🤔 Interesting Stuff

Week 2 (January 9-15, 2022)

Hi all!

I regularly come across interesting stuff with family and friends… A new hiking trail, an article that affects me, a new cocktail recipe, or like this week… WORDLE! I’ll save notes on my computer and they get buried, never to be seen again. Here’s my attempt to share what I find with friends… If you read some or all, I hope at least one of these things brings you joy. I’ll try to send an updated message regularly…

🧮 Interesting game I’m completely addicted to: WORDLE

There is only one puzzle per day, the instructions are simple (but take a few games to really grasp), and solving first thing in the morning regularly makes my day… or wrecks it 😑

When you try it, share your result with me!

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📓 Interesting thing I read this week:

Daily Dad: They Could Be You Last Words

Bob Saget passed away this week and this BLOG post reminded me that no one knows what their last words will be. No one knows how much time they have–in their job, on this planet, or with their kids. Here’s a clip:

It was just another show. After this one, the stand-up comedian had over twenty more on this tour alone. Before he went on stage, he got a text from his adult daughter. We don’t know what she said, but it wasn’t urgent.

He could have easily said to himself, I’ll respond later. I’ll call her in the morning. We’ve all done it.

It was Bob Saget, legendary standup, long-time host of America’s Funniest Home Videos and, as Danny Tanner on Full House, “America’s Dad”, who got that text from his daughter. She was 34 years old. She wasn’t a child. But he took a second to send what neither of them could have known would be his last text. “Thank u,” he wrote, “Love u. Showtime!” Hours later, he’d be found dead, tragically, in his Orlando hotel room at age 65.

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⛓Interesting thing I bought this week: Tire Chains

I did an unhealthy amount of research on tire chains in preparation for some mountain driving this winter. I learned a rare but essential quality of “good” chains is an auto-tightening feature… These have it and there are some great reviews. I’ll report back after I get to use them…

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🍸 Interesting Cocktail Recipe:

I discovered my new favorite martini recipe in Stanley Tucci’s book Taste: My Life Through Food (see below). I’m not a big martini guy but this one was fantastic… Drink it, and become a new person.

That’s it for now, have a great week!

Pete