My New Favorite Person on the Internet

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Meet the wisdom tooth guy who forgot his entire family but somehow remembered Batman. It's pretty hard to find something that sticks out in your mind under the constant content bombardment, but this guy embodies the euphoria I seek. Is this kind of bliss possible without a pharmacological boost? Byron Katie says it is.

I finished A Mind at Home With Itself, which is basically 300+ pages of Batman guy (he's a metal version of Byron Katie). I also talk about Julia Cameron's idea of "artist dates" from the book, The Artists Way. On such an occasion this week, I picked up a very fun slang dictionary:  Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. An absolute gem of a book. In this episode we learn phrases like: "How you diddling?" "to the muttons" (which I'll need to confirm with comedianRay O'Leary ) being "mushed up" and if I'm a clap trap or not.

I've been reading a lot more because of Cal Newport's five suggestions to improve cognitive fitness, including "landlining" which has been very impactful. I talk all about Cal's list in Episode 16 here.