The Whippet Special: Venus News Extra Extra
This is 100% and literally the pattern Venus makes in the earth's sky over an 8-year cycle. Each 'rose petal' takes about 18 months.
The Whippet #179: Antarctica is not the answer
"They should probably have a screener on that job. “Do you actually want this job or are you experiencing a midlife crisis?”
The Whippet #178: Somebody better say something about the moon
"You have eighteen months. Go back to your computer, and do whatever you have to, but don't come to our conference unless you have something to say about the Moon's birth."
The Whippet #177: The key to lasting happiness is cdeispnili
I am increasingly of the belief that your brain doesn't really understand that you have taken an action unless you move your body and/or other objects around in physical space.
The Whippet #176: Smeared across time
Most predators sneak up on their prey and surprise them, because most prey is fast and if you don't catch it by surprise, you don't catch it. But cheetahs are the fastest (land) animals in the world. They can outrun anything.
The Whippet #175: Buttery soft conspiracy
Hello, so I've started noticing something that's driving me crazy, and I bequeath this curse to you, dear readers. It's the term "buttery soft".
When forming a new habit: consider not starting small?
The 'tiny habits' theory works by drastically reducing the amount of effort. But miniscule-effort for zero-reward is still maths that works out to "not worth it".
Making new friends in adulthood
Framing it so you give a reason as to "why am I asking you now, when I never have before?" and lowers the emotional intensity
The Whippet #174: Extending my physical influence
I'm very interested in ghosts, as a cultural phenomenon and metaphor. I don't spend much time thinking about whether they're 'real' or not, that is not so interesting to me – as the priest says in the excerpt, "what matters is that people are seeing them"
Getting a refund on online shopping when you missed the returns deadline
This isn't a 'hack' it's just, sometimes people will help you if you ask nicely, but you might not have realised this is something you can ask for.