Yes, especially with a standing desk. When standing, you’ll need the monitors much higher off the desk than when you’re sitting.

I recently got a Therapod chair and it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever sat in. It has adjustable tension straps built in so you can make the lumbar support exactly where you need it.

IIRC the University of Minnesota’s patent expired a few years ago. I can usually get them for the same price as fujis and pink ladies.

If anyone’s looking for brand names… Loops have spent a lot on marketing the last few years. I’ve worn them a few times and they’re good, but I think Flare Earshades are just one level above. I can’t believe how good they sound.

I love that you love Giordano’s. I live by one and I’ve eaten there twice and it was underwhelming for me. The pizza takes like an hour to bake, and it’s just too much crust. I liked the chewy stringy cheese and the soupy sauce on top, but the vehicle just didn’t work for me.

“Everybody who supports single-payer healthcare says, ‘Look at all this money we would be saving from insurance and paperwork.’ That represents 1 million, 2 million, 3 million jobs of people who are working at Blue Cross Blue Shield or Kaiser or other places. What are we doing with them? Where are we employing them?”

-Barack Obama, 2006

Ah, I missed that in your original post. TBH it’s not one I would put on myself, but my partner likes it and some of the episodes have actually been super interesting. Specifically I remember the James Dyson episode being good. But I agree about your post calling it a 50-minute promo. The ads get super annoying, but the stories are good.

Those are the ones!

I got a set of metal picks from Harbor Freight for like 3 bucks. They’re similar to the pick tool that a dental hygienist uses. I use these things nearly every day to scrape stuff out of a crevice, retrieve something out of a narrow hole, pull stuff out of a tube or straw, precision clean corners of things, etc. I love them.

How I Built This is a good one. It’s an NPR podcast where they interview successful entrepreneurs and inventors about how they started their companies, what they would have done differently, etc.

Talk to a stranger. At the park, at the bus stop, at the dog park. Doesn’t matter what we talk about, it just feels good to connect and it takes my mind off my own bullshit.

Delete this. Albanese are too soft. Haribo perfected the chewiness.

One of my favorite movies of all time, but it’s pretty emotionally intense. Not a movie I associate with “strolling through” anything.

Probably an attachment style test. Attachment theory is empirically valid, and knowing your attachment style can help you understand relationship patterns: communication, behaviors, emotional needs, etc.

After that, the love languages are a good start to a conversation. Essentially they can help you figure out how you prefer to be cared for, and how you tend to show that you care. The categories themselves are arbitrary, and they’re based on observations by a baptist minister who offered relationship counseling. He’s not a licensed mental health professional, and the love languages aren’t empirically based. One issue I have with his book is that he claims that men tend to have “physical touch” as their love language, and that women should have more sex with their husbands to help them feel loved.

The Big Five personality traits are the most valid of the popular personality tests, but I didn’t feel like they helped me understand myself more.

"We’ve all been there. You want to make a large batch of cookies for friends or family, but your KitchenAid stand mixer stopped working. When your KitchenAid stand mixer stops working, it inevitably leads to frustration. This is a common problem. Fortunately, there is a solution. I’ll show you a quick and easy way to fix your KitchenAid stand mixer when it stops working.

Believe it or not, the first KitchenAid stand mixer was made way back in 1918…"

Having a bad day?

I do a lot of face-to-face interaction at work, and I started getting tension headaches from the minor smiling and face control. When I notice I’m tensing my ears and scalp, I try to be mindful about relaxing them. If you’re not experienced with mindful meditation, you might try a 5-minute “body scan” exercise to get familiar with targeted relaxation. You don’t have to do the whole exercise every time, but it helps to learn what “relaxing your scalp” feels like.

My doctor also prescribed me diclofenac gel, which is a topical NSAID like Ibuprofen. It’s usually prescribed for arthritis pain. I’m bald, so I can put it on the top and back of my head. It’s completely changed my workday. I’m less exhausted at the end of the day. My scalp might be tightening but I can’t feel it.

What did the chicks do?

A few years ago I saw a guy at a music festival with a big old Lostprophets tattoo across his upper back. Poor bastard.

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