I’ve been focused on my book this week, so not a lot percolating in the ol’ noggin’ worthy of writing about. Thus, some links for your enjoyment.


Become 007 With Pelorus’ Bond-Worthy Travel Experience
I wonder if the girls will be upset when I tell them that their college accounts have been drained so that I can do this instead.

A breakdown of every James Bond actor’s favourite car
“Favourite.” LOL. I guess it is from British GQ so it’s all good.


I love reading Hanif Abdurraqib because his writing is filled with so many unexpected connections. Here he surprises me again, with an appreciation of Loretta Lynn following her death.

She sung the lonely songs better the older she got, which some people might consider sad but I consider necessary. Enough decades of life suggests that one might begin to take an inventory of her aches and regrets, the absences that have been planted through the years and have grown only wider as the clock winds down.

The Singer I Loved Knew the Truth About No-Good Men and the No-Good World


22 Goals
Even if you don’t give a damn about soccer or the World Cup, Brian Phillips’ 22 Goals series is AMAZING. I haven’t read all of them – yet – but the ones I have read are some of the best and most entertaining sports writing I’ve read this year. I highly recommend the Diego Maradona, Dennis Bergcamp, and Marco Tardelli entries. I’m guessing the others are all just as good and I will recommend them once I get through them.


Finally, Rube Goldberg machine videos are always fun to watch. I like this one because it is, in a way, mocking them while also celebrating them. I do subtract some points for some clear edits, but I guess since this is a bit of a parody we shouldn’t worry about that too much.

@josephmachines

This machine passes your wine across a table! Continuing on from my “Pass the Salt” and “Pass the Pepper” series. #chainreaction

♬ original sound – Joseph’s Machines

This machine passes your wine across a table!