I forgot how good Rose Azura Njano by Cunninlynguists was. Shame on me. 🎵
Now listening to the album Still Motion by Natti. 🎵
I have a genius bar appointment on Saturday to fix the crackling/squeaking in one of my AirPod Pros. You know, the ones that were just replaced less than 6 months ago for the same issue.
It’s cool and rainy this morning and I didn’t get much sleep last night. I wish I could go back to bed right now.
I was planning on reading 100 pages of my new book before bed. I think I’m tapping out at 30. My eyes are too tired.
I caught up on The Rings of Power over the weekend. I’m really enjoying that show. 📺
All I Saw Was Death
There is a really good piece in Variety about William Shatner’s experience going to space for real.
I continued my self-guided tour and turned my head to face the other direction, to stare into space. I love the mystery of the universe. I love all the questions that have come to us over thousands of years of exploration and hypotheses. Stars exploding years ago, their light traveling to us years later; black holes absorbing energy; satellites showing us entire galaxies in areas thought to be devoid of matter entirely… all of that has thrilled me for years… but when I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold . . . all I saw was death.
While I haven’t been to space, I experienced this same feeling while watching Space Explorers on the Oculus Quest 2. If you’re unfamiliar with Space Explorers, it’s a documentary filmed in VR from the International Space Station. Not only do you get to roam around in the ISS, but you get to go outside the ISS. Looking down at Earth is the most amazingly beautiful things you will ever see. Looking out towards the blackness of space was truly terrifying. Nothing ever made me feel more unsettled in my life, and I was just watching an immersive video. I can’t imagine what it would be like to experience the real thing, but Shatner but it into words so eloquently. There is hope though. It makes you appreciate the planet we do have.
It can change the way we look at the planet but also other things like countries, ethnicities, religions; it can prompt an instant reevaluation of our shared harmony and a shift in focus to all the wonderful things we have in common instead of what makes us different. It reinforced tenfold my own view on the power of our beautiful, mysterious collective human entanglement, and eventually, it returned a feeling of hope to my heart. In this insignificance we share, we have one gift that other species perhaps do not: we are aware—not only of our insignificance, but the grandeur around us that makes us insignificant. That allows us perhaps a chance to rededicate ourselves to our planet, to each other, to life and love all around us. If we seize that chance.
Currently reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 📚
Well, this is interesting. Apple is offering companion films to The Greatest Beer Run Ever free to watch for subscribers.
People are surprised that Mario sounds exactly like Chris Pratt as if Chris Pratt doesn’t play Chris Pratt in everything he’s in. That’s all he knows how to do.
I love that Five Below carries candy brands you haven’t seen in years. I haven’t had this since 7th grade, and even then it was hard to come by.
Sounds like my Playdate will ship soon. I hope I get it this month.
My dog just had cheese stuck on the inside of his cone. You ever see someone try to bite their own ear? That’s what it looked like when he tried licking the cheese off.
I’m really intrigued by No Man’s Sky coming to the Switch. Especially the new casual mode where you can dial down the survival aspects. I just want to fly and explore planets. May have to pick this one up.
Now that it’s fall, is it time for my yearly Sports Night rewatch? 📺
Running Bitwarden again for a bit to see how much friction there is there compared to 1P. We’ll see how this trial goes. Two days in and so far so good.
Missouri election laws have changed (I was not aware of this). Thankfully, Missouri Independent lays out what you need to know.
I have tears in my eyes. Albert Pujols is amazing. ⚾️
I don’t think it will hit me fully until Spring Training next year, but it will be really weird to have Cardinals baseball without Yadier Molina. He’s been a Cardinal for half my life.