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TOPIC: Florida, Education, and Peaking

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their purging personal odyssey through the state of Florida. Isolation, education, and a parting admonition not to throw your cap in the air.

Also, for the comic nerds, Merlin recommends checking out the exciting new stuff happening with "Marvel NOW!"

Links for this episode:

• Superheroes Stock Photos, Superheroes Stock Photography, Superheroes Stock Images : Shutterstock.com
  
• kung fu grippe • I ? My Freezer Door I’m a lucky little man.
  
• kung fu grippe • In Which We Literally Marvel This is part...
  
• Shutterstock: Merlin's "Superheroes" Lightbox
  
• Superheroes : Shutterstock Stock Photography
  
• How To Pitch With TextExpander
  
• Marvel NOW! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Marvel Now | Comics | Marvel.com
  
• Brian Posehn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Avengers vs. X-Men: Collected Edition - Comics by comiXology
  
• AVX: Consequences Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology
  
• Amazon.com: Spider-Man 2: The Movie - 18" AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SUPER POSEABLE Action Figure - 67 POINTS OF ARTICULATION!: Toys & Games
  
• 5by5 | The Comic Shack #7: Snakt!
  
• 5by5 | Giant Size
  
• 5by5 | Back to Work #7: Vocational Wheel
  
• Back to Work: Vocational Wheel, unofficial transcript
  
• Avengers Disassembled: Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch: 9780785114826: Amazon.com: Books
  
• House of M: Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel: 9780785117216: Amazon.com: Books
  
• X-Men: Messiah Complex: Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Peter David, Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Chris Bachalo, Humberto Ramos, Scot Eaton: 9780785123200: Amazon.com: Books
  
• X-Men: Second Coming: Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, Mike Carey, Matt Fraction, Zeb Wells, David Finch, Mike Choi, Terry Dodson, Ibraim Roberson, Greg Land: 9780785157052: Amazon.com: Books
  
• X-Force/Cable: Messiah War: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Duane Swierczynski, Ariel Olivetti, Clayton Crain, Mike Choi: 9780785131731: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Giant-Size X-Mann - The Education of a Non-Talented Non-Youngster
  
• Middle School | This American Life
  
• New College of Florida - Florida's Public Honors College for the Liberal Arts and Sciences - New College of Florida
  
• Featured Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology
  

This week's Back to Work is sponsored by Shutterstock (use code "backtowork11" for 30% off), Hover (10% off for Back to Work listeners), and Smile's TextExpander.

TOPIC: Florida.

Hinted at since Episode 1—and repeatedly threatened nearly every week since—here, at last: The Florida Episode.

The heat, the driving, the isolation, the driving, the white driveways, the early-bird specials, the menacing parking-lot violence, the driving, the people, the stop lights, the gates, the urology clinics, the driving, the short pants, the driving, and much MUCH more.

In part one of what will surely be an epic, multi-episode arc, Dan and Merlin finally start coming to terms with their undistinguished youths in the Sunshine State.

Links for this episode:

• Google Maps
  
• Publix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Winn-Dixie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Florida Stock Photos, Florida Stock Photography, Florida Stock Images : Shutterstock.com
  
• Laissez-faire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Little Boxes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• New Google Search App With Siri-Like Voice Responses Finally Approved For iOS
  
• Guayabera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Edward Scissorhands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Gulf High School
  
• New College of Florida - Florida's Public Honors College for the Liberal Arts and Sciences - New College of Florida
  
• Elfers, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Pensacola, FL to Key West, FL - Google Maps (a 13-hour drive)
  
• 1987 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Merlin's in New College's Palm Court)
  
• [SPONSOR] Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense
  
• [SPONSOR] Stock Photos | Shutterstock: Royalty-Free Subscription Stock Photography & Vector Art
  
• Santería - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

Shutterstock (use code "dansentme10" for 30% off) and Ting ($50 off your first device for Back to Work listeners).

TOPIC: The tech you want, and the tech you can live with.

On our second Last Show Ever™, Merlin and Dan talk about parenting, Gatsby hats, note taking and sharing, the Techno-Organic virus, and more.

Links for this episode:

• kung fu grippe • Features: Our Gatsby Summer Afternoon - Nested...
  
• Our Gatsby Group | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Mr. Mann & the Girls | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Techno-organic virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Warlock (New Mutants) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Snapseed | Snap it. Tweak it. Love it. Share it.
  
• Nebulous Notes
  

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TOPIC: Sleep and How to Get It

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about sleep—why we need it, why most of us don't get enough of it, and why we all strain to find a million excuses for perpetually walking around like a sad zombie.

Chock-a-block with painful personal anecdotes, horrible cautionary tales, and scary hand-waving about Recent Medical Science, your hosts make their best case for taking your own sleep more seriously. Now.

Also, loaded with tips on how to sleep better, with a heavy emphasis on a wonderful iOS app called, "Sleep Cycle."

Pretty good for our last episode. (Guys, we were kidding! KIDDING!)

Links for this episode:

• Turn your iPhone into a cough button - Brett Terpstra
  
• Monte Cristo sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Sleep Cycle alarm clock
  
• f.lux: software to make your life better
  
• Dan Benjamin vs Sarlacc Pit
  
• The Walking Dead,Book One (Book 1): Robert Kirkman,Tony Moore,Charlie Adlard,Cliff Rathburn: 9781582406190: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Marvel Now | Comics | Marvel.com
  
• Watchmen: Alan Moore,Dave Gibbons: 9780930289232: Amazon.com: Books
  
• kung fu grippe • "Watchmen" Credit Shot
  
• kung fu grippe - "Continuity Stickler"
  
• The Mattress Scam | How to Buy a Mattress
  
• Cat Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Podcast Survivor: Back to Work #88 - So Many Reasons To Cry | Radio Survivor
  
• Falling Down (1993)
  
• Blue Dog Coalition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Naming convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Icelandic name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Network Naming Schemes
  
• Studio Neat — Cosmonaut
  
• The Employee's Guide to Reduction in Force
  
• Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta [1997] - I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well! - YouTube
  
• Deadpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• M. Emmet Walsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."
  
• How Lack of Sleep Is Killing You - National - The Atlantic Wire
  
• You Can't Do Your Job if You Don't Sleep - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review
  
• Sleep - Radiolab
  
• Internal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired | Brain Pickings
  
• How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - NYTimes.com
  
• BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep
  
• Sleep, Sleep, Sleep! How artificial lighting and cortisol impact zzz’s
  
• New 'Light' On Fascinating Rhythms Of Circadian Clock
  
• How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle in One Night | Wise Bread
  
• The Truth About Sleep & Productivity | Inc.com
  
• In Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home - This Recording
  
• 'Power naps' may boost right-brain activity - CNN.com
  
• Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com
  
• NeuroLogica Blog » Sleep and Weight
  
• Dan’s Plan | Eat Move Sleep Blog | Social jet-lag: The difference between the social clock and the biological clock
  
• Sales engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  
• Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition - My Jewish Learning
  
• Orange & Green | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [Merlin at 190 lbs.]
  
• Pinboard: bookmarks for merlinmann tagged 'eatsleeplove' [Merlin's eating & sleeping bookmarks]
  
• Twitter / hotdogsladies: “Oh! Were you noticing my ...
  
• A Love Supreme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• family circus not me - Google Search
  
• Walter Hudson (1944–1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

This week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Ting.

TOPIC: Programming Your Kid's Danger Room.

This week, Dan and Merlin discuss the parenthood racket: the advice and expectations, the doubt and the fear, the assessment, the concentric circles, the snow cones.

Parenting means programming a Danger Room that teaches you and the kid to handle the hovering, the hitting, the losing, and the play structure.

Links for this episode:

• Shmuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The name is Bond. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• At the playground (ya know?)
  
• Hippie | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• The Author at Work | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• [SPONSOR] iOS Engineering - Mutual Mobile
  
• [SPONSOR] Build a Website - Squarespace 6
  
• [SPONSOR] Stock Photos and Royalty-Free Images by Subscription - Shutterstock
  
• [SPONSOR] Hover - domain name and email management made simple
  
• Ep. 51: "In Pursuit of an Errant Leaf" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
  
• Twitter / danbenjamin: GF dining in NYC at L'Asso ...
  
• Hop 'n Play Kids Indoor Playground in Tanforan Shopping Center (San Bruno, CA)
  
• "The Shining" - Production Script
  
• 5by5 | Build and Analyze #99: The Podcast
  
• 5by5 | Hypercritical #89: Lazy Sunday
  
• Danger Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Danger Room - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.
  
• x-men "danger room" - Google Image Search
  
• Fiddler on the Roof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Glengarry Glen Ross speech - YouTube
  

This week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Hover, Mutual Mobile, Shutterstock, and Squarespace.

TOPIC: Finding Grit.

This week, Dan and Merlin return to a popular topic from last week: grit.

Why is it we stick with some things but totally abandon so many others? Why'd Merlin give up on learning "Little Brown Jug" on the trombone, then double-down on nailing "Pinball Wizard" on guitar? How come Dan got so good at programming, but can't kick a damned football to save his life? Is there a framework for understanding why we remember hit points, don't travel, can't draw, and forget why every good boy deserves fudge?

Along the way, Merlin accidentally—grudgingly—reveals that he actually knows things about sportsball, Dan breaks down the exhilarating rewards of immediate feedback, and both hosts wonder how Mariano Rivera can keep his cool after giving up a two-run homer.

Also, there's a pseudo-interesting rathole on why Merlin may or may not start spending more time with App.net.

Links for this episode:

• New Squarespace 6 Template: Dovetail
  
• New Squarespace 6 Template: Five
  
• Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification: Christopher Peterson,Martin Seligman: 9780195167016: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Salad days - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Your Nice New Outfit
  
• Jeff Dee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Five rejected names for Austin BBQ restaurants | 5ives
  
• Re-Creating my Art from S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks by Jeff Dee — Kickstarter
  
• Horatio Alger, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Mariano Rivera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Chateaubriand steak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Giant-Size X-Mann
  
• New X-Men,Vol. 1: Grant Morrison,Frank Quitely,Ethan Van Sciver,Leinil Francis Yu,Igor Kordey,Tom Derenick: 9780785132516: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Jason Sweeney (sween) on Twitter
  
• rob corddry (robcorddry) on Twitter
  
• hotdogsladies on App.net
  
• [video] The Simpsons - "I Have A Ham Radio"
  
• Amazon.com: I Can Do That Games Curious George Hide and Seek Zoo: Toys & Games
  
• [SPONSOR] Smile Software
  
• [SPONSOR] Shutterstock
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace
  
• Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom
  
• Little Brown Jug (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive,4th Edition: Betty Edwards: 9781585429202: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Deus ex machina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

This week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Smile Software, Shutterstock and Squarespace.

TOPIC: Grit, Confidence, and Intuition.

This week, Dan and Merlin begin a conversation on what researchers and educators are learning about why students of all ages do or don't succeed. Yes, it's about intelligence and other cognitive skills, but it's also about tenacity, courage, self-restraint, and resolve.

It's really about grit.

See our show notes for lots of links to the stuff that inspired our topic, but definitely tune in for Merlin's slight addendum to the formula: mixing in our growing confidence in our own intuition.

Links for this episode:

• Back to School | This American Life
  
• What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com
  
• kung fu grippe • [MP3] Back to School | This American Life ...
  
• Twitter
  
• How Children Succeed: Grit,Curiosity,and the Hidden Power of Character: Paul Tough: 9780547564654: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Paul Tough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• What Makes a Good Teacher? - NYTimes.com
  
• ‘How Children Succeed,’ by Paul Tough - NYTimes.com
  
• Amazon.com: Seven (Single Disc Edition): Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Darius Khondji, David Fincher, Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle, Gianni Nunnari, Dan Kolsrud, Anne Kopelson, Andrew Kevin Walker: Movies & TV
  
• Amazon.com: Seven: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley: Amazon Instant Video
  
• General Educational Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Teams - Back to Work
  
• EXCLUSIVE - Waffle House grill cook cheat sheet | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• The J-Walk Blog: Waffle House Code Cracked
  
• [SPONSOR] Igloo Software (Check out our **amazing** "Back to Work" community)
  
• Grit, character and academic success: thoughtlessness, part 3 « Granted, but…
  
• Response: An Interview With Paul Tough On Character & Schools - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher
  
• 'Children Succeed' With Character, Not Test Scores : NPR
  
• How Children Succeed book excerpt: What the most boring test in the world tells us about motivation and IQ. - Slate Magazine
  
• Why kids need to fail to succeed in school - The Globe and Mail
  
• The Future of Self-Improvement, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than Talent :: Articles :: 99U
  
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg
  
• Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg
  
• The Importance of Being Earnest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• I have nothing to declare but my genius
  
• Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock for iOS
  
• Your Nice New Outfit
  
• Your Nice New Outfit: Archive
  
• Your Nice New Outfit | Jean 1977
  
• Your Nice New Outfit | Kitty and Lockheed
  
• Giant-Size X-Mann
  
• Monday is D day for bags, a dime apiece - SFGate
  
• fastball special - Google Search
  
• Fastball Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Dock Ellis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Se7en (1995) - IMDb
  
• Aggressive S.F. panhandlers, tourist complaints up - SFGate
  
• Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom
  
• Your Nice New Outfit
  
• Yummy, Yummy X-Men | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Structured Procrastination
  
• Here's The Thing: Chris Rock - WNYC
  

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TOPIC: Anxious about the Change

This week Merlin updates Dan about his schedule changes. They're going to come, but it's probably the anxiety, not the change, that is the problem. Take heart, it may be the change that you need.

While you're at it, take the opportunity to plan your buffers and ramp up times. Your schedule will work better, your vacation may be less stressful, your pie will stay alive.

Bonus: Dan and Merlin's comic book recommendations for new readers.

Links for this episode:

• Squarespace Service Updates - Service Blog
  
• Squarespace Developer Center
  
• Home - Back to Work
  
• Wiki - Back to Work
  
• kung fu grippe • Just in terms of a little background. Catching...
  
• Now, don't take this the wrong way...
  
• Back to School | This American Life
  
• What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com
  
• Feedburner, Reader and Google's Priorities
  
• Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted: Joss Whedon,John Cassaday: 9780785115311: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted - Comics by comiXology
  
• Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
  
• Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks
  
• TMDb — The Movie Database
  
• Online TV Database - An open directory of television shows for HTPC software
  
• BENDIS!
  
• High-fructose corn syrup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Twitter / pablosquirrel: @hotdogsladies @danbenjamin ...
  
• kung fu grippe • [MP3] Back to School | This American Life ...
  
• As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity | Psychology Today
  
• Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks
  
• Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
  
• American Vampire Vol. 1: Scott Snyder,Stephen King,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401229740: Amazon.com: Books
  
• American Vampire Vol. 2: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401230708: Amazon.com: Books
  
• American Vampire Vol. 3: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401233334: Amazon.com: Books
  
• American Vampire Vol. 4: Scott Snyder,Rafael Albuquereque: 9781401237189: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Scott Snyder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Comic Book DB - The Comic Book Database
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`dingus`")
  
• [SPONSOR] Shutterstock
  
• [SPONSOR] Igloo Software (Check out the amazing "Back to Work" community)
  
• Nominate the ONE comic for a new comic nerd. - Back to Work
  
• Twitter / hotdogsladies: Just for reference, the connector ...
  
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
  
• Caddyshack (1980) - Memorable quotes
  
• CaddyShack Cinderella Story - YouTube
  
• Binary Bonsai
  
• MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz
  
• MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia
  
• AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.
  
• Guided by Voices - MusicBrainz
  
• Grant Shellen: "It's not a successful @hotdogsladies encounter unless you walk away with an inflammatory index card: instagr.am/p/P95M-7HR74/ "
  
• Amazon.com: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Nintendo Wii: Video Games
  
• Discography - Hi, How Are You?
  
• Steenbeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

This week's episode of Back to Work is sponsored by Igloo Software, Shutterstock and Squarespace.

TOPIC: One Operational Paper Towel; One Safety Paper Towel.

This week, Dan and Merlin discuss how to use a public restroom.

There's some other stuff, too. But, yeah. Mostly Dan and Merlin discuss how to use a public restroom.

Links for this episode:

• Flickr: The 5by5 Pool
  
• Roderick on the Line • Roderick on the Line Ep. 48 Trailer - “Wherever...
  
• Twitter / nebulousapps: Just submitted Nebulous Notes ...
  
• Nebulous Notes 6.0 Features - Pastebin.com
  
• Sandwich Video
  
• lonelysandwich
  
• chit - Wiktionary
  
• Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer
  
• The Aviator towel scene - YouTube
  
• Howard Hughes - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - YouTube
  
• How to Use a Public Restroom: 12 steps - wikiHow
  
• Cleanliness and Hygiene in Public Restrooms - Tork Experts on Designing Spaces - YouTube
  
• Bathroom Hygeine Guide, Tips About Bathroom Germs, Bathroom Cleanliness Tip
  
• Public toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Kick procrastination's ass: Run a dash | 43 Folders
  
• The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play: Neil Fiore: 9781585425525: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time: Brian Tracy: 9781576754221: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Ganging your mosquito tasks | 43 Folders
  
• Twitter / hotdogsladies: @velorg Are you a ...
  
• Infectious Disease Special Edition - Neckties for Physicians: Rethinking the Practice
  
• Excel Hand Dryer | Hand Dryers | XLERATOR
  
• Adam Lisagor (lonelysandwich) on Twitter
  
• Scott Simpson (scottsimpson) on Twitter
  

This week's episode of Back to Work is sponsored by Igloo Software and Shutterstock.

TOPIC: Superpowers, Madness, and the Pursuit of Interesting Problems

Dan and Merlin talk about the superpowers you have and can't control as well as the demons and drivers that our heroes have and can't control. How sometimes we find ourselves craving the screaming in someone else's head. Because, we surely do love and revere our Beautiful Losers and Genius Lunatics.

Entered into evidence: Hunter S. Thompson, The Incredible Hulk, Sylvia Plath, Brian Wilson, Nightcrawler, Van Gogh, Syd Barrett, Tom Waits, Robert Lowell, Howard Hughes, and Corporate Stooges (n.b.: Dan said that; not Merlin).

The upshot? Try not to get too obsessed with someone else's ether in the convertible or, for that matter, the cake in your own conference room.

Get excited about constantly releasing that "better version of yourself"—and make the world a happy beneficiary of your own particular madness.

Links for this episode:

• [SPONSOR] PDFpen for iPad: PDF Editing Software for Mac iOS
  
• Efficiency Ninja Part 3: A Tablet, a Stylus, a Man, and a Plan | GeekDad | Wired.com
  
• How to Transfer Kids' Activity Books to the iPad (GeekDad Wayback Machine) | GeekDad | Wired.com
  
• 5by5 | Back to Work #31: You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long
  
• Scratching an itch through the scalp to the brain : The New Yorker
  
• kung fu grippe • Way of the future. Way of the future.
  
• Amazon.com: The Aviator (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition): Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Stanley DeSantis, Alan Alda, Kelli Garner, Edward Herrmann, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Jude Law, Frances Co
  
• Amazon.com: The Aviator [Blu-ray]: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Stanley de Santis, Sam Hennings, Edward Herrmann, Ian Holm, Vincent Laresca, J.C. MacKenzie, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Alan Alda, Dann
  
• Amazon.com: The Aviator: Leonardo Dicaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly: Amazon Instant Video
  
• The Aviator (2004 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness: Donald L. Barlett,James B. Steele: 9780393326024: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Ultra Man Intro - YouTube
  
• Actuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• ALL THAT JAZZ. Show time - YouTube
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`dingus`")
  
• The Aviator ending scene ("The way of the FUTURE.") - YouTube
  
• kung fu grippe • “That’s What You Do.” Viz. Ibid. Bless you,...
  
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)
  
• God Only Knows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• There Will Be Some Changes Made - YouTube
  
• Hell's Angels (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 02 Invitation To The Blues - YouTube
  
• Tom Waits - Invitation to the blues - YouTube
  
• The Mountain Goats - "Cubs in Five"
  
• Syd Barrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Robert Lowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Ral Partha Enterprises - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• 5by5 | Mac Power Users #102: Workflows with Jim Dalrymple
  
• Dan at Ultraman-watching Age
  

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