Oklahoma’s Onion Burgers. Many areas of the nation lay declare to a signature burger. For Oklahoma, it’s the onion burger, which is made by urgent thinly sliced onions instantly into the patty whereas it cooks. It’s scrumptious. In back-to-back weeks, the McKays sampled burgers which are thought of two of Oklahoma’s greatest. We received one at Sid’s, which has been round since 1989 and is situated in El Reno, the Route 66 city the place the onion burger was born within the Twenties (additionally the placement of the climatic scene in Twisters). And we tried Tucker’s, which has a number of places in Oklahoma Metropolis. Each have been tasty, however I’ve received to provide my nod to Tucker’s.
Philosophy for Creators and Entrepreneurs. Luke Burgis put out an inventory of philosophy books for creators and entrepreneurs that spans 2,000 years. It consists of books not simply from philosophy, but additionally theology and literature. The purpose of the listing is to assist entrepreneurs and creators reconnect with the massive questions in life and the way their work can assist others reconnect with these huge questions, too. From Homer to Kierkegaard, this listing isn’t mild studying, however Burgis thinks it’ll assist you to “see the type of one thing new.” I’ve added a number of books to my to-read listing, notably ones from the Desert Fathers.
The Twilight Zone’s “The Lonely.” With ChatGPT rolling out a brand new voice characteristic that permits you to have interaction in a back-and-forth dialog with a surprisingly lifelike bot, individuals have been saying it reminds them of the film Her, wherein a person falls for his artificially clever digital assistant. But it surely’s jogged my memory of a fair additional again reference — a 1959 episode of The Twilight Zone. In “The Lonely,” a convicted assassin is sentenced to solitary confinement on an asteroid. When he’s given a robotic girl for firm, he falls in love together with her. The episode is a reminder that, for fairly a very long time now, we’ve been nervous about what is going to occur after we’re given synthetic companions which are formed in our personal frictionless picture. And the closing dialogue between the characters presents a wonderful coda on the hazard of dropping our grasp on what’s and isn’t actual.
The Bare and the Useless by Norman Mailer. I learn this gritty conflict epic again in a school class referred to as “The Novel as American Historical past,” and I nonetheless give it some thought as we speak. Norman Mailer wrote this e-book when he was simply 25 and primarily based it partially on his personal expertise serving within the Philippines throughout WWII. He takes an unflinching have a look at troopers’ psyches and the brutal realities of fight. It’s thought of one of many best novels ever written.
Quote of the Week
Getting an thought must be like sitting down on a pin; it ought to make you soar up and do one thing.
—E.L. Simpson
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