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Timothy Grayson's avatar

I've thought for a long time about which creators and artists have had an outsized influence on my own tastes. Here's my current Taste Family Tree:

Maria Popova——>Austin Kleon, David Whyte

Austin Kleon—>Lynda Barry, Ezra Klein, Andrew Huberman

Ezra Klein—>Studs Terkel, George Saunders, Maryanne Wolf

Andrew Huberman—>Adam Grant

Often I feel that I'm Bill Murray in a Groundhog Day scenario given how I've allowed myself to be influenced by many of these speakers, writers, and makers over and over and over again, but when I think about it at any length (like right now), I feel that I'm moreso Bill Murray how he is at the end of the movie, playful and accepting, rather than the confused, frustrated Bill at the start of it.

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Re: Suck less calendar

I just bought a new piano accordion to replace the student model my dad bought me when I was ten. For the past 60 years it served as an instrument I would pull out and play a polka or happy birthday for giggles. Yeah, you could say I need some practice.

I retired to a tiny town in northeast Minnesota where folks love polka music, especially the folks at the nursing home where I play the weekly “happy hour” as a one man band with an electric keyboard. The accordion will be icing on the cake!

I just printed the calendar. It’s hanging in my kitchen where I will always see it. Great timing on this post, Austin.

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