This question – on its face – is good. Load in all the U.S. media stories about Facebook being used to organize government revolts, the value of China to the U.S. economy, Wikileaks, and Dave’s work at RebootNews.com – and it becomes a 21st century riddle of the sphynx if not double jeopardy.
Babãr
Even before the Abbey Cyser experiment I’ve been intrigued with the idea of a bragot/bracket/bragawd/bragaut [1] – a mead with a beer base.
Over the weekend, I tried a bottle of Brasserie Lefebvre’s Babãr. Amazing and balanced. The honey had a presence, the ale had a presence. And despite their distinctive flavors – neither overpowered the other. It was delicious – and got me looking up bragot recipes at hopville.
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Writers Blocks
Imported from Detroit
Best Superbowl ad since 1984. I alternated between shouting ‘Hell Yeah!’ and crying.
This is the message Chrysler needed to give, Detroit needed to give, and America needed to hear. Assisted by Eminem just underscores the point.
12 Weeks or 90 Days.
“And we have 12 weeks?”
“Yes.”
“Well, then we can make miracles happen.”
– Timothy Ferriss, 4-Hour Body
I’ll second that. In my experience 12-weeks of deliberate effort is the minimum required to do anything of significance. Those 12 weeks will change your life. But you have to change your life first to make that deliberate effort.
Either way, day 70 is re-org day.
“Your economy tricked me.”
Even Has an ‘Undo’
“If It’s Important It’ll Find Me” – The Daily Edition
Thawing
I just wrote down a second book idea in as many weeks, I’m investigating how to bring some older projects back from hiatus, and accelerate the timeline on some new projects.
Feels good.