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Why willpower is overrated

vox.com

Psychologists increasingly think effortful restraint is not the key to the good life. So what is?

The Great British Bake Off: Depression Meals Week

mcsweeneys.net

Shanti’s Pa-jam-a Toast

SHANTI: This is what I eat when I haven’t gotten out of my pajamas all day.

PAUL: Nicely toasted. Proper jam distribution. Well done.

PRUE: Jam is just lovely—very original flavors.

SHANTI: Thank you. It’s what was left at the bottom of a bunch of nearly empty jars all mixed together.

PRUE: And I wouldn’t have thought to use half of a hot dog bun as the base, but it does work.

How a suburban skate ramp drew pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to Tasmania in the 90s

abc.net.au
How a suburban skate ramp drew pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to Tasmania in the 90s

On December 3, 1990, world-renowned professional skateboarder Tony Hawk dropped into a ramp on a skateboard in the suburb of Rosny in Hobart.

Hawk performed “pretty much” every trick possible on a vert ramp — a ramp with a flat bottom and steep vertical section at the top — in front of a captivated audience drawn from all over the state.

His presence, on one of a handful of public skate ramps in Tasmania at the time, was unbelievable.

It was his first and only visit to Tasmania.