Email 4


Here’s the content from the 4th email. If you go into this post you should have the option to comment on the bottom. I’m trying it out to see if this works for everyone. Please let me know if you have any issues with it, or of course suggestions, content ideas or interesting things you’ve been doing. You’re always welcome to email or message me if you’re more comfortable with that.

Comics

Catana Comics

I’ve been looking for funny comics recently and came across these ones. Very relationship oriented but there are some that are pretty cute and relatable. Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle is still my favourite right now (thanks Andy). Do you have any others that you enjoy? I’d love to see them.

Website

Redbubble

So apparently you can come up with funky designs and sell products that are printed on demand and shipped for you when someone buys them! What! On a site that already has a ton of shoppers! I’m so excited to upload some of my stuff to this site and see if anything sells. 

Poem

The Going from a World We Know

I came across this short poem by Emily Dickinson this week and I really enjoyed it. It’s even harder now with kids to take chances on things that are unknown. 

Video

How to Solve a Rubik’s cube

So from last week, I actually bought a Rubik’s cube because of this video. I managed to solve the thing for my first time! Also practiced a bunch and got it down to about 4.5 minutes to solve it. Pretty fun. I can’t say I actually know how it works intuitively yet though. 

What interesting things did you find this week? Please leave your comments below!


Comments (18)

  1. Andrew Dube

    So in the poem am I the child climbing the hill to find awesomeness on the other side? And I’m trying to figure out if the awesomeness is worth a journey that presumably I’m undertaking alone and I’ll be alone with my awesomeness.

    Also there is a typo in the Redbubble paragraph

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    • Nat Jensen

      The alone part is where I get caught up too. Why am I alone? Do I have to be alone?

      Fixed the typo:) Fixed it here anyway, I can’t reach into your email to fix it there.

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  2. MAURA DUBE

    I too enjoy the emails. They are a welcome reprieve from the world I inhabit these days.
    Regarding the poem, I think Emily Dickinson might be talking about our moving beyond the known world (of life) into the unknown world that exists beyond death. She compares the journey to the obstacle/allure that a hill might pose to a child – obstacle because he/she can not see what is beyond it, allure because it is so tempting to discover the magic that may await there. And yet, much like the journey into death, the climb is one that must be made alone.
    Or
    It could be all about the cost of pursuing your dreams. Sometimes, seeing what you must leave behind might give you pause, and make you wonder if it is all worth it.

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    • Nat Jensen

      I did not see this life and death angle! The alone part makes more sense from that view. That’s probably what was intended but I still prefer to think of it from the “going for your dreams” interpretation.

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  3. Jen

    Sigh. Wrote this long response, didn’t put in my name and email below and now it’s gone. Not re-writing it at this point! Enjoying the emails though. Xo

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    • Nat Jensen

      Oh no! Sorry Jen, that’s really frustrating. I bet it was good too. I hope you find the time to re-write it. I’ve made it so name and email aren’t required now so it shouldn’t happen again. Won’t help you now I know. Sorry!!

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  4. Stephanie Parry

    I Basically said that I did not think of the afterlife and likes the idea of dreams that mom said. I also wonder if the reason you are alone is because your journey over the hill is going to be different from anyone else’s. You’re awesome it’s not necessarily my awesome.

    I also said that I liked the comic that you sent. I’ve never seen them before. I really enjoyed the commentary on the ridiculous things we do as humans. I don’t know any comics though. I only know the ones that I used to read in the newspaper (eek! how old am I?)

    Not related to what you posted, but did you see the link I sent you about veganism? It was an interesting video that was unbiased.

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    • Nat Jensen

      your journey over the hill is going to be different from anyone else’s

      I like this!

      What ever happened to Family Circus?

      I didn’t get your link, maybe you can send it again??

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  5. Joanna Sidon

    Hi!!! I’ve been reading every week and love these emails! Life’s been busy but it’s on my to do list to respond to all the things!! 🙂

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  6. Anonymous

    Hi, a few more things to add to Week 4 before I delve into week 5. I have to say that of the two comics mentioned – Catana and Strange Planet – although the first is well done, I prefer the second by far. I really appreciate the language and satire as it filters the habits of humans through the eyes of aliens. The technique reminds me a bit of “Candide” by Voltaire.

    Would be interested in finding out if you do get some bites on Redbubble – have you sent anything in?

    Rubik’s cube: of course someone has figured it out and put the solution on the web! In addition to Nat, 9 yr old grandson Max has also been able to replicate the solution. Don’t know how fast he is, but Nat and I did watch a video of a little kid take under two minutes to solve it BLINDFOLDED!! and the two minutes included the time he took to examine the cube before putting the blindfold on. Incredible!

    Interesting fact: apparently eggs come out of a chicken’s body coated in a protective insulating layer that keeps out any bacteria in the air, which is why you can leave freshly laid eggs on the counter for up to two weeks. Of course eggs obtained from the supermarket have been disinfected and bleached, thereby removing this layer, and so they must be refrigerated. How’s that for a bit of trivia which you will most likely never need to call upon?

    Ciao for now.

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