Gas Station Podcasts

A couple days ago I listened to a short podcast about gas stations…and now for a couple days as I drive around town I’ve been noticing things about gas stations that I never have before.

That said, I don’t have any plans to listen to more gas station podcasts…and so I suspect that the gas station observations will rapidly decline in the near future.

But if I were to seek out more gas station podcasts, I’d probably keep noticing.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Sowing and reaping.

Gas station podcasts in, gas station observations out.

Selected content in, thoughts observations reactions biases conversations about selected content out.

You get to choose.

 

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Nicknames Are Fun

Barney

Lundy

Doll Face

SDS

Big T

Big B

Bobby B

Klinger

Tononada

Cool Burns

Mosey

Rashes

Rat Bite

Edith

G Money (that was me)

Gaberoni and Cheese (also me)

High school nick names are fun.

It’s one thing to know someone on a first name basis but a nickname basis is a whole new level. It’s an expression of shared experiences. Of closeness. It’s a simple form of intimacy without being obvious.

 

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Performing For TV

I like watching the Super Bowl halftime show. It’s the biggest television viewing audience for a music performance and all parties involved in the planning and execution of the show know it. Musical performance by committee…and more committees and more committees.

But this year I missed it. I was upstairs.

When I came back down it had ended a few minutes ago. The only thing that was being discussed was Rihanna being pregnant or not or how far along she might be. I thought that was telling.

Then I watched it earlier today. Those floating platforms were amazing and the camera work was detailed and spot on. It was truly a performance made for TV, so might as well book the biggest show on TV.

Music performances that are made for TV are tough. As the performer you have to believe that you did the necessary work to ensure that the show is connecting with the people watching on TV…because, since the show wasn’t designed for the physical audience they aren’t gonna feel as connected…so the artist isn’t getting the real time affirmation and reciprocated energy that usually comes with a live performance.

 

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Effort Into Quitting

When things are going well do you quit and move on while you’re ahead?

Or do you ride it out till it’s declining or until things start going badly?

In either case, if you’re going quit, do it in a way that you’ll be proud of later. Quitting something, especially a career or passion, is emotional and disorienting. Reality gets hazy. Lots of feelings. And those feelings can easily rob you of quitting in a way that your previous work probably deserves.

It’s easy to not feel like writing a good ending…after all, you’re quitting, what do you care…But your future self will have that good ol’ 20/20 hindsight and no emotional haze. Your future self will be glad you dug deep one more time, at the very end, when you didn’t need to or want to, to wrap things up in a way you’re glad you did.

 

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Running In Nashville

It would be impossible to get ten thousand people together on a Saturday morning in Nashville to go for a run.

But when you call it the Music City Marathon, the people just show up.

When you call it a marathon people know there’s a finish line. And they know where it is. It’s not just a finish line for the run that day but a finish line for the five or six months of training leading up to the marathon.

A clear goal, easily measured and a specific completion date. And you’ll be with other like minded people on the journey.

 

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