Podcasts

I'm preparing a plan for some podcasts.

They'll be relatively short and will cover a range of subjects.

If you think of any topics that you'd like me to address, please let me know.

[Photo by Will Francis at Unsplash.]

This Also Is Victims of Communism Day

 

Get On It

Hunter Gatherer Nicholas Bate has an important central message, especially for our times. 

National Fountain Pen Day

Mitigating Chaos, a man of fine reading tastes, reminds us that this is National Fountain Pen Day.

[I'm surprised the schools aren't closed.]

He has inspired me to upgrade to a higher-level fountain pen. I had a great experience with a small and inexpensive Kaweco Sport pen and then a bad one with its replacement.

A recent article about the effect of inexpensive Chinese fountain pens had a collector who said that if his place was on fire, he'd rescue a Pelikan.

Hmm.

Byrds

 A Layman's Blog has a magic folk-rock video from the Sixties.

I recall quickly buying their first album.

Supplies

Coffee, plenty of it.

Legal pads.

Pens, both fountain and Jetstream Uni 0.7.

Typing paper.

Vicks VapoInhaler.

American Heritage Dictionary.

Paperclips.

Large trash bags.

Billing sheets.

Rough outlines.

Handel. Copland. Bach.

Back to Nature

 

From "Interesting Times"

 Ross Douthat, Helen Andrews, and Leah Libresco Sargeant discuss: 

"Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?"

Wrecking New York

 

Miscellaneous and Fast

 

• The trailer for "H Is for Hawk."
• Yehuda Teitelbaum on the NYC mayoral race.
• John Carney in July on Mamdani's coalition.
• The trailer for "Atropedia."