Nov-Dec 2023

A list of books, audiobooks, podcasts, television, and more that I am consuming.
A list of achievements, articles, or plans in the shop to showcase my production.

This series also maps my consumer habits: my time on media can lead to more projects and purchases, as well as influence my thoughts.

What I am Reading this Month:

The Stranger, Albert Camus

Why We Drive, Matthew Crawford

Articles

New Reality?	Antonio Negri	11/30/2023
A Physician Didn’t Shower for 5 Years. Here’s What He Found Out	Derek Beres	11/30/2023
The More Days You Live, the More Things You Know	Rob Henderson	11/28/2023
How to Use Obsidian for Writing and Productivity	Justin Pot	11/28/2023
Elon Musk’s Disturbing ‘Truth’	Yair Rosenberg	11/26/2023
A Moral Case Against the Israeli Hostage Deal	Graeme Wood	11/26/2023
ChatGPT’s Life Coaching Was Perceived as More Helpful, Empathetic And…	Rolf Degen	11/26/2023
OpenAI’s Board Pushes Out Sam Altman, Its High-Profile C.E.O.	Cade Metz	11/19/2023
Why Are So Many People Registering Their Cars in Montana?	LLCTLC	11/19/2023
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion	TheCollector	11/18/2023
Exterminate All the Brutes	Chris Hedges	11/1/2023
The Miracle of Kindness: What Chris Hedges Learned From the Palestinians	Emir-Stein Center	11/1/2023
The Power of Small Contributions: Supporting Obsidian and Its Community	TfTHacker	11/1/2023

What I am listening to this month:

Audio Books:

“Starter Villian” John Scalzi

“Network Effect” Martha Wells

Time Shelter, Georgi Gospodinov

The Devil: A biography, Vernon Cisney

Podcasts:

Beyond Lazy Learning — The Keys to Gaining and Retaining Knowledge	The Art of Manliness	11/7/2023
Reid Hoffman — AI, and What It Means to Be (More) Human	On Being with Krista Tippett	10/29/2023
#397 – Greg Lukianoff — Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech	Lex Fridman Podcast	10/9/2023
Derrida, Différance, and Žižek’s Parallax	Žižek And So On	10/9/2023
How to Enhance Performance & Learning by Applying a Growth Mindset	Huberman Lab	10/4/2023
Episode #142 … Richard Rorty	Philosophize This!	10/2/2023
Foucault, Industry, and the Church	Theory & Philosophy	10/2/2023
René Girard and Victimhood	Philosopher’s Zone	10/2/2023

Music:

• Noah Kahan
• The Divine Fits
• Lord Huron
• Daft Punk
• Wet Leg
• Mac Demarco
• Dope Lemon

What I am streaming this month:

• Fisk #AmazonPrime
• The Bear (season 1) #hulu
• Suits #netflix
• Napolean #theatre #movie
• Casino Royale (again) #AmazonPrime

Consuming:

What I want:

More Festool, always. Still want an angle grinder and toolbag.

New want: Festool pants

Coursera Google Analyst course (certificate in GA4). *still working on it*

What I got:

• Trailer replacement stuff
• Bosch Blower (mini, battery powered)
• Henri Bergson “The Creative Mind”
• Awkwardness and Creepiness, Adam Kotsko

What I produced:

Podcasts:

Step 80: Transcendant Escapism

Side Hustles

Renovation Project Continues

Replaced some of the deck in my trailer as it was rotting out. (required moving everything out, rebuilding the locking hasp, painting, sealing, and then moving everything back in.)

Life Stuff

I went from Birmingham, AL, to Lubbock, TX, for Thanksgiving, then Roswell, NM, to see Mom, and then back to Fort Worth, TX, then onwards to Birmingham, AL.

Invited to do an artist-in-residence, but I had to turn them down.

We hired a new person I work I am training.

I asked/told my company I want to move back to Texas in January/February.

Belly Button Lint

I have also kept up with my daily posts to my naval gazing blog.
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