That's Life, I Swear

By Rick Barron

Every Wednesday, join Rick Barron as he unravels the intricate threads of life's most captivating stories. From heart-pounding political dramas to the awe-inspiring challenges of climate change, he

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January 25, 2023Having The Last Word With Wordle
Not sure what you do in the morning, but for me I have my coffee along with my iPhone, and start the day by plugging five-letter words into a grid, waiting for green, gray and yellow boxes to pop up. I know I'm not alone here. I'm talking about Wordle, the free viral word game that has millions of us hooked.
supporting links
1. Wordle reveals how answers are picked [CNN Business]
2. Wordle in a Minute [YouTube]
3. Wordle [Wikipedia]
4. Best Starting Words and More Winning Tips [CNET]
5. Wordle Today [Mashable]
6. Wordle Creator Overwhelmed by Global Success [The Guardian]
7. How to Analyze every Wordle answer and patterns [Tom’s Guide]

Amazon
1. Wordle Word Game Gift T-Shirt
2. Mug
3. The Unofficial Wordle Strategy Guide
Social Media
1. Josh Wardle @powerlanguish [Twitter]
2. Josh Wardle [Wikipedia]
3. Josh Wardle [LinkedIn]
4. The Creator of Wordle [NationalWorld]

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Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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January 18, 2023Book Review From Rick's Library: ADRIFT by Scott Galloway
I love reading books. My interest runs across the board from history, novels, biographies and more. Last year I challenged myself to read 52 books in one year but only hit 47. I thought I’d share a book review on some of the books I’ve read. Hope some of the books will draw your interest. Let’s kick this off with a recently-read book titled Adrift, by Scott Calloway, someone who’s been labeled as the Howard Stern of the Business World.

supporting links
1. How to Deal with the End of a Life [Better Humans]
2. Behind The Brand With Scott Galloway [Inc.]
3. How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions [TED]
podcasts
1. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway [Apple Podcasts]
2. PIVOT [Apple Podcasts]

books by Galloway
1. Adrift [Amazon]
2. The Four [Amazon]
3. The Algebra of Happiness [Amazon]
4. Post Corona [Amazon]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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January 11, 2023John Carmack Calls It Quits at Meta Due To Utter Frustration
About four weeks ago, John Carmack, who was the chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, called it quits and decided to leave. His reasoning for leaving? He said, [the project is working at] “half the effectiveness” and has “a ridiculous amount of people and resources, but we constantly self-sabotage and squander effort.”
supporting links
1. John Carmack [Wikipedia]
2. John’s Resignation letter [MP1ST]
3. Within Unlimited [Website]
4. Keen Embedded Technologies
5. Augmented Reality vs. Virtual Reality: What's the Difference? [PC Magazine]
6. The story of Doom [PC Gamer]
7. How Quake Got Here [Rock Paper Shotgun]

8. The Virtual Reality of John Carmack [DMagazine]

Social Media
1. @ID_AA_Carmack [Twitter]
2. John Carmack [Facebook]
3. John Carmack collection [Facebook]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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January 04, 2023William B. Gould, Escaped Slave and Civil War Diarist
William B. Gould III, was up in the attic with his son, clearing old items, dusting and making room. When lifting a box, something fell to the floor. It was his grandfather’s diary. Inside the diary was a story of his grandfather that the world would soon know about.

supporting links
1. William Gould [Wikipedia]
2. Whipped Peter [History]
3. N.C. Highway Historical Marker Recognizes William Gould [NCDRC.Gov]
4. William Benjamin Gould’s diary traces road to freedom [The Bay State Banner]…has picture of sons
5. William B. Gould IV / Stanford professor [SFGate]
6. William B. Gould IV Bio [Stanford Law School]
7. African American Sailors in the U.S. Navy, A Chronology [Naval History & Heritage Command]
8. Diary Passage Transcribed [Massachusetts Historical Society]
9. Stanford Professor Finds Inspiration [Stanford News]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
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December 21, 2022BONUS: Picking Up Pickleball: Take A Whack At It
It all started with two dads in the summer of 1965, desperate to find a solution to find a way to keep their kids entertained. The dad did a lot of thinking and then improvised on an idea. They took a plastic ball, some wood, and a badminton court., and walla, "Pickleball" was born.

supporting links
1. The Rise of Pickleball [CBS Sunday Morning News]
2. Pickleball [Wikipedia]
3. The History of Pickleball [The Pickler]
4. Pickleball becomes’ Washington’s official state sport [History Link]
5. Pickleball Scoring Rules [Onix]
6. How Pickleball Really Got Its Name [Pickleball Magazine]
7. Tracking Pickleball’s Popularity [Fitt Insider]
8. Pickleball Equipment Needed to Play the Game [Pickleball Max]
9. Hurricanes Owner [Tom Dundon] and Pickleball [Front Office Sports]
10. Pickleball Central [Website]
11. Anna Leigh Waters [Paddletek]
12. Scott Stover, owner of home where Pickleball was born [The Island Wanderer]
13. NBA stars agree to buy pickleball team [CNN]

books
1. Pickleball rules book 2022 [Amazon]
Pickleball on Social Media
1. Major League Pickleball @MajorLeaguePB [Twitter]
2. Pickleball for beginners/Groups [Facebook]
3. USA Pickleball [Instagram]
4. The Definitive Beginner's Resource to How to Play Pickleball [YouTube]
5. Pickleball Tutorial Videos [YouTube]
6. Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters [Facebook]
7. Scott Stover [Facebook]
Definitions
1. Pickleball Terms and Definitions [Pickleball Portal]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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12min
December 14, 2022A Bruised Bear, Deniers Be Damned, Geniuses They’re Not
As we get ready to see 2022 come to a close, I wanted to share three stories that I thought were, unexpected. The first is a about a small country that stood defiant against a giant bear and punched its nose. The second story is about a country that woke up realizing that freedom and democracy were more sacred and that deniers and psychos be damned. Finally, the story of three high tech egos that went beyond their Superman myth.

supporting links
1. 5 major revelations about the collapse of crypto giant FTX [NPR]
2. Elon Musk guts Twitter’s Content Team, Now Worried About Apple [Fortune]
3. Mark Zuckerberg on his big metaverse bet [Protocol]
4. The Future of Russia’s War in Ukraine [University of Denver]
5. What the Midterm Results Really Mean to Voters [The Atlantic]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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December 07, 2022New Jersey Man Walks 29,826 Miles Around the World With His Dog
Tom Turcich, from New Jersey, sets a Guinness World Record becoming the tenth person to walk around the world. So what? The 'so what' part is he wasn't alone. His companion, shall we say, was different. He took his four-legged companion Savannah, with him, who became the first dog to walk around the world.

supporting links
1. Tom Turcich,10th person to walk around the world. His dog joined him [SBS News]
2. Worldwalk, by Steven M. Newman [Amazon]
3. Around the world walk delayed by Ukraine war/Karl Bushby [BBC]
4. Karl Bushby speaks to students about his walk around the world [YouTube]
5. Crossing the Darien Gap [Council on Foreign Relations]
6. Camino de Santiago [Pilgrim/Camino De Santiago Routes]

follow Tom Turcich on social media
1. The World Walk [Tom's Instagram]
2. The World Walk [Tom's Blog]
3. The World Walk [Tom's Facebook]
4. Tom Turcich, The World Walk [YouTube]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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November 23, 2022Mastodon, An Alternative To Twitter
Elon Musk took over Twitter on Oct. 27, 2022. Time to pop the champagne corks and celebrate. What should’ve been a day of celebration has turned into anything but. Currently the state of Twitter is chaotic. Twitter users are jumping ship, various Twitter executives have left [like those who oversaw content moderation and security], and decision-making is shall we say indecisive. Is there another alternative to Twitter? Yes, and its name is Mastodon?

supporting links
1. Eugen Rochko, founder of Mastodon [Time Magazine]

2. The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment [WIRED]
2. Thanks Elon! [TechCrunch]
3. The Twitter Takeover: As Told By Mastodon [The Data Drop]
4. Career Path [LinkedIn]
5. Demystifying Mastodon [WIRED Gadget Lab Podcast]
6. Mastodon, the ‘Twitter Alternative?’ [The Conversation]
7. Mastodon Documentation [Mastodon]
8. What makes Mastodon different from Twitter [YouTube]
9. Join Mastodon [Mastodon]
10. Discord [Home website]
11. Find and follow your Twitter friends on Mastodon [Twitodon]

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Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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November 16, 2022Elizabeth Learns Lessons Of Life With Her Dad, While Sailing
Elizabeth’s begins her story by remember her dad asking if she would do him a favor. Her dad’s favor was if she would be able to take care of his prize possession, his 34-foot Hunter boat, for a couple of weeks. It was a boat where Elizabeth would over the years, learn the lessons of life and sailing.
supporting links
1. Grieving the loss of a loved one [Help guide]
2. Elizabeth Anne Bernstein [Wall Street Journal]
definitions
1. What is Aphasia? [Cleveland Clinic]
2. Orthopedic surgeon [WebMD]
3. Hunter Marine [Wikipedia]
4. Catboat [The Catboat Association]
follow on social media
1. @EBernsteinWSJ [Twitter]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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Twitter at @RedPhantom
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November 09, 2022The Pros And Cons Of A Four-Day Working Week
Over the past two years, we had to deal with COVID-19 and all of the underpinnings it brought with it. As we started walking out of this virus nightmare, our society had time to rethink what they wanted in their work-life during those two long years. Part of that rethinking was a new definition of the typical workweek and where.

supporting links
1. A four-day workweek: is it really worth it? [Breathe]
2. The five-day workweek is dead [Vox]
3. The 4-day week is flawed. Workers still want it [WIRED]
4. The advantages and disadvantages of the four-day workweek [The Adecco Group]

research/surveys information

1. Hopes about life in 2025 [Pew Research Center]
2. Campaign For 4-Day Work Week Gains Momentum [NBC News/YouTube]
3. Pros and Cons of a 4 Day Working Week [Change]
4. Four-Day Workweek [Wikipedia]
5. The realities of the four-day workweek [BBC]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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