I recognize that long-form novels and non-fiction interviews win Pulitzer Prizes. I’m not sure if children’s books could win such a prestigious award, but they should. This is one of those books. It’s so well written. Absolutely captivating. Easily the easiest book to read to your child. 11 out of 10, would recommend. Hat tip to Bradley Chambers for the recommendation.

If I could define a few of my competitive advantages, I’d say they include fast-typing (though not this fast), patience, and the willingness to work long and hard hours. The last advantage I think is more due to a Mennonite background than to my own personality. To many folks around here, work is life — sun up to sun down, every single day except Sunday. I’m not willing to do this, of course, but if working 40 hours a week gives me an advantage over the rest of the working world, I’ll take it.

Some simple back-of-the-envelope math this afternoon had me concluding that spending $1 now decreases my future retirement accounts by $9. That’s at 8% annual return over 40 years. I can only imagine the cost if you are shooting for 15% or more in annual returns. This is one way to look at opportunity costs. Alex Cornell will teach you about another way to look at opportunity costs.

It’s been awhile since the Bible world was hit with a stunning new premium Bible. For awhile there, Crossway, Schuyler, and Allan were hitting it out of the park every six months. After a lull — specifically the time where Crossway opted to move production to China — there’s some new designs back in the game. Crossway’s new Horween Leather ESV Heirloom Heritage is the first Horween Leather Bible out there. It looks sublime, if you love Horween Leather.

I really like Greg’s comments here. There was a time and place perhaps where blogs could write about one particular thing and maybe have business potential. I’m unsure how prevalent that would be now. Instead, it’s simply easier to write about stuff you care about, no matter how knowledgeable you are about the topic. For me, that runs the gamut from photography, tech, and Star Wars and will even touch on fashion at some point in time. I love me a nice pair of loafers.

You may know the Basic Apple Guy as the blog with all the cool wallpapers. But you should start to know the blog for photography as well. These iPhone 13 Pro photos — especially the long exposure photos — are really, really well done.

I’m unsure if I’ve pointed out Marcus Lloyd’s work on Instagram in the past, but you should check out his feed regardless. Marcus may be my favourite photographer right now and I love that he’s sharing full-blown photo stories on a blog. His work with colour is outrageously good.

“Like other forms of creativity it is borne of knowledge. Having a rich vocabulary is a starting point.” And developing strong vocabulary is done through reading and writing. Want to be witty? Write.

Honestly, same here. But this is changing — I use the iPhone 13 Pro as a camera far more than the iPhone 12 mini. I use it to edit photos now. I use it to message people. Suddenly, I realize why people like having an iPhone.