{"id":7057409,"date":"2026-09-05T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/adventure\/friday-inspiration-552-semi-rad-com\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:40:23","slug":"friday-inspiration-552-semi-rad-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7057409","title":{"rendered":"Friday Inspiration 552 \u2013 Semi-Rad.com"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If I had to guess by the southern Utah scenery,<\/strong> I\u2019d say this dreamy edit was shot when these folks were in the area just before or just after last year\u2019s Red Bull Rampage? (video)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A FAVOR TO ASK: I don\u2019t have a new My Favorite Things podcast this week (putting together next week\u2019s!), but if you\u2019ve been listening to the podcast and have a few minutes and would like to help me out, would you be able to write a quick review on Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a> or on Spotify<\/strong><\/a>? I\u2019m coming up on the one-year mark, and I\u2019m hoping to start reaching out to interviewees outside of my immediate circle, and I think they\u2019d be more apt to say yes if the show had a few dozen reviews.<\/p>\n

As a person who jumps between writing, illustration, and video (and spends probably way too much time thinking about which is appropriate), this Substack piece, Maybe You Haven\u2019t Found Your Creative Medium Yet<\/strong><\/a>, really hit home. Especially this pull quote: \u201cSkill is what you can do, and your medium is where your ideas arrive whole. They are not always the same place. \u201d<\/p>\n

I did not know I needed a 65-second video of a guy covering Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBeat It\u201d<\/strong><\/a> using a ruler, a chair, a comb, a calculator, a kazoo, a piece of paper, a blown-up plastic bag, badminton rackets (I believe?), a whisk, a keyboard, and I think some sort of takeout container cup (?), but thankfully, it arrived in my life this past week.<\/p>\n

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to talk about some newer products from newsletter sponsor PATH Projects, so: This past couple months I have been loving their Sentinel Half Tight<\/strong><\/a>, despite not being much of a tights-wearer. BUT, since almost all my running shorts don\u2019t have liners, I\u2019ve been wearing the Sentinel Half Tights underneath because a) compression I am so excited about the pockets on the thighs, which hold my phone and several gels without any detectable movement. Also: If you click over to the PATH Projects website right now and sign up for their newsletter, you\u2019ll get a gift card worth 20% of your first order\u2019s value (sent after your purchase).<\/p>\n

This is a really cool idea: A website cataloguing industry standards, \u201citems so entrenched that they\u2019ve become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses.\u201d<\/strong><\/a> I think it\u2019s interesting even though I don\u2019t work in any of these industries, but found plenty of items I own in the categories of Backpacking & Camping, Climbing & Rigging, Coffee & Cafes, and Construction & Carpentry. Oh, and Bike Shops. (via Kottke)<\/p>\n

For whatever nefarious algorithmic reason, my feeds seem to be full of videos of fans catching baseballs in the stands of Major League Baseball games, and then handing those baseballs to kids<\/strong><\/a>, who are overjoyed, and I\u2019ll tell you what, there are worse things to have populating your feed nowadays.<\/p>\n

OK, so I\u2019m not saying it was funny when Heath Ledger died, or when Nancy Sinatra died, or when Burt Reynolds died, or when anyone dies, but the fact this lady and her friend from college have kept their relationship going<\/strong><\/a> for 18 years solely with text messages announcing people have died? That\u2019s funny.<\/p>\n

Eater put out a list, with a map, of Chicago\u2019s best deep dish pizzas<\/strong><\/a>, and I\u2019m not saying I can vouch for the accuracy of the list, nor would I endorse anyone\u2019s list, but I am saying that I have eaten at five of the 17 restaurants on this list and was not mad about any of them.<\/p>\n

Books I\u2019m Currently Reading:<\/b><\/p>\n

I missed the boat on Andrea Gibson\u2019s poetry during their lifetime, only discovering them through the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light this year. When I told Hilary about the movie, she of course said, \u201cOh, I have one of their books in my office,\u201d and grabbed Lord of the Butterflies for me. Which I am now reading at the rate of one or two poems per night, and loving it.<\/em><\/p>\n

My friend Sally recommended this brand-new book to us, and I of course was interested because of the big change in my life that has caused a thousand other little changes (including, presumably, how my brain works). I\u2019m only one chapter into it so far but I am already impressed and grateful for Saxby\u2019s engaging writing style.<\/i><\/p>\n

Hilary was reading this for months and absolutely gushing over it, and there\u2019s only so much you can hear about one book before you just say \u201cI\u2019ll go ahead and borrow that whenever you\u2019re finished.\u201d And I am happy to say it\u2019s as good as she said it was (although I would be terrified of taking on the challenge of writing about five different [famous] artists all in the same book like Mary Gabriel did).<\/i><\/p>\n

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