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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/instantbandnightbayarea/">Instant Band Night</a> is a party where musicians who have just met are asked to form a band and perform a song in five minutes. It was created by Jon Sung, who is a fabulously talented emcee, organizer, copywriter, AND (we were surprised to discover) violinist. </p>
<p>The event happens every other month in Oakland, so I went with some friends to the March IBN performance and had a blast. The basic format is something like this:</p>
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<li>Would be performers drop their name in one of the cans labelled “Guitar”, “Bass”, “Vocals”, “Drums”, “Keyboards”, “Other”, and “Poster Artist”</li>
<li>The MC then draws names at random and those folks have 5 minutes to meet, come up with a band name, and write a song</li>
<li>Five minutes after meeting each other, the band then goes onstage and performs the song live in front of a crowd of about 100 people. </li>
<li>Right before each band gives their first public performance ever, the MC calls out another batch of names and keeps the cycle going smoothly throughout the night.</li>
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<p>If you sign up as a poster artist, you work on poster art for the band that is currently on stage and show it off at the end of their performance. </p>
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<p>The result felt like a cross between karaoke and improv comedy. Some songs started off rough, but you could feel the band learning to work together and form a groove. The styles would vary wildly from band to band too. We heard punk, klezmer, ska, space rock, folk, and much more. Here are a few examples from throughout the night:</p>
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<p>And here is the only full song I recorded that night:</p>
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<p>Instant Band Night is a bi-monthly all-ages event in Oakland. The next one is on May 9th and I highly recommend you check it out. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/instant-band-night-26-spring-fling-tickets-863940929577?aff=butts">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/instant-band-night-26-spring-fling-tickets-863940929577?aff=butts</a></p>
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</div><pre>Jefferson Market @ Nite // Jefferson Market @ Daytime. From street-level, you walk up this stained-glass spiral staircase in order to visit the main reading room and library desk.</pre><div><br />I'm also impressed with the NYPL website and app, which are efficiently, but not overly tech-enabled. For the last two and a half years I've been unfortunately using Amazon to track my <a href="https://world.hey.com/claire.kao/book-wishlist-484934cb">book wishlist</a>, and I'm happy to report the NYPL app is a very happy alternative:</div><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">
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</div><div>I was impressed that, with a recent book I checked out, the book was automatically renewed when I still hadn't returned it a week before the due date (though this is only true of books with no other holds/requests on them). Yay for simple, useful tech! </div><div><br /></div><h1>All of this is to say that the NY Public Library is an absolutely essential space, service, institution in our city, and the budget cut being proposed for 2025 is unacceptable!</h1><div><br /></div><div>My hope is that this budget is a bargaining fake-out between the Mayor and the New York City Council (as is implied in the <a href="https://www.amny.com/politics/public-library-leaders-demand-restore-budget-cuts/">amNY article</a>), and that these cuts were never actually proposed in seriousness. But it's a terrible thing to be toying with, in a time of disappearing Third Spaces and zealous book bans. What are we saying when we're saying these spaces are disposable, and that free access to books is unessential? How are we going to attempt to nurture curiosity and empathy in our children? How are we going to do that for our adults??</div><div><br />---<br />In other news, Happy St. Patrick's Day: Lá Fhéile Pádraig!<br /><br /></div><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">
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</div>Claireclaire.kao@hey.comhttps://world.hey.com/claire.kaoA Midsummer Night’s Dreamhttp://www.certainly-strange.com/?p=27652024-03-18T03:39:53+00:00The other day I got to see the SF Ballet’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which opened in 2020 for only one night before everything got shut down due to the pandemic. Civic Center as seen from the War Memorial Opera House Now, 4 years later, it is being performed again so it is a good … <a class="more-link" href="http://www.certainly-strange.com/?p=2765">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"</span></a>Steenhttp://www.certainly-strange.comThen I Ain’t Goinghttps://blog.gleitzman.com/post/7452496345895075842024-03-18T01:30:35+00:00<div class="npf_row"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/be587145186967e214e22ba12e4f1e0a/6e489744a0aef942-f8/s640x960/44525d196104d55b33a418cc9888e22ce6615a12.jpg" /></div><p>Then I Ain’t Going</p>I before E except Gleitzmanhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/Moving homehttps://mattspitz.net/2024/03/17/moving-home.html2024-03-17T07:00:00+00:00/2024/03/17/moving-home.htmlI Like Turtleshttps://mattspitz.netDon’t fake it until you make ithttps://www.microprinciples.com/p/fake-it2024-03-13T13:06:03+00:00<div class="pullquote"><p>“The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if I’m having 100% fun.”<br /><br />–Kurt Cobain</p></div><p>The old adage says to “fake it until you make it.” The “it” you fake is the persona you present to the world. Pretending to know what you’re doing, even when you don’t. The old adage is bad advice. When your insides are rare, don’t present as well done.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd44fc510-31ed-4fe1-8f5f-a19dc187ff68_1193x705.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="367.56915339480304" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd44fc510-31ed-4fe1-8f5f-a19dc187ff68_1193x705.jpeg" width="622" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Lying to yourself about yourself triggers cognitive dissonance which is painful. <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/secrets">You can never lie to yourself, so don't even try</a>. </p><p>Besides, to fake pre-make is to rob yourself of the thrill of being a novice, a necessary phase of growth. <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/you-cant-be-good-at-everything">You can’t be good at everything</a>, especially at first, so enjoy the bumps along the way.</p><p>Instead of self-deception, consider some alternative, more compassionate frames. Like “Every day I'm getting a little better.” Or “Mistakes are a part of the process.” Or “It’s OK just to be OK.” </p><p>All of which to say, <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/enough">you are enough</a>.</p><p>Even those standing in the “made it” circle (wherever that is), might still feel the cold shadow of self-imposed expectations. Warm yourself with this simple fact: you are not alone. You are a work in progress, and everyone else is too.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Microprinciples is medium-rare at best.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="email" /><input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>V Srihttps://www.microprinciples.comGodzilla (1954)tag:world.hey.com,2005:World::Post/358132024-03-11T05:33:40+00:00<div class="trix-content">
<div>Bravo, bravo to Oppenheimer tonight, for its 7 wins, which included Best Picture. For me, it felt like the first time in a while that the Oscars have awarded cinematic achievement, for a movie that deserves to join the canon. <br /><br />Over the summer, there were early critiques of the movie that it didn't show what happened on the other side of the bomb; that it failed by not centering the Japanese experience of the atomic bomb. While the horrific impact of the bomb in Japan should definitely be understood and felt by American audiences, I feel very strongly that it should be in the hands of a Japanese person that this pain is expressed, not Christopher Nolan. And for that, I recommend that anyone interested in the effects of the atomic bomb in Japan watch the original 1954 <a href="https://www.criterion.com/films/27755-godzilla">Godzilla</a>. <br /><br />I think to many in the US, Godzilla is seen as a cheap-thrill, tacky monster movie. This is in large part due to the way the movie was re-edited and released in the US. From J. Hoberman's Criterion <a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2127-godzilla-poetry-after-the-a-bomb">essay</a>:<br /><br /></div><blockquote>In 1956, the American rights to Godzilla were acquired by Joseph E. Levine, who released it in a reedited, dubbed version titled Godzilla, King of the Monsters, which would be shown all over the world. Levine cut forty minutes from Honda’s movie, including references to Nagasaki, contaminated food, and wartime bomb shelters, and shot nearly as much new material, adding a narrative framework that provided an American perspective...[Levine didn't] seemed to grasp the implications of a Japanese movie on the subject of nuclear annihilation.</blockquote><div><br />I was lucky to see the original Japanese version last week on the big screen, and was struck by how directly the movie makes its case against nuclear testing and weapons. In addition to explicit anti-nuclear dialogue, the movie considers devastated cityscapes, the agony and despair of innocents, the coming-together of Japanese communities after loss, and the ethical dilemmas of self-defense in a warring world. The movie is clearly rendered from recent emotions and images seared into the collective Japanese memory by WWII and Oppenheimer's bomb. <br /><br /></div><h1>Screenshots:</h1><div><br /></div><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">
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</div><pre>A scientist in the movie considers the ethical paradox that Robert Oppenheimer should have considered more forcefully, and that the film Oppenheimer implies the man ends up being haunted by. The scientist in Godzilla says: "They'll inevitably turn it into a weapon. A-bombs against A-bombs, H-bombs against H-bombs; as a scientist, no as a human being, adding another terrifying weapon to humanity's arsenal is something I can't allow."</pre><div><br /></div><div>
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</div><pre>The final line of the movie: "If nuclear testing continues, then someday, somewhere in the world, another Godzilla may appear."</pre><div><br />---<br /><br />The movie Oppenheimer has also afforded me more insight into my personal family experience; though my family is Taiwanese, my grandfather spent the first 18 years of his life in Japan. After discussing the movie with him, I learned he was in Tokyo when the atomic bombs fell in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which I never knew before. We asked him what he remembers of the time, and he described an image he'll never forget from the front page the next day: a man sitting in a car with his arm raised to the ceiling handle, frozen in place by the blast. <br /><br />I agree with the sentiment of Oppenheimer's critics, and believe that we should all seek out more information about those harmed by the devastation of war, and do everything we can to stop occupation and genocide, the use of weapons of mass destruction, war in all forms.</div>
</div>Claireclaire.kao@hey.comhttps://world.hey.com/claire.kaoYo-Yoing For Catshttps://docpop.org/?p=100932024-03-11T03:27:32+00:00<div class="e-content">
<p>I recently went to <a href="https://www.kitteasf.com/">KitTea Cafe</a> in San Francisco and tried my best to entertain the cats with my yo-yo skills. Here’s what happened: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbryOUI8Qv4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbryOUI8Qv4</a></p>
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<li><p>Anyone intending to embark on a major work should be lenient with himself and, having completed a stint, deny himself nothing that will not prejudice the next.</p></li>
<li><p>Talk about what you have written, by all means, but do not read from it while the work is in progress. Every gratification procured in this way will slacken your tempo. If this regime is followed, the growing desire to communicate will become in the end a motor for completion.</p></li>
<li><p>In your working conditions avoid everyday mediocrity. Semi-relaxation, to a background of insipid sounds, is degrading. On the other hand, accompaniment by an etude or a cacophony of voices can become as significant for work as the perceptible silence of the night. If the latter sharpens the inner ear, the former acts as a touchstone for a diction ample enough to bury even the most wayward sounds.</p></li>
<li><p>Avoid haphazard writing materials. A pedantic adherence to certain papers, pens, inks is beneficial. No luxury, but an abundance of these utensils is indispensable.</p></li>
<li><p>Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens.</p></li>
<li><p>Keep your pen aloof from inspiration, which it will then attract with magnetic power. The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself. Speech conquers thought, but writing commands it.</p></li>
<li><p>Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Literary honour requires that one break off only at an appointed moment (a mealtime, a meeting) or at the end of the work.</p></li>
<li><p>Fill the lacunae of inspiration by tidily copying out what is already written. Intuition will awaken in the process.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Nulla dies sine linea</em> (‘No day without a line’) — but there may well be weeks.</p></li>
<li><p>Consider no work perfect over which you have not once sat from evening to broad daylight.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not write the conclusion of a work in your familiar study. You would not find the necessary courage there.</p></li>
<li><p>Stages of composition: idea — style — writing. The value of the fair copy is that in producing it you confine attention to calligraphy. The idea kills inspiration, style fetters the idea, writing pays off style.</p></li>
<li><p>The work is the death mask of its conception.</p></li>
</ol>The writer’s technique in thirteen theseshttps://vsri.xyzWeekend with Daddyhttps://mattspitz.net/2024/03/07/weekend-with-daddy.html2024-03-07T08:00:00+00:00/2024/03/07/weekend-with-daddy.htmlI Like Turtleshttps://mattspitz.netLimit your ratio of meta to realityhttps://www.microprinciples.com/p/meta2024-03-06T17:02:04+00:00<p>There’s reality and there’s meta. Reality is visceral, concrete experience. Motion and action. Sensation and meaning. The universe. </p><p>Oddly, we mortals experience reality mostly as thought. As I’ve noted elsewhere:</p><blockquote><p><em>Thought is a reaction to stimuli in the world: a fragrance, an overheard sentence, a prolonged glimpse at the app you are presently doom scrolling (because you are what you read). This reaction, a thought, can trigger a cascade of more thoughts. The mind is a noisy place. <br /></em>– <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/thoughts">You are not your thoughts</a>, September 2023</p></blockquote><p>But thoughts are not reality, and neither is meta. Meta is everything we say about reality. It’s abstract. Thoughts <em>about</em> thoughts. Academia. Philosophy. Religion. Gossip. The todo list on your fridge. The thickening sludge formerly known as Twitter.</p><p>Here’s the prompt: Limit your ratio of meta to reality. It’s challenging because meta grows while reality just <em>is</em>. It takes vigilance to contain meta. Reality requires no such tending, because it is untendable.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc25b1a9d-9ea5-4829-9701-b76ab59454c2_3024x1762.png" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="848" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc25b1a9d-9ea5-4829-9701-b76ab59454c2_3024x1762.png" width="1456" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a>Let’s say 20% just to be safe</div><p>Don’t get me wrong, meta can be useful, but it’s hardly mandatory. Orangutans swing without storytelling, and ospreys fly without physics. Meta is here to help mere mortals do a little more. But none of it is required.</p><p>Meta is intriguing, but the map is not the territory. That love song isn’t itself love; every diagnosis is words, not the disease. Meta beguiles you with the illusion that you might control reality. But you do not, and you never will.</p><p>Meta can be fun, but it’s expensive. Your clicky obsession with saccarine non-reality steals time from the bitter kale of reality. <a href="https://smallishbook.substack.com/p/the-realm-of-meaning">Where meaning happens</a>. And since <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/death">your days are numbered</a>, I would advise against getting that pHD or that VR headset.</p><p>Don’t waste too much time on meta. It is a virus, and you are its host.</p><p>When you carry, create, or consume too much meta, you leave less room for its target: the mysterious, continuously unfolding chaos that surrounds you. That <em>is</em> you. Use meta if you must, but learn to move, and live, and be without it. </p><p>Reality is numinous and boundless. It is dark matter impenetrable by any scribe. And it’s infinitely more rewarding than anything taped to your fridge.</p>V Srihttps://www.microprinciples.comAnalyzing the SF Endorsements (aka Social Media Is Still pretty Awesome)https://docpop.org/?p=100892024-03-04T21:20:45+00:00<div class="e-content">
<p>Over on <a href="https://mastodon.social/@docpop/112027365342357685">Mastodon</a>, I shared a link to <a href="https://sfendorsements.com">SFendorsements.com</a>, a non-partisan site that aggregates all of the endorsements for the March, 2024 San Francisco local, state, and national elections in one place. I brought up the fact that despite having names like “labor” or “democratic,” many of these groups tended to support conservative ideals. Of course, thats because many of these so-called democratic groups are actually <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/12/san-francisco-tech-billionaires-political-influence">astroturfing campaigns funded by billionaires</a>.</p>
<p>After I shared the post, a user named @Xek wrote a Python script to make it easier to see which groups lined up the most with the SF Republican party. You can see Xek’s posts <a href="https://mastodon.social/@xek@hachyderm.io/112027763097803902">here</a>:</p>
<p>The next day, Patrick Cherry shared a different set of visualizations to help show which groups most closely line up with the SF Republican endorsements. Patrick said that Xek’s post served as inspiration for his charts, but “instead of using correlations, I wanted to try out some hierarchical clustering.” That list, and the code he wrote to make it, can be found here <a href="https://pdcherry.github.io/posts/2024_03_02-SF_political_support_data.html">https://pdcherry.github.io/posts/2024_03_02-SF_political_support_data.html#nominal-clustering</a></p>
<p>It all started with a link to a website, then some folks took the ball and ran with it. I love Mastodon!</p>
<p>BTW, I really like the <a href="https://www.sfbg.com/2024/02/01/endorsements-for-the-march-5-2024-election/">SF Bay Guardian’s endorsement list this year</a>. It’s well written, easy to use, and lines up with the DCCC and Labor & Working Families slate. </p>
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<h1>Peter and I are engaged to be married !!</h1><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">
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</div><div>Peter proposed with the help of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reidjenkinsmusic">my best friend Reid</a>, and his family of talented musicians. At the end of a warm, wonderful folksy house concert featuring <a href="https://www.cricketbluemusic.com/">Cricket Blue</a> and <a href="https://boldforbes.bandcamp.com/music">Bold Forbes</a>, Bold Forbes announced they had a final song and began playing <a href="https://youtu.be/9wxI4KK9ZYo?si=4XFckG8XPKJFrDeA">Perfect Day by Lou Reed</a>. By the second chord, I knew what was up. <br />Peter joined the band onstage to sing a verse, and we agreed to get married, while surrounded by music and close friends. An evening of unforgettable magic.<br /><br />---</div><h1>Perfect Day by Lou Reed</h1><div>
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<br />Reid's sister, <a href="https://cassandrajenkins.com/">Cassandra Jenkins</a>, who has also become a dear friend, was an essential part of the day. She arranged the piano, violin, and choral sections; and rewrote the lyrics to be about us and the day. Thanks to her, I will never forget that "snow [was] falling in the park" on our perfect day.<br /> <br />Peter picked this song, as it's been a special one for us for a while. Our favorite days the past couple of years have been our slowest, simplest days, which this song perfectly expresses. We were also tickled by the fact the song is wrongly perceived to be about heroin, which honors how our simplest days could feel as euphoric as a drug-high. <br /><br />When asked if Perfect Day was about heroin addiction, Lou Reed had <a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lou-reed-perfect-day-heroin-real-song-meaning/">this to say in 2000</a>:</div><blockquote> No. You’re talking to the writer, the person who wrote it. No that’s not true [that the song is about heroin use]. I don’t object to that, particularly whatever you think is perfect. But this guy’s vision of a perfect day was the girl, sangria in the park, and then you go home; a perfect day, real simple. I meant just what I said.</blockquote><div><br />In 2024, this song figures meaningfully in Wim Wenders' newest film: <a href="https://youtu.be/QzZBbX5A1FA?si=tTqSfRnrHzGhZnxo">Perfect Days</a>. And last August, <a href="https://youtu.be/s5NT_079_X0">Al Green released a cover of the song</a>, his first release in 5 years, which is beautiful in different ways, honoring the song's feelings of contentment and wistfulness in a nuanced rendition.<br /><br />It would have been Lou Reed's 82nd birthday yesterday, and the more I learn about him, the more I admire him. I've never known much about him or the Velvet Underground, so I'm going to start in the coming weeks with: </div><ul><li>Ezra Furman's <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/lou-reeds-transformer-9781501323065/">33 1/3 book</a> on the album Transformer</li><li>Todd Haynes' recent Velvet Underground <a href="https://www.criterion.com/films/33386-the-velvet-underground">documentary</a></li><li>any other suggestions?</li></ul><div><br /></div>
</div>Claireclaire.kao@hey.comhttps://world.hey.com/claire.kaoDoc Birpday Thingshttp://www.certainly-strange.com/?p=27592024-03-04T04:17:14+00:00Doc’s birthday is coming up so I am getting him BBQ mutton (we’ve always wanted to try it) and I made him a “burnt” Basque cheesecake which we’ve started eating early (and it was delicious) I followed this recipe here, which was easy to follow and worked out great: https://youtu.be/eW-nF1xEFSASteenhttp://www.certainly-strange.com“Engineering is everywhere”https://blog.gleitzman.com/post/7438650403687792642024-03-02T18:43:03+00:00<div class="npf_row"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6595512ab20de8961374a1b1bc070fa9/0342e4518c81577a-38/s640x960/48ca4b27ce3343f2b22f87bbe45d7ecb519c577e.jpg" /></div><p>“Engineering is everywhere”</p>I before E except Gleitzmanhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/Someone has to take noteshttps://www.microprinciples.com/p/take-notes2024-02-28T13:06:51+00:00<p>In every meeting, someone has to take notes. Otherwise, it's just a conversation. Conversations are splendid, but a <em>Meeting</em> is a conversation with a purpose. There are three genres of meetings:</p><p><em><strong>You oughta know.</strong></em><strong> </strong>Moving information from one mind to another. You can sometimes replace this meeting with a written dispatch, but not always. Gathering can help.</p><p><em><strong>We can work it out.</strong></em><strong> </strong>An alignment meeting. A place for folks to assert their point of view, debate ideas, and land on a <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/complication">simplified perspective</a> everyone agrees on. (<a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/compromise">All endeavor requires compromise</a>.)</p><p><em><strong>Let's get it on</strong></em><strong>. </strong>Only when folks are informed and aligned can you make decisions about what to do and actually <em>do those things</em>. Also known as collaboration.</p><p>And in all three gatherings someone has to take notes. Because <a href="https://www.microprinciples.com/p/gigo">you are what you read</a>, and what you read is the notes. </p><p>The role of note-taker is challenging. You are neither passive stenographer, nor authoritative author, but someone in between. You ask clarifying questions. You must prod the yielding voices and curb the unyielding ones. And you write things down.</p><p>You, dear note-taker, are the patron saint of lost time. You faithfully note the crinkles that bring folks together, and scribe the process of smoothing them. Taking notes is work. If the notes are unclear, then a meeting may well never have happened.</p><p>This is the tax humans pay for our lack of telepathy.</p><p>Be sure to take turns.</p>V Srihttps://www.microprinciples.comSki triphttps://mattspitz.net/2024/02/28/ski-trip.html2024-02-28T08:00:00+00:00/2024/02/28/ski-trip.htmlI Like Turtleshttps://mattspitz.netSomeone has to take noteshttps://vsri.xyz/microprinciples/take-notes2024-02-28T08:00:00+00:00<p>In every meeting, someone has to take notes. Otherwise, it’s just a conversation. Conversations are splendid, but a <em>Meeting</em> is a conversation with a purpose. There are three genres of meetings:</p>
<p><strong>You oughta know.</strong> Moving information from one mind to another. You can sometimes replace this meeting with a written dispatch, but not always. Gathering can help.</p>
<p><strong>We can work it out.</strong> An alignment meeting. A place for folks to assert their point of view, debate ideas, and land on a simplified perspective everyone agrees on. <a href="https://vsri.xyz/microprinciples/compromise" title="wikilink">All endeavor requires compromise</a></p>
<p><strong>Let’s get it on.</strong> Only when folks are informed and aligned can you make decisions about what to do and actually <em>do those things</em>. Also known as collaboration.</p>
<p>And in all three gatherings someone has to take notes. Because <a href="https://vsri.xyz/microprinciples/gigo" title="wikilink">You are what you read</a>, and what you read is the notes.</p>
<p>The role of note-taker is challenging. You are neither passive stenographer, nor authoritative author, but someone in between. You ask clarifying questions. You must prod the yielding voices and curb the unyielding ones. And you write things down.</p>
<p>You, dear note-taker, are the patron saint of lost time. You faithfully note the crinkles that bring folks together, and scribe the process of smoothing them. Taking notes is work. If the notes are unclear, then a meeting may well never have happened.</p>
<p>This is the tax humans pay for our lack of telepathy.</p>
<p>Be sure to take turns.</p>Someone has to take noteshttps://vsri.xyzCars Behaving Badly At 23rd and Valenciahttps://docpop.org/?p=100782024-02-26T04:06:56+00:00<div class="e-content">
<p>One morning, I decided to bring my camera to the intersection of 23rd and Valencia to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1XSS4Y0dDk&lc=Ugwz6_Fxo7Xrs2uWNxB4AaABAg">film one of the most dangerous intersections</a> in the Mission District. A lot of attention has been paid to this part of Valencia Street because of the mobility lane that was recently added for cyclists and micro-mobility riders (e-bikes, small scooters, one-wheelers, electric skateboards, etc). This lane has made the rest of Valencia so much safer, but this section always sucks to cross as a pedestrian or cyclist. </p>
<p>It turns out, the problem on Valencia Street is due to drivers, not bike lanes. Riding in the Mission sure has gotten worse since doordashers and Uber drivers became so common, but looking at all the reckless drivers here, I don’t think we can blame one specific group for why this street is so dangerous right now. . </p>
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<p>The new mobility lane is a huge improvement, but I hope the SFMTA opens Valencia Street to pedestrians sometime soon. There were several times in the past few years that Valencia was open, and it was great for the community and local shops. There are plenty of other San Francisco streets for drivers misbehave on.</p>
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<p><em>On a sidenote; I posted this video on r/SanFrancisco and on youtube and the comments and replies have been shockingly sensitive. Drivers are saying they didn’t realize how dangerous these streets are right now and the youtube page has a 95% upvote ratio (with 2,000 views so far). </em></p>
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<p>When starting a piece of writing, write out each sentence on a separate line. Instead of a continuous snake of sentences, start with a vertical list. When you stack your sentences in a column, they become easier to see and move around. This line-by-line approach can bring clarity to your writing.</p>
<p>This technique is basically “sensemaking.” It’s the same process you’d use to organize a closet: amass an inventory of stuff, step back to find connections and relationships, throw out anything you don’t need, and then put it all in order that makes sense.</p>
<p>Your stack of sentences will grow unwieldy, but every every few lines you’ll start to see what Steven Pinker calls “arcs of coherence:” a clutch of lines that work together to convey a larger idea. These become your paragraphs.</p>
<p>If a paragraph is a city block, a group of paragraphs starts to resemble a neighborhood. But every city starts at street level. If you stack your sentences carefully, and make every line count, you might build a metropolis worth living in.</p>Stack sentences for clearer writinghttps://vsri.xyzMore Brainrothttp://www.certainly-strange.com/?p=27522024-02-19T08:58:43+00:00Playing too much Rogue Trader has rotted my brain so now I’m just working on more elf shit. Story of my life.Steenhttp://www.certainly-strange.comOnce more for those in the backhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/post/7427059140570152962024-02-18T23:39:14+00:00<div class="npf_row"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2113cdd24c9236a8dcfe1f3fa5dd3cf0/7d5714d9dcd21807-30/s640x960/20a22149da51f6716fb4670784c145a698edb70b.jpg" /></div><p>Once more for those in the back</p>I before E except Gleitzmanhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/Fiona choice dayhttps://mattspitz.net/2024/02/17/fiona-choice-day.html2024-02-17T08:00:00+00:00/2024/02/17/fiona-choice-day.htmlI Like Turtleshttps://mattspitz.netAn Interview With Amos Goldbaumhttps://docpop.org/?p=100252024-02-16T03:37:54+00:00<div class="e-content">
<p>I recently bumped into <a href="https://www.amosgoldbaum.com/">Amos Goldbaum</a> in our neighborhood, and I shot this short interview with him. Amos is a “drawer of lines” whose murals can be found all over San Francisco. I asked him how he developed his style, how he researches his murals, and other aspects of his work. You can watch the interview on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVstATACICE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVstATACICE</a></p>
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<p>I’ve been a fan of Amos’s work for a while, and it was great to finally get to chat with him about it. This interview was recorded rather spontaneously on my iPhone and edited in Descript. Progress on the mural has halted in the past few days due to the extreme rain in SF, but I’m sure he’ll finish it sometime next week. I can’t wait to see it and I feel so lucky to have a chance to document it’s progress. </p>
<blockquote class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed"><p>I went for a short walk on <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BernalHeights" rel="tag">#<span>BernalHeights</span></a> today and bumped into Amos Goldbaum, a local muralist whose distinct line art can be seen all over <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" rel="tag">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a>. I'm going to grab my microphone, then come back up the hill for a quick interview with him. Anything you'd like me to ask Amos about his work? Check out his site here: <a href="https://www.amosgoldbaum.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">amosgoldbaum.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-author">— Doctor Popular (<a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@docpop" rel="mention">@<span>docpop</span></a>)<a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://mastodon.social/@docpop/111847380634682236">2024-01-30T22:59:48.361Z</a></p></blockquote></div><div class="ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix"></div><span class="ctx-article-root"><!-- --></span><p>The post <a href="https://docpop.org/2024/02/an-interview-with-amos-goldbaum/"><span class='p-name'>An Interview With Amos Goldbaum</span></a> appeared first on <a href="https://docpop.org">Doc Pop's Blog</a>.</p>dochttps://docpop.org/Orient toward heartbreakhttps://www.microprinciples.com/p/heartbreak2024-02-14T16:24:23+00:00<div class="pullquote"><p>“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”<br />–Mark Twain</p></div><p>The nightclub of love has three exits. There’s Disconnection, the door you choose. There’s the Dump, when a bouncer chooses for you. And there’s Death, the trap door that appears under your feet. All three are heartbreaking.</p><p>You may be tempted to skip the line and pocket that cover charge. But heartbreak is inevitable in a life of meaning. If you have the option, orient <em>toward</em> heartbreak. It’s counterintuitive, I know.</p><p>Heartbreak is the closing punctuation of human connection. Sometimes it’s <code>!</code> sometimes it’s<code> ?</code> and sometimes it’s a lingering <code>...</code> but every clause must come to a close. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write the story of your life.</p><p>Heartbreak is the end of a novel you love. Heartbreak is turning your child who needs you into an adult who does not. Heartbreak is the kaleidoscopic explosion of a soap bubble on the tip of a curious finger. Heartbreak is evidence that your heart works at all.</p><p>There is only one way to avoid heartbreak, as far as I know. Die young. Before you even know what heartbreak means. But that only allots the pain to everyone who knows you. </p><p>Like a tax on human happiness, someone has to experience the burden. You might as well own your share, and live.</p>V Srihttps://www.microprinciples.comOrient toward heartbreakhttps://vsri.xyz/microprinciples/heartbreak2024-02-14T08:00:00+00:00<p>The nightclub of love has three exits. There’s Disconnection, the door you choose. There’s the Dump, when a bouncer chooses for you. And there’s Death, the trap door that appears under your feet. All three are heartbreaking.</p>
<p>You may be tempted to skip the line and pocket that cover charge. But heartbreak is inevitable in a life of meaning. If you have the option, orient <em>toward</em> heartbreak. It’s counterintuitive, I know.</p>
<p>Heartbreak is the closing punctuation of human connection. Sometimes it’s <code>!</code> sometimes it’s <code>?</code> and sometimes it’s a lingering <code>…</code> but every clause must come to a close. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write the story of your life.</p>
<p>Heartbreak is the end of a novel you love. Heartbreak is turning your child who needs you into an adult who does not. Heartbreak is the kaleidoscopic explosion of a soap bubble on the tip of a curious finger. Heartbreak is evidence that your heart works at all.</p>
<p>There is only one way to avoid heartbreak, as far as I know. Die young. Before you even know what heartbreak means. But that only allots the pain to everyone who knows you.</p>
<p>Like a tax on human happiness, someone has to experience the burden. You might as well own your share, and live.</p>Orient toward heartbreakhttps://vsri.xyz#SidewalkFriends: Cone Headhttps://docpop.org/?p=100152024-02-12T22:58:52+00:00<div class="e-content">
<p><em>I like to keep an eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SidewalkFriends">#SidewalkFriends</a> drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon.</em></p>
<p>I did a double take when I first saw this orange traffic cone on 29th street. I could have sworn it winked at me. So I grabbed a quick photo and used it as inspiration for today’s Sidewalk Friends sketch. </p>
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<h1>Happy Lunar New Year 🧧</h1><div>It's Year of the Dragon! </div><div>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac#Animal_Trines">Wikipedia</a>, dragons are: </div><blockquote>intense and powerful individuals capable of great good, who make great leaders but are rather unpredictable. [They] are said to be intelligent, magnanimous, charismatic, charming, authoritative, confident, eloquent, and artistic, but can also be manipulative, jealous, selfish, aggressive, vindictive, and deceitful.</blockquote><div><br /><br /></div><h1>An important Dragon: Anna May Wong</h1><div>
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<br />I went to see a movie recently called <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9286">Großstadtschmetterling (Pavement Butterfly)</a> starring Anna May Wong. I had never seen her in a movie before, and only really ever knew of her because of the frequent mentions of her during AAPI Month (May). The screening was introduced by Yunte Huang, an author who published a biography of Anna May this year, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631495809">Daughter of the Dragon</a>. Huang called our attention to the fact that Anna May was born in the Year of the Dragon (1905).<br /><br />Some scenes from Pavement Butterfly: <br /><br />
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</div><div>For me, seeing a Chinese face lovingly filmed and presented, in a story that ends up empowering a victimized, racialized other, was a revelatory experience. Especially seeing a Chinese face from such an early cinema period, when I'm used to only seeing white faces in repertory theaters. <br /><br />---<br />As I ended up learning from <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631495809">Huang's book</a>, Anna May Wong was an early film star who faced the intersecting marginalization of being both a woman, as well as a Chinese person. Many of the AAPI wins we've celebrated in recent years from Crazy Rich Asians to Everything Everywhere All at Once to Beef were paths previously laid by Wong in the earliest years of cinema, even if they had gone relatively untrodden in the years since Wong died in 1961. <br />The book ended up being a fascinating survey of Chinese-American history, in an era that I knew little about (1900-1960), specifically tracking the role of Chinese-Americans in US film history. I learned about why America's first Chinese dominated the laundry business, how executives cast Anna May Wong in the first Technicolor movie in order to test skin color differences on colorized film, that Bruce Lee was a quarter white. How mainstream adoration means little when the objects of curiosity are still heavily discriminated against (see highlighted section below), and how this painfully came up time and time again in Anna May Wong's life story.<br />Here's a New Yorker review of Yunte Huang's book <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631495809"><em>Daughter of the Dragon</em></a> if you're curious to learn more: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-anna-may-wong-became-the-first-chinese-american-movie-star">https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-anna-may-wong-became-the-first-chinese-american-movie-star</a>.<br /><br /></div><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--3">
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<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /></div><h1>Another important Dragon: my grandfather </h1><div>
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<br />96 this year—look how handsome and fun he is!! A kind, generous, intelligent man. A wonderful example of a Dragon 💓<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /></div><h1>Our new year food, smiles, and fortunes</h1><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">
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</div><pre>台灣猪排, Taiwanese style pork chop like you'd find in an everyday Taiwanese lunch bento, from a Win Son recipe. It tasted exactly as it should: my heart, tongue, belly were filled with joy.</pre><div><br /></div><h1>新年快樂</h1>
</div>Claireclaire.kao@hey.comhttps://world.hey.com/claire.kaoBeef Tripe with Black Bean Sauce, 豆豉牛百叶https://www.fuzhoufood.com/p/beef-tripe-with-black-bean-sauce2024-02-12T04:33:03+00:00<p>In my opinion, tripe in itself is a little bland and the main value add is its interesting texture. Plus, the little folds do a great job of trapping sauces, and there’s few things that pack as much of a punch as a few fermented black beans. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b1d9276-1364-43c1-a709-c3dfd11d6182_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b1d9276-1364-43c1-a709-c3dfd11d6182_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><h3>Ingredients </h3><ul><li><p>black beans in oil</p><ul><li><p>you can also buy dried preserved black beans, but you'll need dice and soak them in vegetable oil for storage.</p></li><li><p>Note: the black beans are already pre-salted when you buy from the store</p></li></ul></li><li><p>tripe</p></li><li><p>1 tablespoon salt</p></li><li><p>3 shakes of white pepper</p></li><li><p>corn starch</p></li><li><p>sesame oil</p></li><li><p>vegetable oil</p></li><li><p>scallions</p></li><li><p>ginger</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46fa770f-4802-4451-99ea-20d071cb5d8e_400x300.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="300" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46fa770f-4802-4451-99ea-20d071cb5d8e_400x300.jpeg" width="400" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><h3><strong>Steps</strong></h3><p>Tripe is usually bought as a giant connected piece. There's a thick half-shell skin, with flaps in the middle.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42c0bcc3-c0e0-42d0-a791-ebea4e923c79_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42c0bcc3-c0e0-42d0-a791-ebea4e923c79_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Separate between the flaps and cut long lines down the thick skin. Try not to cut the flaps.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d594c68-2ca8-4d9b-a426-bd6c0df7091f_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d594c68-2ca8-4d9b-a426-bd6c0df7091f_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Cut the tripe into small rectangular pieces. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ab698e6-4451-42eb-82ee-487d36b11872_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ab698e6-4451-42eb-82ee-487d36b11872_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Wash the tripe in a large bowl.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96eed4ae-fda7-4017-bfbd-0bbf3e1f6c29_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96eed4ae-fda7-4017-bfbd-0bbf3e1f6c29_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>You can buy black beans soaked in oil. If you bought dry black beans, prepare the black beans by dicing them into small pieces and soaking with vegetable oil for a 1-2 hours.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa117eeaa-c5b3-4c64-adeb-968844c94cd2_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa117eeaa-c5b3-4c64-adeb-968844c94cd2_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>If the black beans were bought dry, you need to steam the black bean-oil mixture. As a short-cut, you can also microwave the black beans to release the flavor. This step is not necessary if you already bought black beans in oil.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71a6471d-c4d3-458f-9737-5cdbcd9c6266_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71a6471d-c4d3-458f-9737-5cdbcd9c6266_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Heat up a wok with cooking oil. Start by stir-frying slices of ginger. Then add the beef tripe and stir fry until done.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4407a58b-8a93-4c93-bcb1-178b6dcd2280_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4407a58b-8a93-4c93-bcb1-178b6dcd2280_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Add the black bean sauce. If the tripe is not salty enough, feel free to add some more salt. Add a couple dashes of white pepper. Stir fry for 30 more seconds.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab39b218-1ac0-43ef-9137-f5c2dcc4627d_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab39b218-1ac0-43ef-9137-f5c2dcc4627d_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Add 1-2 dashes of sesame oil.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4990ffb7-20c8-4d24-9faf-b44d1186d257_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4990ffb7-20c8-4d24-9faf-b44d1186d257_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>In a separate bowl, make a mixture of cornstarch and water.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F205cf1a8-066a-4a32-b5ae-9bcc65b9a7ac_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F205cf1a8-066a-4a32-b5ae-9bcc65b9a7ac_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Only add a little of the cornstarch-water mixture. If you add too much, it'll get too thick. Ideally, the dish has little to no water/juice.</p><p>In the photo below, "That's too much in the ladle!"</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff254ff3c-25f2-4a18-8f12-dfec656ee578_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff254ff3c-25f2-4a18-8f12-dfec656ee578_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>"Look at how much water there is in this photo. Terrible."</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1dd83b1-5565-4ec5-8416-f19e5b73bbbe_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1dd83b1-5565-4ec5-8416-f19e5b73bbbe_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Serve it on a plate! "The dish should look less saucy than this photo."</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b1d9276-1364-43c1-a709-c3dfd11d6182_640x480.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b1d9276-1364-43c1-a709-c3dfd11d6182_640x480.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Fuzhou Food is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="email" /><input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>Fuzhou Foodhttps://www.fuzhoufood.comWild, wild countryhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/post/7420878273298923522024-02-12T03:55:01+00:00<div class="npf_row"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ce6e04272df2083ff78df5cdb776b91c/9b927a8925ea13ac-93/s640x960/5c9a9749d0983dfbf74667681035172454a04029.jpg" /><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/cd79cf8889f158546244306cdc8a37e3/9b927a8925ea13ac-17/s640x960/ad3363b51c525ddedfb29265167fc699f75e03f7.jpg" /></div><div class="npf_row"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/85dfb2f6a9a491c8d0ce6f1e97d65c15/9b927a8925ea13ac-58/s640x960/be43866b130563ceb3ab1db205fd46f5647b9c32.jpg" /><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/cc1eaf1031b46ca465d511a75b480d42/9b927a8925ea13ac-2a/s640x960/0eb6e68d84fa2be40956635f11e971cef7dd969e.jpg" /></div><p>Wild, wild country</p>I before E except Gleitzmanhttps://blog.gleitzman.com/Go Niners!https://mattspitz.net/2024/02/11/go-niners.html2024-02-11T08:00:00+00:00/2024/02/11/go-niners.htmlI Like Turtleshttps://mattspitz.netThe waste is what workshttps://www.microprinciples.com/p/waste2024-02-07T15:16:52+00:00<p>My favorite physicist (I hope you have one too), isn’t Einstein, Fermi, Heisenberg, or Hawking. He’s a bongo-drumming kook named Richard Feynman. Once while teaching at Cornell, Feynman found himself feeling palpable disinterest in what was supposed to be his passion. He was trapped in the throes of a feeling familar to many creatives: burnout. </p><p>And he sought a way out:</p><blockquote><p>Physics disgusts me a little bit now, but I used to <em>enjoy</em> doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to <em>play</em> with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing—it didn't have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with.</p><p>[…]</p><p>Within a week I was in the cafeteria and some guy, fooling around, throws a plate in the air. As the plate went up in the air I saw it wobble, and I noticed the red medallion of Cornell on the plate going around. It was pretty obvious to me that the medallion went around faster than the wobbling.</p><p>–<em><a href="https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/kilcup.1/262/feynman.html">Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feyman</a></em></p></blockquote><p>Feynman’s enthusiasm for the wobble led to his <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1965/feynman/facts/">Nobel Prize in physics</a> in 1965.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><a class="image-link is-viewable-img image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd45e3623-2f18-4a74-8440-eda71c90c0cd_2606x1574.png" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="879" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd45e3623-2f18-4a74-8440-eda71c90c0cd_2606x1574.png" width="1456" /><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></div><p>Even uttering the word “play” will chill the veins of any middle-manager; they see messiness, play, and diversion as waste. They prefer the warm blanket of process, predictability, and measurable output. But what these bureaucrats fail to see is that <em>the waste is what works</em>.</p><p>You’ll never accurately measure the ROI of a memorable slogan. There’s no 137-step program that guarantees a sports championship. There’s no award-winning screenplay without a graveyard of drafts and ideas. These paths are non-linear and unpredictable.</p><p>All creation worth a damn disperses a miasma of mess. The energy that drives creatives (and scientists) to change the world is not found in a finely-tuned Gantt chart or JIRA board. What the corporate world calls “waste” is the main ingredient of genius.</p><p>Pay no attention to the priests lighting candles at the altar of perfection and process. If you want to make meaning, the waste is what works.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.microprinciples.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>V Srihttps://www.microprinciples.comThe waste is what workshttps://vsri.xyz/microprinciples/waste2024-02-07T08:00:00+00:00<p>My favorite physicist (I hope you have one too), isn’t Einstein, Fermi, Heisenberg, or Hawking. He’s a bongo-drumming kook named Richard Feynman. Once while teaching at Cornell, Feynman found himself feeling palpable disinterest in what was supposed to be his passion. He was trapped in the throes of a feeling familar to many creatives: burnout.</p>
<p>And he sought a way out:</p>
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<p>Physics disgusts me a little bit now, but I used to <em>enjoy</em> doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to <em>play</em> with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing—it didn’t have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with.</p>
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<p>Within a week I was in the cafeteria and some guy, fooling around, throws a plate in the air. As the plate went up in the air I saw it wobble, and I noticed the red medallion of Cornell on the plate going around. It was pretty obvious to me that the medallion went around faster than the wobbling.</p>
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<p>Feynman’s enthusiasm for this wobble would lead to his Nobel Prize for physics in 1965.</p>
<p>Even uttering the word “play” will chill the veins of any middle-manager; they see messiness, play, and diversion as waste. They prefer the warm blanket of process, predictability, and measurable output. But what these bureaucrats fail to see is that <em>the waste is what works</em>.</p>
<p>You’ll never accurately measure the ROI of a memorable slogan. There’s no 137-step program that guarantees a sports championship. There’s no award-winning screenplay without a graveyard of drafts and ideas. These paths are non-linear and unpredictable.</p>
<p>All creation worth a damn disperses a miasma of mess. The energy that drives creatives (and scientists) to change the world is not found in a finely-tuned Gantt chart or JIRA board. What the corporate world calls “waste” is the main ingredient of genius.</p>
<p>Pay no attention to the priests lighting candles at the altar of perfection and process. If you want to make meaning, the waste is what works.</p>The waste is what workshttps://vsri.xyzWhy do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?tag:world.hey.com,2005:World::Post/349652024-02-05T05:25:09+00:00<div class="trix-content">
<div>Sophomore year of college, I became close with a group of boys. I had just gone through my first breakup, and was feeling desperately lonely, unloved, and seriously unhappy. This group adopted me and often made it their weekend mission: Operation Cheer Claire Up. In a sea of dehumanizing frat boy behavior, these boys loved me as friends, protected me fiercely, and were always there to wipe my tears. In a sea of teenage righteousness and Ivy League social pressure, these boys never made me feel judged for even a moment and made sure I knew I belonged. <br /><br />One of these boys was Ian. It was immediately obvious that he was reserved, tidy, and kind, but once he let you in a little, you’d gain access to his vast intellect and quick wit. <br /><br />Since he was more reserved, I lived to make him laugh or to surprise him out of his stoicism. Whenever I’d barge into his room, I’d start singing:</div><blockquote><a href="https://youtu.be/jV127kNz0hs?si=f2L9b1pYvIE-O5Tx">Why do birds suddenly appear<br />Every time you are near?</a></blockquote><div>This, without fail, warranted a chuckle and a warm hug from Ian. <br /><br />After we graduated, Ian moved back to Florida and we weren’t as close, but stayed in touch with the same friend group. He had my loyalty and love for life, but we stopped talking regularly. <br /><br />This past Wednesday, Ben, my introduction to this group and one of my closest friends, called to let me know Ian passed away. I was in a state of shock for the night and well into Thursday.<br /><br />While I was processing the news, I looked through our last texts. One of our last conversations consisted of Ian double and triple-checking that I’d make it out for drinks when he was coming to town several years ago. Of course I was coming, Ian! But he always made an effort to let me see how wanted, welcomed, and deserving of happiness I am. </div><div><br />I wasn’t sure what to do with my grief, so my friend Mahima prompted me for photos of Ian, which I hadn’t thought of looking through. She also reminded me of some pictures from a party we threw in college. I clicked through the now-hidden Facebook album and found this: <br />
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<br /><br />What I love about this picture is that its focal point is Ian’s eyes—among the most kind, piercing, loving, gentle eyes I’ve ever known. I also love how, in the rest of the album, everyone is hamming it up, posing for camera; but of course Ian is locked in deep conversation with someone, blissfully unaware. Our friend Ben is also reflected somehow in the lens, in the shadow behind Ian’s head. Smiling broadly. <br /><br />—————————<br /><br />Though obvious, it needs stating: it is incredibly painful watching your friends cry. But joining in, clinging desperately to each other, helps with some measure of healing. <br /><br />This group of friends has been scattered across the US: from Oakland to Chicago to LA to NYC and lastly, Ian in Miami. All the last times I had seen this group had been birthdays and weddings. Gathering for a memorial was an incredibly confusing experience of joy at seeing each other followed by intense despair at our shared loss. <br /><br />Ben had a baby 2 months ago, a beautiful boy named Jules. Any time the pain of Ian’s loss was too heavy, we could look at the curious, smiling baby and feel some measure of uplift. Baby Jules was a gift during a despairing moment that reminded us how to celebrate life: <br /><br />
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<br /><br />Tell someone you love them today, and squeeze a little harder on your next hug. And then keep doing those things. <br /><br />—————————<br /><br />I can’t believe you’re gone, Ian. I miss and love you, and I hope you know how you lifted me up when I was going through one of my hardest times. You were a brilliant person, and the kindest soul. Your memorial was packed to the gills, spilling out the entrance of the funeral home. When we heard from your childhood friends, your lifelong best friend, your work colleagues, your sisters, it was remarkable how many people experienced you as an uncommonly thoughtful, funny, authentic, kind person. Which is exactly how I experienced you. I hope you are at peace, and are having a wonderful time in heaven with Jim Croce and Karen Carpenter ❤️</div>
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