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Things are not done or not done
Brendan returns to Darkenshrub, and Mark gets grumpy in London.
You're just being bolic
Mark is almost at a podcast conference. Brendan is juggling men's retreat options. And together they plot to save the world.
Don't worry, be happy? I worry
Mark has an idea for an app, Brendan had a revolution while dancing, and the boys have some advice on mopping.LinksSimple Marketing For Smart People, by Billy Broas, T...
Pump-fakin’
Brendan be dodging balls, Mark be watching The Pitt, they both be watching Sinners, and Michael B Jordan.
I'll send you my love in details
Brendan moved his mum into a new care facility, Mark reconnected with his therapist, and the pair reflect on creating intentional routines, reducing digital distractio...
Stumbling into failure
Brendan and Mark have questions and thoughts around moderation, and Brendan has questions for Mark on his sleep.LinksHow Minds Change: The New Science of Belief, Opini...
The most thing is sugar
The boys mostly talk about sugar, both in chocolate form a la Easter, and in pill form via placebo.LinksThe Holdovers (2023)Black Mirror – EulogyWake Up and Open Your ...
Is this what normal people do?
Mark and Brendan figure out how to talk to people in real life.
Get in the comments!
Mark encourages Brendan to make short-form video... not at all because he has started making his own.LinksGet in the comments!Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War o...
Now I have a bag of pegs
Mark opens a can of worms full of aspartame, and Brendan has both joined a dodgeball league and started a meditation circle. Now who's being a productive dynamo!?Links...
We're senseless to our selves
Brendan and Mark kind of have a fight a little bit. In as much as two enneagram 9s can.LinksSelf-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, by Kristin Nef...
Playing myself at Magic the Gathering
Our heroes navigate freelancing and money, and Brendan has an update for Mark on fasting, courtesy of everyone's favourite large language model.LinksLost Connections, ...
Somebody learned something at some point
Brendan's not eating again, and Mark has opinions about education.LinksWake Up and Open Your Eyes, by Clay McLeod Chapman
How to pathologise a good time
Mark's vibrating internally but has got some funky stuff cooking, and Brendan still wants Mark to stop using TikTok.LinksCranking, by Merlin MannHard as Nails
They're just trying to have a Tuesday
Brendan's going to church and Mark's starting a choir. No, like, really.LinksThe Problem with Time & Timezones
The sweetest fruit with the bitterest finish
How do you like them apples?LinksThe paradoxical theory of change
No powders
Brendan has an app idea and a new tattoo, and the boys both watched The Menu. And have things to say. (Spoiler: they liked it.)LinksThe Menu (2022)Triangle of Sadness ...
I am more bit than man
Brendan and Mark talk about pain, shame, and programming; Mark does a recce of Brendan's website;
Let Others Voluntarily Evolve
Mark's chair is broken, Brendan is still obsessed with The Cable Guy, and AI always has to have the last word.LinksShell GameGuns Akimbo (2019)Deep Questions with Cal ...
Our pink halves of the drainpipe
Brendan and Mark are back in their respective homes, coming down to earth and discussing music, dancing, numbing, and more.LinksMy Pink Half of the Drainpipe, by the B...