π΅π΅ This Phantogram track fits well here, I think. (Spotify)
π΅π΅ Here's a remix of that same track that (also) rules. (Soundcloud)
6οΈβ£7οΈβ£ Now that major outlets are writing about 6-7, everyone's (least) favourite brainrot meme has likely jumped the shark. (Guardian)
βΎπ₯ You don't have to like baseball to enjoy the excellent camera work here, but it helps. Shout out to Blue Jays play-by-play guy Dan Schulman for shouting out Alex Frazao and Troy Clara. (Twitter)
π² gonna let's
πΌ go
π± touch blue
π³ grass jays
π· now clap clap clapclapclap
Be good to yourself.
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