Add this to your .bashrc file:
alias journal='cd ~/Documents/daily ; cat > "`date`"'I’ll let you know how it works out for me, but I suspect you’ll be glad you did.
A lovely minimal journal setup from my good friend James. My alias is even simpler:
alias journal='cat > ~/Dropbox/Documents/journal/"`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`"'
One Day was a great book to read just for pleasure, to relax and come down from the epic, challenging, rewarding Infinite Jest I finished a few weeks ago. It’s a quick, easy read. The writing is solid, appropriately character-oriented, and the author uses single quotes for dialogue instead of double (which I used to hate as a child but now love).
For a book predicated on “one day throughout the years”, it spans an impressive amount of time, and the characters’ development and changes over the years are at once both fun to observe and totally, completely heartbreaking.
This story is not upbeat. Don’t read it if you don’t like feeling like you’ve been punched in the gut at times. But it’s good. Really, really good.
(Here I am, recommending a romance novel on Tumblr. It’s on Amazon in Kindle edition)
thediscography:hopeazul:onemississippi:wikner:lemon2jul:iamjesse
Philipp Klinger - Is Time Linear?
Serendipity versus kismet.
Whiskey is a hard drink. The burnt wood and grain flavors deepen your crow’s feet and punches your nose with the scent of every frontier saloon, juke joint and speakeasy from this young country’s mythology. Whiskey tastes like hardship.
seoulbrother talked my ear off at Macworld about this drink. Oh fuck yes.
A six hour flight, an iPad, and an Instapaper backlog. Here are some of my favorites from yesterday.
I’m taking applications for both a nemesis and archrival.
Parents: developing a child’s palate at a young age won’t be a walk in the park, but it will be worth it.
My friends and I had always wondered what the source of California’s budgetary woes were. This was very illuminating.
Depression, rumination, and temporary, severe introversion can have their upsides.
I first read this almost two years ago. Worth re-reading every few months: you’ll get something new out of it every time.
I’m best man in a wedding this Saturday. This is the first wedding I’ve ever been to, much less been in. Talk about a head rush.
The week so far has gone something like: flight, say hello, sleep, drive, drink, grill, drink, smoke, sleep.
Next up: tuxes, rehearsal, finish this speech, wedding, reception, say goodbye.
