Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Mad Lib Protocol. Take the key words in a favorite quote and “blank” them out with the relevant parts of speech: [noun] for The New Yorker, [verb] for edited. Now see if you can fill in blanks with relevant words of your own.
Jay Heinrichs • Word Hero
Pete Davis • “A Counterculture of Commitment” Speech
It’s a gorgeous fall day, and we’re gazing at a view of the Swiss Alps that looks like a painting by the late Bob Ross. You know, Ross was the guy with the Afro and goatee on PBS who was famous for teaching those of us who are artistically challenged how to extract amazing landscapes out of a bare canvas, simply by “deciding where your footy hills
... See moreJeff Yeager • How to Retire the Cheapskate Way: The Ultimate Cheapskate's Guide to a Better, Earlier, Happier Retirement
“The Chase,”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
E.B. White • Here is New York (1949)
then a castaway in the wide ocean of possibility,
Andrew Sean Greer • Less Is Lost (The Arthur Less Books Book 2)
The whole congregation would have understood when he said good manners were an excellent beginning, a kind of discipline that could lead to actual virtue, given time.
Marilynne Robinson • Jack (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
For the uninitiated, I have been hosting a call-in radio show for the last twenty years called The Best Show. While most of the callers are real, Jon and I write and perform funny scripted calls within the body of the show. Jon will dial in as any number of beloved creations, like Philly Boy Roy (a lovable Rocky-loving meathead from Philadelphia) o
... See more