Tag Archives: nap

What I Learned this Week, January 24, 2025

Posted on by Bill Chance
The Window at Molly’s, the street (Decatur) unusually quiet, with notebook, vintage Esterbrook pen, and Molly’s frozen Irish Coffee

How to Take Notes While Reading

by Scott H Young

A skill I learned in school – unfortunately, that was a half-century ago and it’s a skill I’ve lost. Should I work and regain it? I’m kicking up my reading and most of the books I read (fiction and non) would benefit from some marginalia.

Sleep
Sleep

How to Take a Better Nap

from GQ

Daytime snoozing offers the same life-improving benefits of nighttime sleep—if you do it right.

The Psychopathic Path to Success

from Knowable Magazine

There could be a psychopath sitting next to you right now.

But it fell later as they tried to move another piece. Note the rare “suspended section” of blocks. I’m not sure of the physics of leaving a few behind for a handful of microseconds.

A concept from physics called negentropy could help your life run smoother

from The Conversation

Bicycle, French Quarter, New Orleans

The Restorative Joy of Cycling

Bike rider in front of the Winspear Opera House. If you are wondering, the photo is cropped and upside down.

Morning on Decatur

Posted on by Bill Chance

“there was something about
that city, though
it didn’t let me feel guilty
that I had no feeling for the
things so many others
needed.
it let me alone.”
― Charles Bukowski

Decatur Street, French Quarter
New Orleans