Wait until next year

I’m aware that I promised myself that I would post at least once a week this year. I’m also aware that I haven’t managed that this week, not even a YouTube embed or a link to somewhere better than here. Apologies folks, but this placeholder is all I can manage this week – a very, very hectic week on which I’m sure I’ll blog about at some point. But right now I’m shattered, idea-less, and computer-less, tapping out this rubbish on my phone. Bear with me!

• That’s Life – personal essays are not easy to get right, but this one on mental health manages it, although it does make for some tough reading in places.
• In Praise of the Language Police – editing, style, translations and bending the rules.
• The Secret Lives of Stories: Rewriting Our Personal Narratives – humans are storytellers, but how do we construct those stories and why?
• False wins and the machine zone – Las Vegas, capitalism and how we’re more comfortable interacting with screens than with each other.
• Drang nach Osten – excellent stuff on Bowie, Berlin and more.

Image from New York Public Library, via Flickr