Thanks for spending part of your weekend with Things I Wrote Down. I’m suffering from a bout of whiplash. All these tariffs being added then removed has been like attending a tennis match (without the trophy or the athleticism).

Last week I brought did a video version of my 3 Things for the first time, and it got a bunch of views, so I thought I’d give it another try. Thanks for reading and watching.

Here are some interesting places I landed on the web this week and a poem called “love”.

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1. JFK's vision for the stars

Do you think humanity will ever occupy the planets? Ten years ago I wouldn’t have believed it. But I’m getting more and more convinced.

This week over at The 49 (the new fiction series I’m releasing week-over-week) I asked that question.

Here's a clip of JFK's visionary speech.

2. 1001 films to watch before you die

When I recommend a book, if I really love it, I tend to say, “I don’t want you to die anytime soon, but this is definitely a book you should read before you die.”

So, when I was at our local library, this title jumped right out at me.

Can you actually Scroll Happy?

This new tech start up called UP thinks you can.

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