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i've also claimed real estate on twitter, linkedin, and way too many other social platforms where you can usually find me by searching @sarablask or some permutation thereof. email is the most reliable way to find me: sara [at] sarablask [dot] com. let's brainstorm.
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“Perhaps the calendar, gazed upon from a distance, actually illuminates the miracle and mystery of life. Populated with our personal details, it accompanies us. It is our signpost, our road map, our book of moments. It is available so we can make sense of the days that we remember and, perhaps, a vault of permanence for the days we do not”
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A poignant essay by Ted Anthony about the power and legacy of a calendar.
As much as I love, use and value technology, you just can’t do this with a Kindle or an iPad. There will always be something really special about books.
“When I was 17 years old, I sent away for a NASA astronaut application, received it and tacked it to my bulletin board. Sixteen years later, the application still hanging, I have finally applied. I have done my part, now let’s see if NASA does theirs.”
— Facebook post from one of the most extraordinary and qualified people I know who has applied for the NASA astronaut training program. Like me, he’s dreamed about getting to space since he was tiny. Unlike me, he studied astrophysics, has spent the last three austral summers working in Antarctica, and actually has the chops to make it happen. Best, best, best of luck to you, Ben. Make it happen.
“Leaving and moving on — returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy — is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.”
— Carrie Brownstein, co-writer of Portlandia, on her previous relationships. Quoted from this wonderful profile about her last week in The New Yorker.
“You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown into a blender. Your mass is reduced so that your density is the same as usual. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?”
— WSJ’s piece in Weekend today on how to ace an interview at Google and why brain teaser questions are spreading to other picky employers.
David Attenborough’s version of What a Wonderful World for BBC.
