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Brennen Leigh and Noel Mckay - Puttin' Up a Front

A catchy, quirky country tune that we can all relate to, in some sense or another!

Happy Wednesday, hope quarantine is going OK for yall :/

-Ernest

In Which Ernest Dives Deep on Subway

tweeting under the name "apoptosis," a highly regularized form of cell death mediated by enzymes, our man on the street dives deep on sandwiches, culture, and everything in-between:

Word of the Day! Jan 23rd, 2020

 

Word of The Day Jan. 23rd 2020 from Ernest Thompson on Vimeo.

aleatory. n. Of or relating to chance. 

 

Concert Report #1: Ratboys, 12-21-2019

Over the Christmas holidays, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting Minneapolis, MN, where I saw a concert by one of my favorite up-and-coming bands -- Ratboys. It was surprisingly non-frigid, kind of like the time I visited Chicago in February and it shot above freezing for like 3 days. (What can I say? I like to defy the odds.)

Sidebar: I hate the term "up-and-coming," because it implies that every artist needs to be some major-label goofball sellout. You can totally survive and thrive at the indie-level.

Ratboys are awesome because they manage to sound like a bunch of other bands and sound like themselves at the same time. My Bloody Valentine, Built to Spill, and Bon Iver come to mind, although comparisons can be reductive. Go check them out!

Extremely burry pic.

Cool sign!

This donkey-deer hybrid (?!!) was chilling in a cemetery and let me get super close

to him. Possibly some deceased person's spirit animal/patronus.

 

Street view.

 

Essay on Sports

I believe enthusiastically in the power of sport to make a positive impact in people’s lives. For the participant, it teaches valuable life lessons, such as discipline and goal setting. For the spectator, it gives them a chance to become a part of something greater than themselves.

In life we are often given the choice between doing what is right and doing what is easy.

Sport can teach one to enjoy suffering. Suffering is inevitable. Physical pain and emotional anguish are as part and parcel to the human experience as joy and exhilaration. What many don’t realize is that we are given the choice to suffer on our own terms, or on somebody else’s. If we sit back and let the world “come to us,” then we are beholden to others. 

The key to happiness is embracing hard work on your own terms. Work hurts, but if you enter it deliberately, honestly and with long term goals in mind, you will get through it and even enjoy it. The greats get to a point where not only do they enjoy work, but they crave it and feed off of it. The result of sincere, hard work is almost always positive. No matter how you apply it.

People need structure. The modern world is often confusing and overwhelming. Any one individual may be juggling a family, a career, and more. Sport is an opportunity to put aside distractions and focus on something that is intrinsically meaningful. It provides structure in a chaotic world.

-Ernest Thompson, December 2016

Tree Pose

Noel demonstrates today's Asana: Vriksasana, or "tree pose".

Vriksasana is a pose that helps build balance and equanimity. By cultivating calmness and proficiency standing on one foot, practicing tree pose is fundamental to growing your asana practice.

Root strong: As you stand on your leg, gently hook the opposite (lifted) heel into groin. Hands: focus on lifting to the sky and eventually pressing palms together. Lift slowly above head. Drishde point goes off top on nose.

Tree Pose from Ernest Thompson on Vimeo.

Birch tree illustration: