Shorter Days - Pete's Newsletter - Issue #28
Video of the Month
While everyone was talking about Nike's campaign with Colin Kaepernick, you may have missed this inspiring commercial (it is currently airing in Mexico). Nike is unapologetically looking towards the future.
Photos of the Month
Paris is my favorite big city in the world. Here is an assortment of photos from our visits through the years.
Song of the Month
Fall time has always sounded like Brit-pop to me. The band Swimming Tapes nails this aesthetic with the song "Cameos."
...now that the days are getting dark, even in the afternoon...
Book of the Month
I make it a point to pick up a book at Shakespeare and Co. each time we visit Paris. This time, I opted for a biography of Napoleon by English author Paul Johnson. Johnson is prolific and specializes in huge biographies packed into small packages (this one clocks in at only 200 pages). Check out all of his books here.
Choice quote:
The totalitarian state of the twentieth century was the ultimate progeny of the Napoleonic reality and myth. It is right, therefore, that we should study Bonaparte's spectacular career unromantically, skeptically, and searchingly. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, anxious as we are to avoid the tragic mistakes of the twentieth, we must learn from Bonaparte's life what to fear and what to avoid.
Post of the Month
This is a truly epic post that shares fifty(!) tips for optimizing your iPhone into a productivity tool versus a delivery vehicle for endless feeds of addictive content. This is right in my wheelhouse as I already follow his first two tips (turn all notifications off & hide time wasting apps in folders on page two).
Recipe of the Month
This is an interesting take on the hearty Italian-American meatball. It lightens things up a bit by blending beef, veal and pork for the balls and then preparing them in white-wine and tomato sauce. Not a challenging recipe— but don't skimp on the ingredients, you need all three meats for the blend and must use fresh Italian parsley.
I cooked them up last night—not as good as Gram's—but very satisfying.
Quote of the Month
“The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I'm looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.”
Robert M. Persig from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
note: I came across this quote in Tim Ferriss' weekly email