Dan and Merlin try to remove the airquotes from "inspiration" by talking about what it's great for (shipping better and more interesting stuff), what it's terrible for (getting started). Also covered: Dan's Old Testament name(s), part of Merlin's body that was once believed to be inspired by air, the problem with Some Hot Chick Typing in Her Underwear, TKTKTK writing tips, plus Batgirl. Always with the Batgirl.

Links for this episode:

• Music Thing: Practice in front of a bush: Captain Beefheart's rules for guitarists
  
• Salvador Dali Museum (thedali.org) / The official site of the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, featuring a comprehensive collection of works by Salvador Dali.
  
• 750 Words
  
• Time Management, Productivity, & Project Tracking Software (Mac/PC) | RescueTime
  
• Letters of Note
  
• TSoYA: "With All Due Respect to the Seduction Community…" (Merlin Mann on Doing Creative Work)
  
• Amazon.com: MERLIN D MANN: Wishlist
  
• Writer's Block 1 by =Scherbius
  
• Kick procrastination's ass: Run a dash | 43 Folders
  
• Procrastination hack: '(10+2)*5' | 43 Folders
  
• At Last the 1948 Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Hack your way out of writer's block | 43 Folders
  
• Fresh Starts & Modest Changes | 43 Folders
  
• MPU 046: Workflows with Merlin Mann II « Mac Power Users
  
• Webstock 2011 - Merlin Mann -" Scared Shitless: How I (Mostly) Learned to Love Being Afraid of Pretty Much Everything" [Merlin cries like a hobo pussy. Happy now?]
  
• “Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms | 43 Folders
  
• "Some Hot Chick Typing in Her Underwear" (Now re-Tumblr-d 8656 times. KILL ME. —mdm)
  
• Wu Tang Clan - "Triumph" - In which Inspectah Deck drops the SINGLE GREATEST VERSE in hip-hop history [~00:00:36-00:01:25]
  
• Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
  
• Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
  
• The Wrens - "Everyone Choose Sides"
  
• R.E.M. - "Moon River" & "Pretty Persuasion" (Live, 1984)
  
• Captain Beefheart on Letterman (ca. 1982)
  
• Blogsmith Bundle - Brett Terpstra
  
• Markdown Service Tools - Brett Terpstra
  

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