🍋 Issue #38 - The Kids Are Alright
This issue covers parental wins, Shrinking, internet finds, and a Crokinole game night!
Welcome to issue #38!
Last issue I had asked for you to tell me something good / happy / interesting / exciting that happened in your world. Tyler responded with this beautiful moment:
Every now and then, as a parent, I lose faith that I'm doing a good job raising my kids, but then I get a sign that maybe things are going OK after all. Last night, my 10 year old daughter came into my office to show me a list she made of things she thinks she's good at. Reading it nearly melted the 8 inches of snow outside my window.
You’ll have to go to Tyler’s blog post to see the list, but I especially loved the last one.
On to the email!
Words I Wrote
Links to blog or social media posts I published in the past week.
Shrinking, on AppleTV, is fast becoming one of my favourite series on TV period. It's definitely got the comedy + heart genre nailed in a similar way to Ted Lasso.
Linking to Likes
YouTube videos, blog posts, podcast episodes—whatever I've enjoyed or found interesting over the last few weeks.
General Links
YouTube star Markiplier made his own movie for much less than "Melania" and beat it at the box office. - I only saw this because I recognized Markiplier's name from my kid's who have watched videos on his YouTube channel.
Update From Brandon : r/Cosmere - Mistborn is one of my favorite book series of recent years, so I'm excited to hear that the author, Brandon Sanderson, is working with Apple on developing both a movie and tv series.
Handy - A handy (get it? ha!) Speech to text app that is free and all recordings stay on your computer. I think I first heard about it from Cassidy, and then in the ShopTalk Show Discord. It works pretty good in my limited testing so far. I didn’t trust myself with it to write this email though.
The Names They Call Themselves - I'm still chewing on this one, but I tend to agree that rather than worrying about whether something is Nazi or fascist shaped, call them MAGA and Trump. That way those terms will come to also mean a hateful loser.
Picture From My Life
đź’– Be curious. Not judgmental. đź’–
If you’ve got a question, suggestion, or comment about anything in this email - hit reply and send me a message!
Until next week-ish, thanks for reading!
Chris
