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• 20 Feel Good Things / Venti Shots Issue No. 136

  

  “We are all here on on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.” — W. H. Auden VentiShots / Laugh or Cry... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 20 THINGS ABOUT LEGOS / VENTI SHOTS ISSUE No. 134

  

  Lego was founded 84 years ago in Denmark by Ole Kirk Christiansen. Christiansen, a carpenter by trade, had lost his job in the depression and started making... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 133

  

  “When people are thinking, we are quite inventive animals.” — Andre Geim 20 Good Things Today include stories on Sex and Baseball / Inventive... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mental Yoga Sunday / 5 Favorite Long Form Reads of the Week / Issue No. 12

  

  “Life is a soldier’s sojourn, a night at an inn.” — Marcus Aurelius Police Dog, Tess, January 29, 1935 by Sam Hood Mental Yoga Sunday is a... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ear Buds / 10 Songs We Love This Week / Issue No. 12

  

  “You are the music while the music lasts.” — T.S. Eliot 10 Songs We Love This Week featuring Dan Auerbach, Blind Pilot, Ani Difranco, Beta Radio... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Strange and Beautiful Things / Issue No. 132

  

  The World is a Strange Beautiful Place1. Max Richter's The Leftovers Piano Theme / Wordless Wednesday2. Give Books Away. Get Books You Want with Book Mooch... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things / Issue No. 131

  

  “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” — George Burns 20 Good Things / Food Drink / Kindness / Music / Humor Liquored Up -... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things / Issue No. 130

  

  “Be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie 20 Good Things about Books, Entertainment, Science and Weird News... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mental Yoga Sunday / 5 Favorite Long Form Reads of the Week / Issue No. 11

  

  “Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” — Joseph Addison Mental Yoga Sunday is a callback to those lazy mornings and afternoons spent... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ear Buds / 10 Songs We Love This Week / Issue No. 11

  

  “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” — Jean Paul Richter 10 Songs We Love This Week featuring The Velveteins, The Wind The Wave,... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 129

  

  20 Good Quirky Things on Amazon.com “A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 128

  

  Wordless Wednesday X 2 / Willy Wonka of Cheese / Cow Shoes / Silent Disco Yoga “Look, it’s not a huge deal. Obviously it’s a big thing for Deirdre. You do... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 127

  

  Goodbye, Frank Deford / Reality vs Virtual Reality / Bookniture / Meat Sweats Cloud Eggs “The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.” — Frank... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 126

  

  “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” — George Washington If I find 20 good things in the world each day then maybe I can... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mental Yoga Sunday / 5 Favorite Long Form Reads of the Week / Issue No. 10

  

  Mental Yoga Sunday is a callback to those lazy mornings and afternoons spent reading the newspaper or finishing up a dog eared novel. Days lost in long shadow i... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ear Buds / 10 Songs We Love This Week / Volume 10

  

  “Light quirks of music, broke and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig of heaven.” — Alexander Pope 10 Songs We Love This Week featuring... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 125

  

  “The dust and silence of the upper shelf.” — Bob Macaulay BOOKS / RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS / THROWBACK THURSDAYA group of leading Publishing,... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 124

  

  “Never eat more than you can lift.” — Miss Piggy WORDLESS WEDNESDAY AND FOOD AND ART AND OH, MY GOODNESS THE 20 SPOT GETS REALLY AWKWARDAmazon i... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 123

  

  “The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.” — Plutarch Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Venti Shots / 20 Things Today / Issue No. 122

  

  Venti Shots / 20 Good Things Today / Issue No. 122What's a Hero? / Got Rhythm? / Slack Filling / The Dating Game Mansplaining “On Monday, when the sun... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE