Today I thought that I can do a good work in my profession and I can make four people in this world feel loved. And I guess that’s it.

🚀 IndieWeb Carnival: Good enough and the search for perfection – Manu

At times I feel trapped between the two. Every day, whether I’m writing, coding or designing, a part of me strives for perfection while another is painfully aware that perfection is a mirage. What looks perfect now won’t look perfect tomorrow. I grow, I evolve, I change and my definition of perfection evolves with me.

It’s uncanny how much I identify with so many of Manu’s #thoughts

🚀 Daring Fireball: Trump Media Plunges as Truth Social’s $58 Million Loss Reported

I want to laugh, but: If Trump is elected again in November — which, based on the close results of 2016 and 2020, and the current polling data, is definitely possible — shaking down lobbyists and foreign governments with exorbitant rates for ads on Truth Social seems like a much better grift than running a hotel across the street from the White House. A corrupt president owning a social media site would be a grift that scales. If there’s any rational reason for Trump Media to have any value at all, it’s that. It’s worthless today, but could be a veritable goldmine in a second Trump administration.

It’s all so scary, guys. Please, please elect the boring old guy, for fuck’s sake. #thoughts

This is my paradoxical view on Religion. Rationally, intellectually, I understand that religious beliefs are inherent to humans. After all, our brains have evolved to make images out of our senses and imagination, illusion, myths, dreams, questions, curiosity, are all a product of our ability to construct abstract concepts and to try to make sense of our surroundings. I’m an agnostic myself, but I don’t want a world without imagination, creativity, hope or faith. Nor I think such a world is possible, fortunately.

Yet, emotionally, deep in my own cosmological view of the world and of human beings, I just don’t understand how that faith can be placed in a particular god, a particular book, the interpretation of a particular church, the teachings of a particular prophet. And I understand even less the urge to believe and explain that one’s own view is more valid than others. My emotions are mine, we all have our own emotions, all of them are different, so I, we, must know those emotions are fallible, are just valid for us and, most probably, only valid for a short period of time.

I mean, let me rephrase my paradox: Intellectually, I understand Religion. Emotionally, I don’t.

I’m 49. I won’t be for long. Unless I die before I turn 50. Then I’ll be 49 forever.

🚀 It’s been 17 years – Brad Barrish

Here’s a letter he wrote to The Kansas City Star in 1993 in response to school children writing letters to try and pressure MTV to drop Beavis and Butthead.

I loved reading this emotional post by @bradbarrish about his father. Please go read the whole thing, and especially the letter the former quote is about. Mr. Barrish was Brad’s best friend, and he was a true free speech champion for all of us. Very necessary in these times of turmoil. #thoughts

In my free time I… I don’t have free time. I need to make some. Here’s a wish for a geenie. I want to be able to fill in the blank of «In my free time I…». #thoughts

🚀 Behind the desk | James' Coffee Blog

When I have an off week, which happens from time to time, there is a feeling like I have climbed a mountain and there is another ahead. With me as I climb up the mountain is a dragon I need to fight, there with me all the time, sowing discord by firing questions that make me feel less important. Arguably the scariest part is I never know when those times will end. When I will reach a stable point at which I can stop and admire the beautiful views around me.

Which reminds me.

The sun is getting closer to the edge of the hills. The sky is becoming warmer. It is golden hour.

I see the plateau of the mountain, and the dragon is starting to fly away. I am starting to see the glimpses of beauty in the world again. The sunset is nigh, and I am in a place to see it.

Now, I need some rest.

Thank you for this, James. I can relate. I hope you did have that rest. #thoughts

🚀 Seven Days of New Things Day 4: Walking Without Headphones | James' Coffee Blog

But, today I reminded myself of a lesson lost to my past: I don't need headphones in to have a great walk. Indeed, the most relaxing of journeys are those where there is nothing in particular to do. In this moment, I can be.

I need to go back to walking. #thoughts

Second podcast in a row where I hear about former lawyers. That’s exactly what I want to be: a former lawyer. #thoughts