{"id":40380,"date":"2022-10-23T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=40380"},"modified":"2022-10-18T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:21:16","slug":"sweet-and-juicy-bourdains-map-the-mind-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/sweet-and-juicy-bourdains-map-the-mind-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet and Juicy\/Bourdain’s Map\/The Mind Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Zen Buddhist jokes
<\/strong>I giggled for an hour watching standup comedian Sheng Wang\u2019s Netflix special,\u00a0Sweet and Juicy<\/a>. I love his uplifting and positive style, which is rare in comedy. He cracks jokes about enlightenment, except he is serious. And instead of long buildups to punchlines, he delivers an unending patter of quiet epiphanies. It\u2019s laugh therapy! \u2014 KK

Anthony Bourdain’s World Map<\/strong>
Here\u2019s a cool visualizer of\u00a0all the places that Anthony Bourdain has visited<\/a>\u00a0in his travels on Parts Unknown and No Reservations. I\u2019m traveling to Cairo next month and someone suggested I go where ever Bourdain ate, so I googled and bookmarked places to check out from here. \u2014 CD

The Mind Thing<\/strong>
The Mind Thing<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is a 1961 science fiction horror novel by Fredric Brown. The first time I read it was over 30 years ago when I bought\u00a0this used copy for 75 cents<\/a>. Recently, I reread it and recommend it to anyone who enjoys Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Twilight Zone. In the story, an alien hijacks animal brains (including people) and uses their bodies as puppets. It must kill the body it is inhabiting at the time in order to jump from one to another. At 150 pages, I found\u00a0The Mind Thing<\/em>\u00a0to be an exciting, fast, and satisfying read. \u2014 MF

Favorite newsletter<\/strong>
There are few newsletters I read as soon as they arrive in my inbox.\u00a0Coco\u2019s Variety<\/a>\u00a0is one of them. It chronicles the obsessions of a Los Angeles used bicycle shop owner. He writes about collecting antiques, restoring old cars, cooking, garage sales, flea markets, good books, good music, and good living. His perspective is inspiring. \u2014 MF

Classic mixer<\/strong>
As baking season begins again, I am reminded of how fantastic our\u00a0Classic KitchenAid Stand Mixer<\/a>\u00a0is after 25 years of use. I believe it could easily go another 25 years. There are mini and maxi versions and scores of competitors and imitators, but KitchenAid is still making this same \u201cK\u201d design \u2013 which is built like a tank \u2013 since the 1930s.\u00a0 They are so rugged there is a healthy aftermarket for used ones on Craigslist. \u2014 KK

List of common misconceptions<\/strong>
I\u2019m learning a lot from scrolling through this\u00a0list of common misconceptions<\/a>. These are concise summaries that are linked to longer articles on Wikipedia. I like that they are worded as a correction, with the misconceptions implied. I\u2019m relieved to dispel the misconception that the pyramids of Egypt were built by slave labor. I\u2019ve also learned that dogs sweat mainly through their footpads and the Pacific Tree Frog is the only frog species that actually makes the \u201cribbit\u201d sound. \u2014 CD

\u2014\u00a0Kevin Kelly<\/a>,\u00a0Mark Frauenfelder<\/a>,\u00a0Claudia Dawson<\/a><\/p>\n

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