Category — Microblog Mondays

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We need to clean out the basement again. I am excellent at forgetting that I want to do this task (out of sight, out of mind), but Caroline Crampton inadvertently reminded me with her newsletter.

She’s the creator of the podcast Shedunnit (which is the best), and she writes an irregularly-sent newsletter about random stuff. A recent one was about taking stuff to the dump and the joy of getting rid of things you no longer need.

There is a joy in it. There is also an anxiety that I am getting rid of something I may regret getting rid of in the future. But I still need to do it. And I know I’ll feel joy in having the space.

What have you gotten rid of recently?

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Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I am aware that I already belong to a library; a library that is free and has more books than I could read in a lifetime and will do an interlibrary loan for any book they don’t have in their system. But even knowing that and how much I hate to leave the house, I kind of want to belong to a private library.

Especially if there is a secret password for the door. I’ve always wanted to be part of a secret society.

I mean, yes, for $180 per year, I could also sit on my comfortable sofa with my guinea pig and at least ten new, purchased books (and quadruple that if I buy used) for the same amount. But no secret password.

Unless Linus and I create one.

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Last weekend, we surprised the Wolvog with his floating birthday and tickets to an e-sports event. It wasn’t actually a surprise because we needed his help to purchase the tickets. We couldn’t understand the ticketing system, but the Wolvog assured us that yes, the only option was 12 hours of games over two days.

12 hours.

I was quaking whenever I thought about going–I am not a fan of noise or crowds–but I went in with an open mind and LOVED it. He explained the game to us the night before and patiently answered questions while we watched. I ended up on my feet, cheering on the Washington Justice while they played against Paris and London.

If you had told me five years ago that I would be attending a two-day e-sports event, I would have told you that there was no chance. But I’m glad I went–and that he introduced us to this world–because we had the best time. It was the most female-friendly video-game-related event I have ever attended, maybe because the game itself has built in diversity on all fronts. And zero lines for the bathroom, even though the event was about 50% women. Win-win!

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There was a beautiful piece in DCist last week–titled “‘What Am I Going To Do To Keep Her With Me?’: Army Officer Commissions Music To Honor Stillborn Daughter” about the creation of an original piece of music. You can hear part of the piece if you click over to the article. It’s embedded in two parts.

The article states: “Two months after giving birth to Madison, she reached out to Baltimore-based composer Balmages with the idea to commission a piece of music to honor Madison’s memory and provide the comfort Elliott felt from music to others. Something that could help someone cope with a tremendous loss.”

What an incredible way of grieving and keeping someone close and helping others, all at the same time. Loss, which is sometimes so private, becomes a shared experience when converted into sound.

It’s a beautiful way of remembering someone who was here.

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Google searches. They seem straightforward. You put keywords in the search bar. The algorithm spits back results. You usually find what you want.

OR SO YOU THINK.

This article from Scientific American about all the tricks you can do with searches just blew my mind. (At least, the “What Good Searchers Do” section.) I do almost none of them. Will I remember to do these tricks when I’m searching two weeks from now? Probably not. But will I remember this article and use it for — at least — the next ten minutes. Absolutely.

What are you searching for right now?

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