“My Mom’s Motorcycle”
A sweet and sentimental short film about the past and the future and our connections between objects and people.
10 Good Thoughts to Help You Plan Your New Year
Ten quotes I collected this morning to share with my readers who like to think about and even set goals and plans for the new year…
Walter Scott on the gift of New Year’s Day: “Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.”
Benjamin Franklin on how to make each year a better one: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
James Clear on choosing a better future: “If you do not actively choose a better way, then society, culture, and the general inertia of life will push you into a worse way. The default is distraction, not improvement.”
T.S. Eliott on what to change before you can change yourself: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.”
President Harry Truman on sizing your planning: “You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don’t believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can’t possibly foresee now.”
Eleanor Roosevelt on the difference between wishing and planning: “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
Gen. George S. Patton on planning for the new year: “A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
Benjamin Disraeli on how to hedge your planning: “Be prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
JRR Tolkien’s take on Disraeli’s advice: “It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one.”
Michael Masterson on becoming one year older: “When looking at the mirrored image of your face today, don’t beat yourself up about how your skin has sagged and your hair gone gray. Rather imagine how much worse you’ll look next year and be grateful!”
Arnold Schwarzenegger admits he tricked Sylvester Stallone into doing a crappy movie…
Watch it here.
In this clip, Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to Jimmy Kimmel about his early competition with Sylvester Stallone. If you don’t think of him as funny, it will change your mind.
Dick Van Dyke Dances to Coldplay
Watch it here.
A new world record in skipping rope…
Watch it here.
The first monthly issue of this blog will be posted in about three weeks. Here’s what you can expect:
The monthly issues will be longer than the weekly issues. And they will look and feel more like a magazine than a newsletter. That’s because magazines are designed to be used differently than newsletters. A newsletter is meant to be read entirely, from beginning to end. A magazine is meant to be scanned and then read selectively.
As I said above, I will not be covering current events, per se, but I will be including links to things I’ve read and watched that I’m hoping will interest, inform, and entertain you. Each issue will also include one longish essay from yours truly – sometimes a “work-in-progress” chapter from one of the books I’m attempting to finish. Of the three unfinished books that I’ve made a priority, one is about my struggles to create charitable foundations that do less harm than good, another is an amateur’s guide to art collecting, and the third is a history of the development of Rancho Santana, the resort my partners and I have been developing on the west coast of Nicaragua for 26 years.
I’m feeling good about this change and excited about turning this blog into something you can read at your leisure and feel that the time you put into reading it is more than worth your while.
Viewer Discretion Advised!
It’s horrifying (but entertaining) to see that some college students are dumb as rocks. These clips were undoubtedly cherry-picked… but still.
The latest update from FunLimon, our community center in Nicaragua…
* The Rancho Santana team Football Club makes history
* New A/C training program offers cool career opportunities
* A new Professional Development Program
Click here to read about the center’s recent accomplishments and projects.