May 082015
- Few Conservatives Take Police Abuses Seriously: Conor Friedersdorf pens yet another excellent article… conservatives, take note!
- How successful people work less—and get more done: This article has some really excellent suggestions.
- Jeremy Renner sings about his Hawkeye feelings on The Tonight Show: Hysterical! I love Jeremy Renner. See The Hurt Locker if you haven’t already!
- I’m Too Good For You, And Other Lies: A good article on the value of experts teaching beginners… and not just for riding horses.
- Map: The strange things people Google in every state: Uh, so not surprised by Colorado… or California… or many of the others…
- Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence: This concept of “deliberate practice” make such a huge difference in the development of (horse) riding skills, and I’m glad that’s something that Martha Deeds and Eric Horgan emphasize in their training. Personally, I’ve found that I can make remarkably good progress in matters like my body position without doing serious work in the ring, so long as I work on it consistently while supposedly relaxing out on hacks. (The same applies to Lila too: I can’t just let her plod along.) But if I’m careless about such things, we’re in trouble in short order.
- South Carolina Prosecutors Say Stand Your Ground Doesn’t Apply To Victims Of Domestic Violence: Wow, this is a place where feminists and gun rights advocates need to come together.
- I Thought Legalizing Pot Would Be a Disaster. But It Turned Out To Be Wonderful: Hear, Hear!
- When violence and lawlessness are acceptable: Radley Balko talks about the evil of tolerating violence and lawlessness by cops.
- The Not-To-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now: As it happens, I do a bunch of these things on the list, but that’s because I’ve already established that they don’t screw with my productivity or peace of mind. Still, it’s a good list.
