Our line.

Just like the millions who grew up with Alex and Jeopardy! have been sharing this week, I also want to say… Alex, you were wonderful. Thank you for being you.

‘It’s nice that people are nice, but it would be a lot better to solve the underlying problem.’ The catch, and why it was so widespread that at a place like REI it garnered its own term, is twofold.

Like the woman at the City Market who said, ‘Let’s call it… interesting,’ that last part caught my attention. “Just know that I care.”

I guess, like ‘sure,’ there are times when using ‘interesting’ can be good. It all has to do with inflection. Mostly, however, I tend to feel like using it is dubious.

The Big 5-Oh. Fifty of these. For this one, I want to throw out a question for you: What’s something you keep coming back to because you haven’t figured out how to go about it yet?

A proper ending to a proper week. If you’re into random music suggestions, this one is good.

We scrolled through the last few pages of entries. While doing so, a thought occurred to me: No one is ever mean when they write in a summit register.

‘Hope is not a strategy!’

As I chew on it, I realize that in addition to the literal applications like his, there are likely far more figurative ways to use the concept of fractals (which is really just repetition) when thinking about how to do things.

Buried in the narrative was a word he used: Obligation. I thought that was cool, so I asked him about it. Turns out, for him, it made all the difference.

Here’s the randomness: Talk about legacy, about being remembered.

Immediately, I felt bad. Why had I thought there was no way he could be heading there? No doubt, if even to some degree because of his age.