April 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022

😀 Updates since last month

Updated: April 1, 2022

• Went and watched John Moreland at The Waiting Room here in Omaha – nothing unexpected, but his music has been one of the regular soundtracks while I work.  It was nice to hear it live.
• Drove up to Des Moines to watch a Jordan Peterson lecture – learned that I’m able to get more out of these lectures by listening to them on headphones, rather than in person.
• Trying to get a little more physically active as a family – been doing some family runs and longer family walks
• Published the 2nd video in my 12 part series on using TickTick, the productivity app.
• My wife sent me this short story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and she was right – it takes 20 minutes to read and you’ll think about it for a long time.

📗 Books I’m currently reading

• Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
  • This is about the Revolutionary War, which I’ve ready almost nothing about before.  It has been a very good intro.  I almost completed it in March, but not quite – few more pages.

📕 Book I finished reading last month

• Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni
  • This was a quick business fable related to the consulting industry and being a consultant.  It was nice and easy to read and I learned some things from it!
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
  • I was hoping for a little more from this book.  It was basically a business book that made Apple seem like the best company — maybe they are?  Or maybe Steve Jobs was a great innovator… but it got me thinking, with all we know about Steve Jobs’ personality, why do we like Steve Jobs?

🎸 Music I’ve been listening to

• Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem
  • Actually, I’ve been listening to a lot of The Gaslight Anthem – especially since they announced they are ending the hiatus. This was the last album they put out before the hiatus.
• Live 1976 – 1998: Tonight’s the Night by Rod Stewart
  • This album has been interesting to me – I like the covers that Rod Stewart put on here – Get Back (The Beatles) and Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen).

✍ Quote I’ve been thinking about

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart — and through all human hearts.”

– Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

🎧 Podcast episodes I thought were interesting

• Chris DeMakes A Podcast – #91: Brian Fallon discusses The Gaslight Anthem’s “45”
  • Some more Gaslight Anthem, this was interesting to hear how they thought about making this particular song.  And it’s a good song.

🎥 Videos I thought were worth watching

• Michael Jackson 1994 Court Trial
  • There was a lady saying Michael Jackson stole the song Danger from her, and this was the trial – the most interesting part was hearing how Michael Jackson writes songs – being that he does not read or write music nor play any instruments (well).
• Ernie Chambers – Through the Years
  • I’ve always been a fan of Ernie Chambers.  Not because I agree with everything he says, but because he has a different perspective usually than I do and can articulate it well.  This was a good interview.