FailForward @FailForward@social.cleverlibre.org

@pony Although in this case, what could have been the insecurity about?

Maybe like this:
A: what's that hole there?
B: an underpass, can't you see?
A: let's be explicit about it

Or more like this:
A: there's some empty space above that hole in the wall
B: we should put something there. Like lights or so.
A: Good idea. So what shall we write there?
B: Dunno. How about some filler. Like "UNDERPASS"

😄

@olaf Funkwhale is missing.

@pony You are right. To stress the obvious is almost always a sign of some insecurity. Like in "computer _science_" where we are just not sure whether it is a real _science_ so we better prevent that discussion from happening by naming the thing "properly". 😄

@trinsec I see. MS Surface/iPad then. A bit too expensive for a sketchbook, though :-).

@trinsec <€20 on Marktplaats for a used Wacom tablet. One of the best investments I made when starting a remote company. It serves me as a remote whiteboard.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czkBR_Yq2Y
* https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greglaswell/comesandgoesinwaves.html

This one's for the lonely, the one's that seek and find
Only to be let down time after time
This one's for the torn down, the experts at the fall
Come on friends, get up now, you're not alone at all

This one's for the faithless, the ones that are surprised
They're only where they are now regardless of their fight
This one's for believing if only for it's sake
Come on friends get up now love is to be made

This is for the ones who stand
For the ones who try again
For the ones who need a hand
For the ones who think they can

It comes and goes in waves, I
Am only led to wonder why
It comes in goes in waves, I
Am only led to wonder why
Why I, why I try

@mathias Wow! I didn't know something like that can be done. She's doing like 37 different things at the same time while not losing track of herself along the way. Me playing piano, I have enough to do with just keeping track of my two hands on one instrument and am failing in doing that more often than not. What she's doing there is really extraordinary.

And also I never saw an instrument like that she's using for those electric guitar sounds.

Thanks for the pointer. I learned something today...

Greg Laswell - "Comes and Goes In Waves (2013 remake)" - SoundCloud

Listen to Greg Laswell - "Comes and Goes In Waves (2013 remake)" by Vanguard Records on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/3RBsh

@pony Advent calendar with two days to Christmas Eve.

## Thought of Sex and sneezing

> _The mere though of sex for some people causes such severe bouts of nasal erection that they'll have trouble breathing and will start to sneeze uncontrollably, an inconvenient condition called "honeymoon rhinitis"._
>
> James Nestor, [Breath](https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0241289122/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)

@academicalnerd What fun that whole scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSO9XYLkfMI

@academicalnerd What do you mean? The D'Artagnan reference? That's no quote. I just watched yesterday part of the cheesy movie, so probably something from it got stuck in my head 😄 . Could have been also some chemical remnants of the vodka I had with that movie...

Anyhow, the movie is cheesy, but there are some memorable quotes when I almost spat out the drink: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509767/quotes/qt1580610

@Maryam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi ❓

## Ane Brun: Halo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDnuFYmco_g

> Remember those walls I built?
> Baby, they were tumbling down
> They didn't even put up a fight
> They didn't even make up a sound
>
> -- Ane Brun: Halo


#music

@academicalnerd :-) That was bit of a dig of course, no worries young D'Artagnan. What I meant, though, was a serious thought: it's important to (maybe intentionally) leave or create space for serendipity in a life. Or perhaps, to leave a bit of an empty space to fill itself by life's own course.

As a side-note: to do that in itself is actually easy. What is more difficult is to accept all the uncertainty and discomfort of living with that empty space.

While I am also a (over?)planning analytical creature (according to people around me), I leave space for throwing a dice, or taking a plunge into a deep dark water. You know that kind of "I have no clue what will happen next, this is probably going to change the course of my life, I don't know where to, but I am strong enough to bear the consequences either way - and I do this because if I didn't, I would regret it till the end of my days - so screw it and let's see what comes out..."

Best of luck!

@jwildeboer [friet](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friet#/media/Bestand:Rizi-santa_teresa_en_la_cocina-avila.jpg)

@academicalnerd This way, you'll never discover new things. This way, Vikings would never reach the Vinland and Columbus would never reach Caribbeans. By the same token, you'll never escape the confines of mediocre life. Give it a thought.