Withdrew the ol’ dopamine dipstick this morning only to discover that I was right: I’m running about a quart low. Powering through with the aid of about ten cups of coffee and the certain knowledge that my body keeps breathing and healing regardless.
At any rate, the temporary cure for depression is this: Get yourself a good map.
Somewhere in there is a lesson. I cannot find it for you.
Onward.
Tired of random cold calls across the nation in a vain attempt to keep track of lightning strikes? Fret no more, worrybot! Now you can keep track of lightning strikes in real time like me!
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FUN TIP: While you’re watching, shout things like, “Holy crap, Catoosa’s really taking a pounding!” while your spouse is trying to get ready.
HOT TIP: The above clip was taken in “vector map” mode. The link itself takes you to the map in “fixed size” mode. It’s there that you can activate the sound button on the left in order to drive home the eerie banality of this thing. Try it…
tick… tick tick… tick tick…
Does that not bring out the anxieties?
Listen, I write things with a horror bent. I ain’t always in it for the laughs.
Case in point…
Why tune in to mainstream media for bad news when you can see it all at once?
Click here for peeps what have it worse than you
Like the lightning map. you can zoom in, zoom out, or just stare in quiet contemplation of the dust. There are tons of helpful little icons to help distinguish between event types.
Just think of the ice breakers! I just happened to click at random and found this:
You’d better believe I’m dropping this one today on the bus.
Want to waste anywhere between two and 53 minutes of your day today? Just type in a band name and watch the AI spurtle out its results.
From the site:
“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”
From my mind:
“No way in god’s open hell that ELO is a mere five hops away from ABBA.”
But I guess it makes sense if you look at the big picture:
Again, look at the big picture. Here I typed in, ‘Showgirls”:
Seems about right.
From the site:
Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of most buildings in the five boroughs of New York City. In 2018, the NYC Municipal Archives completed the digitization and tagging of these photos.
WARNING: Timesuck for obsessives
My personal favorite is the one featuring anthropomorphized countries
And now I leave you with
“You may laugh at death all you like, but only on the recognized condition that you allow death the concluding cackle.”
—Christopher Hitchens
I do miss that man.
That’s all for now.
Catch you on the flip flop!
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