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23TH March 2023
Culture - Family and Friends - Social - Timeless
Care for less people, but More
It’s not hard to blame Social Media for one more thing, so I’m going to try.
In the years BZ (before ‘Zuck) Dunbar’s number suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships—relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.
If you had 1,000 Facebook friends, how many would you visit in the emergency room?
16TH March 2023
Entertainment - Fatherhood - Timely
New Podcast from my Son
With his consent, I am proud to announce my son busted out with his new podcast on Spotify with an interview of Jamie Darnow from Island Fin Poke. I don’t know where he gets some of this stuff… Please have a listen with your morning coffee, and tell him what you think in the comments (his).
15TH March 2023
Culture - Family and Friends - Fatherhood - Food - Friends - Parenting - Social - Timely
Millennial Vows
I was at two grand weddings last year. And by grand I don’t mean big cathedrales, long gowns with longer trains, a Rolls with a string of cans, or guest lists a mile long. I mean grand in that they were each set with the grandest background imaginable: the open sky. One was on a trout stream. The other in a barn the couple built with friends. Weddings are a significant milestone in life, and they often reflect the cultural norms and values of the time. The typical wedding in the 1980s (I had one!) was a reflection of the baby boomer generation, known for ostentatious and extravagant lifestyles, exemplified in popular culture by characters like Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. However, as we move into the 2020s, millennials have […]
14TH March 2023
13TH March 2023
Baseball - Friends - Timeless
There is no word for a parent who loses a child
Another Choate teammate lost a life this week. Not his, not a parent or sibling, but in this case a child. I can imagine no greater pain in life. A wife who loses a husband is called a widow.A husband who loses a wife is called a widower.A child who loses his parents is called an orphan.There is no word for a parent who loses a child.That’s how awful the loss is.– Jay Neugeboren – An Orphan’s Tale – 1976 Some solace, perhaps, comes from another Choate grad’s remarks at this week’s Oscars. Jamie Lee Curtis said… “Let me just be honest, I don’t believe in a world where there are a bunch of people looking down on us. I think we are them in our actions and in our […]
12TH March 2023
Entertainment - Miles of Movies - Mobile - Movies - Parenting - Reelay - Social - Timely - TV Picks - What to Watch
Father Son Weekend Movie v23.0 Where Eagles Dare
Reelay makes you a hero on movie night with picks from friends
12TH March 2023
Entertainment - Miles of Movies - Mobile - Movies - Parenting - Reelay - Social - Timely - TV Picks - What to Watch
For your movie consideration. Deer Hunter is the 70s. Pittsburgh. Raw.
Reelay makes you a hero on movie night with picks from friends
11TH March 2023
Entertainment - Entrepreneur - Miles of Movies - Movies - Parenting - Reelay - Timely - TV Picks - What to Watch
For your movie consideration. The Duke
Reelay makes you a hero on movie night with picks from friends
10TH March 2023
Entertainment - Entrepreneur - Miles of Movies - Mobile - Movies - Parenting - Reelay - Social - Timely - TV Picks - What to Watch
For your movie consideration. Our Father.
Reelay makes you a hero on movie night with picks from friends
10TH March 2023
Basketball - Family and Friends - Fatherhood - Friends - Parenting - Sport
Finite and Infinite Games
My daughter played for the town trophy in girls basketball this weekend. What impressed me – besides the team defense – was that one team played a finite game, the other’s game was infinite. I don’t know if anyone can take a lesson from 4/5 basketball, but hear me out. Let’s call team one Finite. No offense, but they played to win the championship, and why wouldn’t they expect that, as they had not lost all season. They had never been behind. They practiced to win. They played games to win. The coach barked plays and defenses based on the scoreboard. They fouled to stop the clock and put girls on the line. The parents bought in and cheered based on point differential. Their Finite goal was to win the […]
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