Today a quick run-through and a check-in from our favorite Austin in Austin, who gave us our quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne, “We got rid of the day as well as we could.”  A surface-level dive into fascinating facts about soda water, the faces of work, and a throw way back to 1986 and Martha Quinn and an episode of MTVs Basement Tapes.  A song and a surprise to end the 🐫day

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Two writers got together recently and talked a little about stoic philosophy, both writers have been highlighted in this newsletter, and the work speaks for itself.  Austin Kleon writes about some of the time he spent with Ryan Holiday, and the conversation led Kleon to create a "zine" based on Aristotle's "Doctrine of the Mean." 

Aristotle wrote that a virtue can be found between two vices, the sweet spot between the extremes.  Sort of like the realization that you know where the vices are, but you find a way to use them to motivate, not overstimulate.  Kleon has a good writer in his newsletter this week, and you can download a quick little "zine" he created as he worked through the thoughts.

File this under things you might not or didn't need to know.  Mental Floss puts investigative research to the test and uncovers the difference between; soda, seltzer, and sparkling water.

Soda or Club soda is water with bubbly chemicals like carbon dioxide, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium sulfate.  It's called Club Soda, based on trademarks still in effect from Great Britain and Ireland.  Fun fact, Club soda has yet to be proven to get stains out any better than plain water.

Seltzer, sparkling and tonic water are similar, water with bubbles, some of it can contain mineral water from natural spring, and you can add flavor to The Field (everything but Club soda).  Tonic does have a few additional ingredients, including quinine, which, as it turns out, also makes it fluorescent.  Next time you order a G&T, turn off the lights, and bring out your black light for fun!

We heard rumors a special Martha made the cover of the latest Sports Illustrated Swim Suit issue.  We checked, and it wasn't the Martha we were thinking of.  The algorithm always listening knew who we were thinking about and brought us a thirty-minute show from 1986 with Martha Quinn hosting on MTV.  The show called MTV Basement Tapes was an opportunity for a talented garage band to get a big break and get some exposure on what was the behemoth in the 80s. 

Relationships.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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