He deleted almost every app from his phone.
Then he wrote 4 bestsellers in 9 years.
Cal Newport's controversial take: Your phone is making you mediocre.
His science-backed system for getting your brain back:
🚨ADVANCING🚨
No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach (ranked No. 25) defeats Iowa State’s No. 5 Evan Bockman (ranked No. 10) via medical forfeit.
Neitenbach will compete for 3rd later this afternoon❗️
We aren't millionaires.
I’m a teacher and my wife is a part time nurse.
We have 3 kids with another on the way.
And, we don’t stress about money.
Here’s how: 🧵
I was privileged to know Gene Hackman because he played tennis with another Gene—Gene Wilder. And that Gene told him about a little role called The Blind Hermit in our movie YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. He said, “Do you think Mel would let me play it? I’ve always wanted to do a comedy.” Needless to say, I was over the moon and he was perfect.
Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!
No more watching the sunset with you on the deck.
No more patrolling the perimeter.
No more trips to the beach.
No more sitting and staring and waiting for me to finish work.
No more bounding in the snow.
No more uncontrolled tail-wagging when it is time for a walk.
No more sleeping at the foot of my bed.
No more sniffing my face in the early morning to see if I’m awake.
No more barking at the doorbell.
No more chasing squirrels and rabbits (and bears!).
No more scratching your belly.
No more runs with with my buddy.
No more big-eared silhouette waiting in the window when I come home.
No more Odin.
Thanks for being such a good boy and for standing the watch.
I’ll miss you, buddy.
YÜD BOY!
NEW: Utah man drives his car through the front of a Mazda dealership just hours after purchasing the car from the same dealership.
The incident happened in Sandy, Utah, after the man was told he couldn’t return the car.
The man told the dealership that he would drive the car through the front door of the dealership if they didn’t let him return it.
They told him that it was sold "as-is."
The man did exactly what he promised and drove the car through the front door.
He was arrested on charges of felony criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.
Today NBA stars are BEGGED to play games 🤦🏻♂️
Back then:
Shawn Kemp was a rookie, he was so frustrated that he was ONLY playing 13.8 mpg that he would go to Seattle courts after games to play pickup & sharpen his skills. The streets would shut down as crowds formed, & the Sonics made him stop 🤣
Shawn ends the interview by saying, “Guys don’t have that kind of dedication anymore.” Very sad but true statement Mr. Kemp 🫡
Make the NBA tough again 👊🏼
1/2 Proposed Knik Arm causeway from a 1955 preliminary study. This version would've crossed at Cairn Point & been a causeway dam for trains, vehicles, & "possibly a walkway." A Knik Arm bridge was first considered by Alaska RR in 1923. #alaskahistory#alaska#anchoragehistory