1. A baby reacts to thunder.
2. What the long-distance runner eats in a day.
3. What to name cats and dogs in the Middle Ages.
4. How to cut your hair in North Korea.
6. A conversation about the afterlife.
7. Why can't you people of a certain age and income level understand what's so good about working at home?
8. Rufus Wainwright at home, playing piano.
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I run 80 to 90 miles per week, and I don't eat anything LIKE that much food! OK, I am much older, but still, I have to wonder how many flipping miles this guy is running! Much more than the 65 minute daily run she mentioned for sure.
Rufus Wainwright and the Michigan bike thing.
Baby scared of thunder was cute but Dad should brought them inside, I thought.
All were good.
That mountain biking in Michigan is for old ladies wearing tennis shoes.
If you want insane biking, try this. This race is held yearly in Valparaiso,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFuSjk7jv_M
What does the mountain biker eat in a day?
Michigan bike. I'm not a mountain biker. But don't you need to be so focussed on the track that you can't actually appreciate the beauty/experience of being in the forest? I have felt this way on vigorous hikes where I needed to pay so much attention to where I was putting my next step (to avoid a dangerous fall) that I couldn't actually raise my eyes to view the setting. What am I missing about these kinds of activities?
#7. Why can't you people of a certain age and income level understand what's so good about working at home?
Rufus was a tit man.
I found tonight's selections some of the most mundane and unremarkable so far.
1. Baby's reaction - sort of endearing in a way, worth a couple of re-runs, but then, just OK. But probably the best one.
2. Runner's diet - booooring. Didn't finish watching this one to see how many more green slime concoctions he could wolf down.
3. Middle Age names of cats and dogs - super booooring. Didn't finish watching this one.
4. Haircuts of North Korea - some interesting information in there about the limitations on hair styles, but what's with the intro piece about jobs NK men hate? What does that have to do with the information about similarities of hairstyles?
5. Advice from the dandy - he was dandy, wasn't he? Thankfully brief.
6. Afterlife conversation - extremely booooring. No particularly good or clever insights in the part I listened to - stopped watching about half-way through.
7. What's good about working from home - maybe some things to consider in there, but so glad the presenter is not a part of my 'team'. Stopped watching 2/3's of the way through due attitude.
8. Rufus Wainwright playing piano at home - not only is he an established singer/songwriter/composer, but he can actually do those thing while at home!
9. Mountain biking GoPro video - not bad, and I admire those who can do these physically challenging sports, but the Internet is chock full of these videos, and there was nothing noteworthy about this one vs. a thousand other ones like it.
Tik-Tok - you're starting to bore me. (And now I sound like Charles C.W. Cooke!)
That woman in number 7 is unbearable. WTF is she thinking? Why would anyone watch her?
That guy in number 6 is terrible.
Mountain Biking was fun
Working at home was interesting.
Thunder baby was sweet.
I don't know what the age is, or the income level, but #7 is so right! I have work to do. I can do it from home. I don't actually need to interact with the AA hires whose lives are centered on the shithole cubicle farm. "Teams" are groups of multi-millionaires who kneel when they hear the national anthem.
The Medievalist's enjoyment of her topic was infectious. I like her.
Baby. I liked the dad's comforting but relaxed response.
Cats 'n dogs. Then haircuts. The woman who doesn't want to go to the office typifies a reason I wouldn't want to go to the office: seems like she'd be tough to work with.
Cat and dog names aren’t interesting now, or in the Middle Ages.
Those were some really bad dog names. (I bailed on that one before the end).
You know what's a great name for a dog? Fido.
I've never, ever, ever met a dog named Fido.
Awesome name, Fido. Short, sweet, means something, and if your dog is humping a small child you've got a nice, smart 2-syllable word you can yell.
Fido! No!
What made the pet names one good for me was all the artistic depictions of dogs and cats.
My favorite might be the conversation, and not because of the particular things they say about the afterlife, but because of the interesting interior where they are sitting and the way each of them is reading a different book and has a different style mug in front of them. It's just a nicely set up, gentle contrast between the 2, who ultimately have hit it off, despite taking somewhat opposing positions on the afterlife. There's a gentleness to it that I find very appealing. Both roles played by one person, Baron Ryan. As a commenter says over there: "Your chemistry with yourself is amazing"
#7 just sounds so narcissistic that I can't imagine she would be good to work with regardless of where she is working from.
My gut reaction is that whatever work she does is not very hard, and that she is significantly overpaid to do it. Part of that interpretation lies in my assumption that working from home is generally less productive.
My verdict: poor attitude and a winner to boot.
Baron Ryan is a modern day Woody Allen. All he needs is a Diane Keaton and the frisson will be complete.
Afterlife conversation was charming and even thought-provoking.
Amazed by how much that runner consumed! But didn't he have any work to do?
No doubt some jobs could be done from home. Not mine (before I retired). Impromptu small group interactions were essential. That young woman had an attitude which did not bode well.
It's all fun and games until that one woman is invited back into the office. Yikes. As the company owner, manager, or office director, I would have requested that she request a remote position.
I am of that certain age. I'm sure not of Malcolm's financial level, but nonetheless, I worked from a home office the last 25 years of my working life. That is to say, well before it became a covid-induced trend. I loved it. But I work well alone, yet can easily blend in with 'the team' when needed. Some people simply do not want to be part of a team, think the 'company' is an evil institution and stick around only for their paycheck. Others, are more personally invested in mind, body, and efforts to making the company better. I guess it depends on what you want out of your life.
Long distance runner will some day be older, still be eating too much, and his wife will suddenly realize that he's turned from a lean energy user into a fatter energy storer.
I've always liked Rufus. A great voice. Not like listening to Dylan. Rufus's voice is pleasing. I like him even more as a dad.
Michigan biking was pretty cool.
No comment on afterlife. It was a boring discussion.
The baby reaction was so instinctive. I hope she is blessed to always have her dad be such a "safe space".
After life is nice and work from home woman is a great representation of the misery of the professional victim.
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