Sunday, February 25, 2018

Sunday, February 25th 2018


One of the most powerful, life enhancing videos i've ever watched

Fault Vs Responsibility by Will Smith FULL SPEECH



Ah. Spring is almost here.
A beautiful voiced robin sings for his breakfast in a pet food store


Every morning, this little robin comes into a store in Swansea to start his 'shift'... 🎶 Singing by the bird food!
The full Ghetto Spider Ah Ha dance


Huh, so interesting
Medical History of American Presidents
George Washington · John Adams · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · James Monroe · John Q. Adams · Andrew Jackson · Martin van Buren · William Harrison · John Tyler · James Polk · Zachary Taylor · Millard Fillmore · Franklin Pierce · James Buchanan · Abraham Lincoln · Andrew Johnson · Ulysses Grant · Rutherford Hayes · James Garfield · Chester Arthur · Grover Cleveland · Benjamin Harrison · William McKinley · Theodore Roosevelt · William Taft · Woodrow Wilson · Warren Harding · Calvin Coolidge · Herbert Hoover · Franklin Roosevelt · Harry Truman · Dwight Eisenhower · John Kennedy · Lyndon Johnson · Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford · James Carter · Ronald Reagan · George Bush · William Clinton · George W. Bush · Barack Obama


An interesting post on Reddit
Ikigai - A Japanese Concept Meaning "A Reason for Being". (self.financialindependence)
submitted  by NOVACPA
There are lots of posts about:
  • "I make money, but it's not what I love."
I recently stumbled on the graph below and it definitely explains a lot of these feelings and puts it into context.
This site has the Venn diagram.
  • What you love is either a mission or a passion.
  • What you are good at is either a passion or a profession.
  • What you can be paid for is either a profession or a vocation.
  • What the world needs is either a vocation or a mission.
  • What you love & what the world needs is a mission.
  • What you love & what you are good at is a passion.
We all strive for ikigai, but most will not find it. However, if you find a vocation or professionduring your years working for financial independence, then you can focus on either a passion or mission, since you do not need anyone to pay for it. Effectively, you have created your own ikigai, over a lifetime, rather than simultaneously.
If you had a profession during your earning years, you will likely be searching for a mission later. If you had a vocation during your earning years, you will likely search for a passion later.
As a CPA (working in finance), I'm squarely in the profession category. The world doesn't, really, need us, I'm good at it, I get paid for it. I do love parts of it. There are days when I feel, "satisfaction, but a feeling of uselessness" on the days I love it. Other days, I feel, "comfortable, but a feeling of emptiness" when I'm doing work the world needs, but I don't love. Therefore, I'm constantly searching for a mission. I know what I want to do post-career, that will negate these feelings.
I can't speak to the software engineers here, but I imagine, you're in the section between profession & vocation in terms of feelings. Depending on where you work, you may even be between the mission & vocation. Therefore, you're likely searching for the passion, post-career.



Sweet, gentle birdsong
Marvelous collection of vintage photographs of celebrities by Allan Tannenbaum   
More wonderful vintage photographs

Ken Schles: Invisible City


Schuhmachergäßchen, Riquethaus. Leipzig, East Germany. 1980.
NY Lens presents “One Wall, Two Germanys”

More vintage pics of celebs, many taken in the 1980s
Jodie Foster
Madonna

Madonna
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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Tail end of Winter, heading into March, 2018

A feast of Italian songs, for free, online:

Canzone Italiana is a platform allowing users to listen online to the invaluable musical heritage of over a century of Italian song, from 1900 to 2000

Sublime, often witty gifs by Nicolas Monterrat





































Stop it already
Ooh, this lovely gif , The Night Sea — Non Repeating Patterns #1, by the-mitr, reminds me of Chinese traditional paintings of clouds and water























Brilliant about sabotaging oneself


Superb article on women's work as emotional caregivers going unpaid.

“Where’s My Cut?”: On Unpaid Emotional Labor

Housework is not work. Sex work is not work. Emotional work is not work. Why? Because they don’t take effort? No, because women are supposed to provide them uncompensated, out of the goodness of our hearts.
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And this article as well:

shame, anger, alienation, and other hallmarks of the masculine psyche

Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest [NYT]: "By the time many young men do reach college, a deep-seeded* gender stereotype has taken root that feeds into the stories they have heard about themselves as learners. Better to earn your Man Card than to succeed like a girl, all in the name of constantly having to prove an identity to yourself and others."
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Most visited websites in the USA
cool collages
http://cargocollective.com/eugenialoli/All-Fun-Games
Rembrandt was never shy about showing naked bodies or erotic subjects in a realistic way. In the 1640s he created several scenes of courting couples outdoors, and The Monk in the Cornfield is one of the most sexually charged of these prints. Despite the print’s tiny size, the graphic depiction of an unchaste monk and an enthusiastic milkmaid coupling surreptitiously makes for a powerful sculptural grouping. The etched suggestion of a farmer with a scythe in the background reinforces the temporary nature of their haven in the wheat field and emphasizes the voyeurism of the viewer.
Pretty cakes for Spring! Pastel buttercream works of art.




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