Hi intelligent friends,
Coming to you live from Austin, TX. Here is your weekly dose of Arman’s Antics, a peek at what I’m diving in to that could be useful to you. Welcome to the six new subscribers receiving this for the first time (66 total). That’s enough to influence an election. Please consider forwarding this along to a friend.
Sporting event I’m thrilled about
My favorite sports team won one of the biggest games in their history this past weekend. The Georgia Bulldogs college football team delivered a good ole fashioned junk yard beatdown vs. the Tennessee Volunteers (highlights). You may or may not see my face popping up in the comments section. I feel real confident sitting behind a keyboard. Go dawgs!
Article I’ve written
Last Wednesday I wrote about the importance of not being an ass. I ask, what would your eighty year old self be glad you did? It’s a short one (approx. 500 words). I would love to hear your reaction to it - Don’t Be An Ass.
What I’m reading
Austin Kleon’s trilogy on creativity. “Steal like an artist”, “Show your work!”, and “Keep going”. Three beautiful books that are a big reason why I decided to take the creative leap earlier this year. Each book is less than 200 pages and contain several drawings so the whole trilogy can be read in less than three hours. I would recommend checking these out even if you have never considered yourself to have a single artistic muscle.
Podcast episode I’m listening to
Lex Fridman and Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA. Listener beware, this episode is a smidge under eight hours long. So I give you permission to call in sick to work. You won’t want to miss a second of this. I’m only four hours in and the learns per minute (LPMs) are off the charts. Balaji is one of the smartest and articulate people I’ve ever studied. I’m not convinced that he is human. I’m grateful to whatever alien society sent him to us. Sit back and enjoy this masterpiece with a pot of coffee or two.
Happy Halloween
My fiancé and I got invited to a Halloween murder mystery party last week. Yep, we are making new friends in our new city. It was 80’s prom night.
Random thought
You’re not really drinking coffee if it’s not black….
That’s all I’ve got for you today. I’m continuing to give you everything I have. I would be forever grateful if you replied letting me know what 10% of this I should keep no matter what moving forward. Find me on Twitter where you won’t see an $8/month blue check next to my name.
Have a terrific Tuesday friends!
Cheers,
Arman
Epic halloween costumes 🤣
Also, the only acceptable coffee is black coffee.