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April 30, 2024

April 2024 ⁂ The turning of pages

I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing.

Chadabout April 2024

Hey all,

I recently started using the free Merlin Bird ID app, which identifies birds based on their calls. According to that, our neighborhood is full of robins, sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, white-breasted nuthatches, and lots of other avian delights. Give it a try and see what’s singing on your street.

On to the links...


✍️ MY RECENT POSTS

Struggling to read for fun? Trust the turning of pages.

Scientific achievements that deserve their own Oppenheimer.

Use physical media to keep streaming in its place.

A 1944 memo dished out some hard truths about gobbledygook writing.

Word compendiums for the win.


🔗 FROM THE INTERWEBS

Rejoice! For Kristen Wiig’s Aunt Linda returned to SNL. (As did Ryan Gosling for Papyrus 2.)

A museum of old coffee makers. 

The wonderfully arcane world of trademark design codes.

What is both an amazing astronomical phenomenon and a righteous band name? The Vela Supernova Remnant.

Have fun browsing “five hundred years of the vulgar tongue” in Green’s Dictionary of Slang.


👍 CURRENTLY

Reading: The Great Bridge by David McCullough

Watching: O.J.: Made In America

Listening: Chris Pine on the Armchair Expert podcast


💬 QUOTE

“A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or another.”

- Neil Postman, The End of Education

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Photo: The boys watching the garbage truck hand in hand.

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