Card games

Card games I’ve enjoyed with larger groups of 6:

Exploding Kittens

I’ve never played anything like it. The aim is to notget a card from the deck. 

Bohnanza

A bean trading game based on supply and demand, very fun, very fascinating. 

Set

An unconventional matching game, great for creative problem solving.

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Permission to write

I appreciate Dan for writing this:

I feel it sometimes when approaching certain topics on this blog; I think: there’s so much I don’t know, and there’s so many others better qualified to speak on the matter.

My words don’t have any weight. I’m not qualified to talk about anything. What right do I have to write? Who gave me permission?

Me.

Being a writer is an act of perpetual self-authorization.
No matter who you are.
Only you can authorize yourself…
No one else can authorize you.
No one.

Everything you notice is important.
If you notice something, it’s because it’s important.

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Sachs Family Crest

  1. Be afraid and do it anyway.
  2. Change what you can.
  3. Don’t bother what you can’t.
  4. Mending is better than ending, practice bricolage.
  5. Do not kill unless you are attacked or for your food.
  6. Do not harm little children.
  7. An artist’s best work lies just beyond his ability to understand it.
  8. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
  9. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
  10. Anything but the girl.
  11. When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
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Tom Sachs’ Required Reading

As a fan of Tom’s work as well as his process and lifestyle, I have scoured the internet for Tom’s requirements, viewing, reading, and listening till I’ve reached the limit on what the great web has to offer.

  1. Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
    Lawrence Weschler
  2. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
    Andy Warhol
  3. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
    Alfred Lansing
  4. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    Malcolm X

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Tom Sachs’ Requirements

  1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  2. Makita Brushless Drill over Dewalt ½”

  3. The Godfather I + II

  4. Princess Monokoke

  5. The Creative Act — Marcel Duchamp

  6. 12 Combo Square — Starrett

  7. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

  8. McMaster-Carr Catalog

  9. Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould

  10. The Seventh Seal

  11. Burzum — Filosofem

  12. 2″ wide Clear Packing Tape over Duct Tape

  13. Barry Lyndon

  14. The Shining

  15. A Clockwork Orange

  16. Dr Strangelove

  17. Mitutoy Caliper (veneer) 6″ or 12″

  18. Hammer 4lb Sledge

  19. 4-in-1 Screwdriver

  20. Always buy the box of 100 screws

  21. Never paint a ladder

  22. Empire of the Sun

  23. Fitzcarraldo

  24. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

  25. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

  26. Charlie Parker (Ken Burns Jazz)

  27. “Star Time” 4 CD set James Brown

  28. Songs in the Key of Life

  29. Eames + Le Corbusier

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