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Dave Slusher - Books

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I read largely science fiction and comics with some non-fiction mixed in. I'm warming up to mystery with Bosch and the Slow Horses books.

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Meik Wiking, Meik Wiking: Little Book of Hygge (2016, Penguin UK)

Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to …

Nice Morsel of Wisdom

I got exactly what I wanted from this book. It was a quick, pleasant read in between much heavier books. I heard about it from the Help Hole podcast but it was an easy sell. Of everywhere I visited for work, Copenhagen was my favorite.

I live near the coast of South Carolina which you might not think of as a home of hygge. I did finish it on a rainy day while cuddled up with a dog which seemed appropriate. Later in the day I was running errands downtown. Although I am limiting carbs, I did opt for a pastry just for the spirit of it.

Even outside of Denmark this is not a bad way to think about your approach to life. Take the moments of simple pleasures, of love and laughter where you can find them.

David Sheppard: On some faraway beach (2009, Chicago Review Press)

Interesting Subject Written About in Ultraviolet Prose

  1. Eno is clearly an interesting guy with a wide range of intriguing interests and projects.
  2. Behavior is described in this book with a wink and an elbow to the ribs and a "what an insouciant cut-up" that seems to be verging dangerously close to sex pest territory.
  3. David Sheppard knows a lot of big words and he wants you to know that. This lends his prose an obdurate opacity that renders the celerity of rendering cogition of his auctorial prowess a glacial mien. Now imagine 500 pages of that.

It was worth reading for the interesting subject matter. The prose style made me put it down for months at a time more than once. The first 20%, everything prior to meeting Bryan Ferry, bored me shitless.

Oliver Burkeman: Four Thousand Weeks (Paperback, 2022, Vintage)

The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …

Be Generous to Yourself and Don't Measure Every Second of Your Life

A good antidote to both "grind culture" and "enjoy every moment to the fullest" mindsets. Rather than opposites, these outlooks are almost the same. Put pressure on yourself to achieve specific outcomes at all times. Turns out this is not the recipe to happiness.