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On this episode, Vince and Eddie talk about what would make the greatest nerd/geek party ever. And we drank: The location: L-Town's House The Beer:  Eddie: Roughtail Brewing Everything rhymes with Orange. Rating: 9.15 Vince: Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty Lo-Cal IPA. Rating: 8.23 Please Follow us on: Facebook: http://facebook.com/technicallydrinking Instagram: http://instagram.com/technicallydrinking Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TechDrinkPod Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/TechnicallyDrinking

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My Hero 5e is a DnD podcast set in the world of My Hero Academia. Taking place in America, this story follows five individuals enrolling in Hero University in order to earn the degree and certifications necessary to becoming Pro Heroes. While this story does take place in a world similar to that of the world built by Horikoshi, it is a separate entity entirely. We hope you enjoy the story we've built, and will continue to build together! If you'd like to follow us on the various platforms we are on, you can find the links to those below:https://instabio.cc/30530034CNt1iTheme song by Juan schmulenson: https://youtube.com/c/JuanSchmulensonOk

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Paul gives us fresh insight on Luke 15 discussing how the conclusion of each story is a Divine Party with great food, drinks, dancing and celebration! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a year since we were made redundant, let's party! One year ago, Lauren and Michelle were made redundant ON THE SAME DAY. In this throwback to March 30, 2021, from a Facebook live, the girls recount the faithful day that they were set free! ----more---- Want to see this live? Head here. https://www.facebook.com/Businessinthefrontpartyinthebackpodcast/videos/297492651743515 What do you get when you cross a medium with a business mentor? One hell of a podcast! New episode every Friday. Contact Business and Party Podcast with your questions or feedback: Email: businessandpartypodcast@gmail.com Business and Party Instagram https://www.instagram.com/businessandpartypodcast Business and Party Facebook Business In The Front, Party In The Back Podcast Meet your hosts: Michelle Price in her own words: I am self employed in the spiritual realm. My 21 year career as a radio journalist ended in March 2020 and I have been working for myself ever since. I offer oracle card readings, including past lives, business, health and relationship reads and anything else you can think of. I am also a Medium, meaning I am able to connect you with your passed over loved ones and I communicate with Ascended Masters, Guides and the Angels. As well, I offer Mentorship, helping you discover and develop your spiritual gifts. I also do freelance journalism meaning I can write you a fabulous bio, Media Release or magazine article. Contact Michelle Michelle R Price The Lightworker on Facebook: Michelle R Price The Lightworker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellerprice/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-brewer-65b49538/ Meet Lauren. Lauren runs Rah Rah Consulting and the Rah Rah Spirit Team Membership alongside three podcasts, The Rah Rah Podcast, The Afterlight and Business in the Front, Party in the Back. Over the last 15+ years, she has worked with overwhelmed or unmotivated business owners and employees who want to get organized, motivated, accountable, review their current business practices to create new and innovative revenue streams and strategies and kickstart their journey to further success. Lauren has put her years of learning, lessons and hard work into training and teachings available for members of the Rah Rah Spirit Team! Alongside running the Rah Rah Spirit Team, she also facilitates workshops and creates courses in the areas of: Self-Awareness Self-Care Time Management Overwhelm and Stress Management Leadership Public Speaking Mindset Relationships and Communications Social Media Marketing/Content Creation Programs are custom created based on the needs of the organization. Interested in one of her custom workshops? Get in touch: Info@rahrahconsulting.com Contact Lauren Rah Rah Consulting and the Rah Rah Spirit Team https://rahrahconsulting.com Reduce your work hours by half! Grab your ticket to our free masterclass! https://rahrahconsulting.com/freemasterclass/ Join Rah Rah's newsletter and get a free gift Download our exclusive handout, '33 Content Ideas To Increase Your Social Media Following!' Get it here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f17e8bcd1800a002751a362 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rahrahconsulting Facebook: Rah Rah Consulting Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/RahRahConsulting/boards/ Lauren's Podcasts: The Afterlight https://theafterlight.podbean.com/ The Rah Rah Podcast https://rahrahconsulting.com/the-rah-rah-podcast/845/

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The Royals are in first place, so we celebrate as much as they do! Plus, Brad Keller gets back on the horse, money talks, we Shout It Out, Salvy just keeps getting better, the NCAA is holding on for dear life, and it's all about chasing Pat.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Spring is nature's way of saying, ‘Let's Party!'” — Robin Williams

Grab the chips and dip! This week, the discussion is about greatest and funniest party accomplishments, mixed in with a couple of blunders as well. Plus, a fan question about best party moments. Would you party with the moms?This episode is sponsored by:Bulldog Online (promo code: MOM)KiwiCoKids Short StoriesBe sure to follow Because Mom Said So on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!

Cheers to you for being here no matter how long you have been listening! This is just us hanging out with the listeners of the show, having some beers and having some fun. Thank you for listening! DOWNLOAD: PerfectPourEpisode400.mp3 (light cussing) Sorry for the Instagram audio quality! For the new Lager Line Discord channel, CLICK HERE (open to ALL Perfect Pour listeners) AND you can find out how to join the Listener Friday Night Zoom there too. Check these links to get more involved with what we do!: CHECK OUR PATREON.  Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. Subscribe with Google Play. You can also find us on Spotify and Stitcher.  Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.  HOSTED BY: Nick. Matt. Mikey. MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.  Drop Us A Line: Email Perfect Pour.  Mikey would REALLY love it if you subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking  Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.  Our send “STUFF” to us address: The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay 2037 W. Bullard Ave #153 Fresno, CA 93711

JFC! This is The God Pod's 200th episode! Join us as we discuss how we started, where we've been and where we're going! We talk about how much we love each other! We answer lots of questions from our Patrons! And we read reviews, both bad and good! We also find time to discuss the latest Me-damn news and God issues a new commandment!------------------- Sign up for our weekly newsletter at:https://thegodpodcast.comFollow God on all social media platforms: https://kite.link/thegodpod We hope you enjoyed this free episode. Did you know we actually create TWO episodes per week? It's true! Every other episode of The God Pod is posted exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. In addition to getting an email with both of our episodes each week, you'll also unlock our entire back catalogue and gain access to our private chat server. Join today at: https://www.patreon.com/thegodpod

On this Bonus episode we follow up from our Phantom Menace episode late year with a look back at Attack of the Clones and re-visit George Lucas vision and what Star Wars was back in 2002 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jedi-order. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode, I am joined by Marisa Sweeney and Kendra Arnold, co-founders of the New Jersey Vegan Food Festival and the online marketplace, The Vegan Local. Additionally, Marisa is the owner and creator of Be Well Integrative Health Services, with 13 locations throughout NY, NY, and PA. Marisa is a registered dietitian nutritionist as well as a registered yoga teacher with over 700 hours of teacher training. Kendra Arnold likes vegan food, bikes, walking, and beer meetings. She's worked as a dog-walker, co-founded the New Jersey Vegan Food Festival and The Vegan Local. Be Well Integrative Health Services, with 13 locations throughout NY, NY, and PA: bewellihs.com New Jersey VegFest, also known as the New Jersey Vegan Food Festival njvegfest.com The Vegan Local theveganlocal.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeWellMorristown, https://www.facebook.com/NewJerseyVegFest, and https://www.facebook.com/theveganlocal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewellihs/, https://www.instagram.com/njvegfest/, and https://www.instagram.com/the_vegan_local/ Find Did you Bring the Hummus on Facebook or Instagram. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an episode and don't forget to share with your friends! Interested in my upcoming class Veganize It? Fill out the contact form on https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com for more information or email me at didyoubringthehummus@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! Music by JP Winters @musicbyjpw © 2021 Did You Bring the Hummus, LLC

Ever go through a partying phase? This week, 2 tales of teenagers exploring their wild side. Featuring Ophira Eisenberg (NPR’s Ask Me Another, Moth) and Denzer DeMatteo. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Binge the series. Play the home game.

Joel McCarty • Contrary to popular opinion, Jesus didn't walk around all the time as a somber ascetic. You could often find Him at parties and celebrations, hanging out with His own disciples and sinners alike. But what distinguished Jesus from others was that He never forgot the reason for the party. Resurrection was coming, and that was reason for celebration.

Are you sick of being told you have only two political options in the United States of America? Are you tired of hearing supporting a third party is wasted effort? Do you simply want to end the duopoly? Long time indie film director Brad Leo Lyon is helping lead that charge through the culture, as Brad joins The Brian Nichols Show to discuss his brand new movie, "LET'S PARTY"; the definitive rebuttal to the old adage that supporting third parties is wasted effort. Support LET'S PARTY: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-party-a-movie-to-end-the-duopoly#/ Webite: www.LetsPartyMovie.com Sponsored By: Breaking Boundaries with Brad Polumbo: Join Brad Polumbo as he interviews top writers, politicians, and thinkers from all across the political spectrum to give you a new perspective you won't find in the mainstream liberal media or right-wing echo chambers. MUDWTR: Start your new morning ritual with MUD! LINK for TBNS Listeners: https://bit.ly/38QBpHx Support The Brian Nichols Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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HAPPY VENUS IN SCORPIO CARD READINGS! LET'S PARTY!! Coming to you with the 411 on the planets, especially VENUS IN SCORPIO and as an extra treat, I do very QUICK CARD READINGS FOR ALL 12 SIGNS!!!! Blessings to all, CapricornTigress astrologyalookinside.com Learn ALL about Astrology A Look Inside HERE!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrienne-obey/message

Remember February? When impeachment was the biggest new story? Then the rona hit and everything got more and more absurd and unbelievable? Now Joe Biden is the new president? Or is he??? Well the election of 1800 was just as chaotic, probably even more so...we have a 240ish year head start, they were making up rules as they went! This was a wild one folks, and it could very possibly happen again! Have a listen.   George joins me after a hectic week to talk about the cattle markets and what to expect in the continuing weeks with the continued election shit show. We also say thanks to our many veterans out there, thank you all for your service, and Happy Veteran's Day!   Featured Music Universal Sound - Tyler Childers   Sponsors Stetson Ranches Loma Livestock Horny Toad Saddlery   Featured Small Business RB Leather   Go Follow  Jese Stetson Loma Livestock Horny Toad Saddlery Facebook YouTube  Website     Contact  matt@burnin-daylight.com Spotify Playlists Featured Music Playlist Requests Playlist

JD and Thunder remember totally rad birthday parties.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series Champions! We break down all of the action in the Dodgers’ World Series-clinching win over the Rays, and react to the Dodgers winning their first title since 1988. Plus, all of your thoughts, comments, and questions about your World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ah, yes. Season 2. The writing gets sharper. The plots get stronger. The cast really settles into their respective roles, and all in all the show becomes a much more cohesive unit. A well oiled machine that pushes the series to new heights and sets the actors and crew up for immense success. Of course that probably won’t happen on Cinema Sopabox. We’ll still go down rabbit holes, drink too much, say the most moronic shit, and care about nothing more than cracking each other up. You know how we do: The Intro, A Shot Of Tequila, What’s The Last Thing You Saw?, What Is Robbie Clark Drinking?, The Main Event, Impression Game, and The Outro. IT NEVER GETS OLD!! Nothing is off limits! Nobody's safe! This is madness. This is chaos. THIS! IS! CINEMA SOAPBOX! #dicksuave #eyediosmio #imapproaching #fooFIGHtuhs #apricums #jazzapples #duderanch #bashful #taintlime #lassieisclassy #dickjustice #racistpuffs #eyedosmio The Soapbox Online: HQ - https://bit.ly/2UaB4q5 FB - https://bit.ly/2FIXPxY Idiotsyncratic: HQ - http://bit.ly/2KYuYHW FB - http://bit.ly/2XYoE6V Hundred Proof History: HQ - http://bit.ly/2HdQA0b FB - http://bit.ly/2P3gvOG "La Ciudad" theme courtesy of The Pajammas Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/2RItiXx Facebook - https://bit.ly/2MrkhfJ

On Friday, September 25, 2020, U2 turns 44! The fan community loves to honor this day which gives us a chance to reminisce about U240 in Cleveland. We were there and we know many of you were, too. Come celebrate with us! instagram.com/the_gardentarts twitter.com/the_gardentarts www.thegardentarts.com #u2 #bono #u240 #u244 #thegardentarts #u2podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegardentarts/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thegardentarts/support

It's 2020!! Let's Party!! The promise of God's ultimate victory is so sure that it's as if it has already happened. Party time!!!

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College students who knew they had the Covid-19 virus decided to throw a house party and were fined $500. Should they have been punished more?

I just want to point out that Minisode 6 is coming out on the 6th at 6am (Pacific). Make of that what you will.

Our RHONY gals return from Mexico and continue to discuss Dorinda's anger issues. Leah celebrates 15 years of her company, Married to the Mob, and Sonja throws a launch party for her fashion line, Sonja by Sonja Morgan, at Century 21. In Potomac, Ashley & Candiace reconcile, only leaving tension between Candiace and Gizelle. The Hugers, (really, just Karen) throw a house bash for her return to Potomac from Great Falls. Does Robyn bring the pizza? WTB covers RHOBH finale thoughts, Andy Cohen's draft for his quarantine housewives team, and will Stassi get a spin off show?Follow ME @bravoyinzerFollow us @bleavpodcasts and @bleavpopculture

Vi fejrer, at vi endelig har nået 10.000 følgere på vores Facebook og Instagram! Derfor får I det helt specielle afsnit, som vi har produceret for at udtrykke vores store taknemmelighed overfor jer alle sammen. Vi havde faktisk overvejet at holde en stor fest for jer alle sammen, men ingen fest er stor nok til at fejre dette historiske øjeblik! Sådan havde Kong Henrik d. 8. af England og Frans d. 1. af Frankrig det faktisk også, da de i 1520 endelig sluttede fred mellem de to nationer. Derfor besluttede de sig for at holde den største fest i mands minde. Det blev til tre ugers party-uartig, der fik Roskilde Festival til at ligne en børnehave. Der var nemlig rigeligt med guld, sprut, damer og ikke mindst vold. Tusind, tusind tak for den store støtte, I har vist os indtil nu!

Greg Cote and Randy Scott join the crew today. We discuss our party days, dumb things we did when we were young, sports restarting and much more.

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We're getting into the nitty gritty of how to meal prep, what to use in place of different nut butters, how to troubleshoot an overzealous toddler who likes to add salt and PEELING THOSE DAMN CHICKPEAS!   Recipes linked in the episode: https://whatsgabycooking.com/category/menu-plans/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/hummus-and-herbed-baked-pita-chips/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/loaded-summer-hummus/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/calabrian-chili-hummus/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/everything-hummus/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/green-goddess-hummus/     Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Gaby-Cooking-What-Recipes/dp/1419742868/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=gaby+dalkin&qid=1578324592&s=books&sr=1-1   Featured Company: https://sitkasalmonshares.com/   Produced by Dear Media.

The Dudes tackle throwing a surprise party, their worst party experiences, and their favorite games!

Welcome to the BSpoke Podcast with ellyB! It's my birthday—and I'm celebrating quarantine style with the launch of this podcast! Join me in this first episode, where I share a little more about why I launched this podcast and recap what I took away from the Erykah Badu vs Jill Scott battle! You can learn more about ellyB and the B Collective by visiting elianabaucicault.com.Show Notes:How the Erykah Badu and Jill Scott Battle Relates to Business (2:40)What I took away from the battle: (3:40)1. How can I apply this to my business?2. The unity that these two queens had when people have pitted them against each other. There is more than enough room for everyone.3. This collaboration was what exactly what the people needed.Linkshttp://www.missjillscott.com/http://www.erykah-badu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/thebacademy/http://elianabaucicault.com/https://ellybevents.com/http://thebcollectiveawards.com/https://thebcollective.co/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HAPPY NATIONAL NURSES WEEK! Join us as we celebrate the people out there doing heavy lifting in hospitals and saving lives. Today we're partying with sister, master Tweeter and nurse Deidre Emerson (@lilredrooster)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 Find show notes for this episode at https://www.holidaypartypodcast.com/may-6-may-12-2020-national-nurses-week-with-deidre-emerson

In today's episode we discuss party games that are language-independent, the use of "dummy" players in games, as well as what we have played this week. Games mentioned in this week's episode include: Dixit, Mysterium, One Night: Ultimate Werewolf, Tzolk'in, Ninjato, Raids, The King is Dead, Coal Baron, Smallworld, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle and expansion, Curios, Biblios, Zodiac Clash, Jaipur, Zoolywood, Yinsh, Marquis, The Great Heartland Hauling Co., Automobiles, Jungle Speed, Skull, Codenames: Pictures, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, and Trieste. As a fairly new podcast, we hope that you enjoy our content and like, share, and subscribe to our weekly gambits. Feel free to comment on our podcast, or find us on Instagram or Facebook by clicking the links below. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgamegambit/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegambit/ Intro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music: [Sitcom Rock Sting 2] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our new co-host Michelle finally joins us from the deep, dark recesses of parenting in the time of Corona. To celebrate her emergence, she and Christian discuss Voodoo Doughnuts, ugly toes, and saying "f***" at home... and for good measure, they even throw in a philosophical discussion about the Tao Te Ching.

HAPPY NATIONAL GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH DAY! Join us as we celebrate those delicious cheese filled dreams. Today we're partying with pal, comedian and grilled cheese fan Dan Kapr (Twitch.TV/DanHasJokes)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 Find show notes at https://www.holidaypartypodcast.com/april-12-2020-national-grilled-cheese-sandwich-day-with-dan-kapr

Tonight I decided to just kick back w yall. Music and chat. So much anxiety everywhere let's just keep it light tonight --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seductivestorm/support

MAKE UP YOUR OWN HOLIDAY DAY with Kevin Tit! Join us as we celebrate making up even more things to celebrate. Today we're partying with celebrated friend, celebrated comedian and celebrated music man Kevin Tit!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 Find show notes at https://www.holidaypartypodcast.com/march-26-2020-make-up-your-own-holiday-day-with-kevin-tit

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HAPPY INCONVENIENCE YOURSELF DAY! Join us as celebrate everything the stuff that gets in the way of other stuff. Today we're celebrating with the lovely and sometimes inconvenient Amy Cowan (aacowan.com)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 SHOW NOTES Definition of the topic Inconvenience, as defined by Merriam-Webster is:  Something that is inconvenient….or not convenient especially in giving trouble or annoyance The top definition on Urban Dictionary, with 16 thumbs up, is that Inconvenience is “a version of baseball you play when you do not have enough people to field two full teams. The rules are that “you can only hit to right field or left field, which you have to call before you are up. If you hit to the opposite field, you are out. The outfield can throw the ball to the pitcher to get the lead runner out.” Conveniently, or inconveniently depending on how you look at it, this is also the most downvoted definition of “inconvenience” on Urban Dictionary, with 47 thumbs down. It was posted on July 12, 2004 by “Steve”. The only other definition of “inconvenience” on UD was posted on November 2, 2019, and states that inconvenience is the “trouble or difficulty caused to one’s personal requirements or comfort.”  It has no votes either way, and was added by the user “TheUnseenWriter” (lol) History of the holiday According to Worldwide Weird Holidays, Inconvenience Yourself Day has been celebrated on the 4th Wednesday in February since 2006. The holiday was created by Julie Thompson, the then (and now?) president of Environmental Resources Network in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to encourage everyone to recognize how our actions impact the lives of those around us I checked, and this sadly means that it will never fall on Leap Day, which is too bad because it would make it an incredibly inconvenient holiday “It’s easy to become so focused on our own crazy to-do lists that we forget to hold open a door, let a customer with only a few items get ahead of us in line, thank someone who has helped us or just be kind to others when there is no tangible benefit to us.” Its goal is not only to recognize a person’s self awareness in life, but also to acknowledge other peoples’ lives and actions as well. There are times where you need to put yourself first, but this day is meant to encourage you to try to put someone else before you And according to WWH, “the secret payoff of inconveniencing ourselves: it makes us feel good. Who knows? It could become a habit. Slow down, say thanks, and have a happy Inconvenience Yourself Day!” Fun facts and opinions A 2018 NYTimes opinion piece by Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia, entitled “The Tyranny of Convenience”, says that “convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today.” Defining convenience as the more efficient and easier ways of doing personal tasks, Wu describes its effects on our individual lives and our economies.  “Convenience seems to make our decisions for us, trumping what we like to imagine are our true preferences. Easy is better, easiest is best.”  “Convenience has the ability to make other options unthinkable.” Why wash your dishes or clothes by hand when you can let machines do it? When you can watch streaming television or listen to a podcast anytime you want, why would you bother with waiting for a prescribed radio or television hour? Why would you use BIng when you have Google? Resisting convenience, such as refusing to get a smartphone or printing out Mapquest instructions instead of using a GPS, must “come to require a special kind of dedication that is often taken for eccentricity, if not fanaticism.”  The “article describes two separate cultural waves of convenience,” with the first taking place in the early 20th century with labor-saving inventions for the home and industry, such as convenience foods, washing machines, electric vacuum cleaners, and factory farming. The inventions were quickly embraced, since people thought it would free them from extraneous labor and offer the possibility of leisure for the first time, meaning that time could be used instead for hobbies, education, or binge watching I Love Lucy or The Jetsons This first wave began to wane and people seemed to intentionally embrace some inconvenience in the 60s and 70s in order to resist conformity and retain a sense of individuality. So it was fitting that the second wave of convenience, which occurred in the 1980s, would co-opt this ideal by presenting the idea of personal technology with the invention of the Sony Walkman.  According to Wu, “if the first convenience revolution promised to make life and work easier for you, the second promised to make it easier to be you. The new technologies were catalysts of selfhood. They conferred efficiency on self-expression.”  This version of convenience is no longer occupied with saving physical labor or creating free time--”it is about minimizing the mental resources, the mental exertion, required to choose among the options that express ourselves. Convenience is one-click, one-stop shopping, the seamless experience of “plug and play.” The ideal is personal preference with no effort.” But convenience has a dark side. “With its promise of smooth, effortless efficiency, it threatens to erase the sort of struggles and challenges that help give meaning to life. Created to free us, it can become a constraint on what we are willing to do, and thus in a subtle way it can enslave us.”  We pay a premium for convenience. As Wu states, “We are spoiled by immediacy and become annoyed by tasks that remain at the old level of effort and time. When you can skip the line and buy concert tickets on your phone, waiting in line to vote in an election is irritating.” (On the other hand, I miss the days of buying concert tickets in person. Not only were they cheaper, but I’m a sentimental fuck who loves keeping the physical tickets as a memento) Wu presents the concept of a paradoxical truth that today’s technologies of individualization are technologies of mass individualization, and that customization can be surprisingly homogenizing. Social media like Facebook and Instagram are vehicles intended to help you present your unique self, yet their formats and conventions force us to present ourselves as overwhelmingly the same He argues that “being a person is only partly about having and exercising choices. It is also about how we face up to situations that are thrust upon us, about overcoming worthy challenges and finishing difficult tasks--the struggles that help make us who we are.” “Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey...We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes.” Wu recommends that “we need to consciously embrace the inconvenient...if you want to be someone, you cannot allow convenience to be the value that transcends all others. Struggle is not always a problem. Sometimes struggle is a solution. It can be the solution to the question of who you are.” We already do this to a great degree, though we call these inconveniences other names, such as hobbies or passions. If you’re into wood carving, glass-blowing, exercise, or talking about inconvenience on your hobby podcast, you already making inconvenient choices in order to create your own character and give your life meaning.  Wu concludes by insisting that “we must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest. The constellation of inconvenient choices may be all that stands between us and a life of total, efficient conformity.” If you do find yourself annoyed by inconveniences that were not intentional, such as locking yourself out, dealing with intense traffic, or breaking your phone, sersanoconsulting.com has some advice for how to change your perspective and therefore your experience of the inconvenient.  Remind yourself that these problems are almost certainly temporary Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions during these moments of inconvenience. See if you can take a different course of action that will counteract the typical build-up of frustration and irritation. For example, if you lock yourself out of your home and catch yourself in a spiral of blame or anger, see what else you can do with the time you’re about to spend locked out, such as taking a walk and exploring a different neighborhood, or in my case, developing a real appreciation for how fucking difficult it is to actually break into someone’s home thanks to modern door locks You don’t have to get mentally stuck when your plans go off the rails, since the misfortune is not likely to be eternal and you can make the choice to not let that time and emotion go to waste A thinkpiece from HackSpirit.com entitled “These 20 inconvenient truths about life are hard to admit but they’ll change your life when you do” highlight some “hard truths about life that will benefit you in the long run” to accept, including: We haven’t got that much control in life Our expectations are what cause are [sic] suffering Everything, even you, is imperfect Worrying is a complete waste of time The best lessons often come from hardships We often confuse being busy with being productive Most of us don’t need more to be happy, we need less As a society, we’re way too focused on outer beauty Most arguments we have are pointless It’s easier to hold onto the way things are than to learn and grow Everyone will die You give your own life meaning There is no such thing as a perfect partner Life isn’t that serious Everything will come to an end Be realistic Make a change or don’t complain The best lessons often come from hardships (see brutal truth #3) Most of us don’t need more to be happy, we need less (smh) Here’s mine: Proofreading is a necessary inconvenience Science shows that inconvenience can actually be really  good for you, especially when helping others!  Mentalfloss sites that “studies indicate that the very act of giving back to the community boosts your happiness, health, and sense of well-being”, and offers “7 Scientific Benefits of Helping Others” “Helping others can help you live longer” because activities such as volunteering or helping those in need can improve your “ability to manage stress and stave off disease” as well as reduce rates of depression and increase a sense of life satisfaction. This could be related to the fact that volunteering can alleviate loneliness and support our social lives, which are factors that strongly affect our long-term health One study shows that “altruism is contagious,” and found that “people are more likely to perform feats of generosity after observing another do the same”, which in turn can have a ripple effect within a community  “Helping others makes us happy”! A team of sociologists “tracked 2000 people over a five-year period and found that Americans who described themselves as ‘very happy’ volunteered at least 5.8 hours per month.” This boost could come from being the byproduct of being more physically active, being more socially active, or even from providing volunteers with a neurochemical sense of reward “Helping others may help with chronic pain.” One study showed that participants who suffered from chronic pain experienced a reduction in their own symptoms after working as peer volunteers “Helping others lowers blood pressure.” Some research has shown that “older individuals who volunteered for at least 200 hours a year decreased their risk of hypertension by 40%. This could possibly be because they were provided with more social opportunities, which help relieve loneliness and the stress that often accompanies it.”  “Helping others promotes positive behaviors in teens,” as teenage volunteers generally have better grades and self-image And finally, “helping others gives us a sense of purpose and satisfaction,” particularly when a person no longer holds a life-defining role such as “worker” or “parent.”  Psychology Today echoes these sentiments with their article, “In Helping Others, You Help Yourself” The “warm glow” of pro-sociality that one can experience after helping someone else “is thought to be one of the drivers of generous behavior in humans [because] the positive feelings associated with helping others is that being prosocial reinforces our sense of relatedness to others, thus helping us meet our most basic psychological needs.”  Activities such as volunteering, altruistic behavior, and spending money on others rather than ourselves have repeatedly shown boosts in well-being, a sense of meaning and purpose, general happiness, and lower rates of depression.  There is even neural evidence suggesting a link between acts of generosity and happiness in the brain. Simply the intent and commitment to generosity can stimulate the neural change and make people happier fMRI studies show that donating money to charities activates the same (mesolimbic) regions of the brain that respond to monetary rewards or sex Other research from Columbia University shows that helping others regulate their emotions helps us regulate our own, decreases symptoms of depression, and improve our well-being since we are enhancing our own emotion regulation skills “Social regulation of emotion is a key component of our relationships. Whenever we navigate children through tantrums, help a friend through a breakup, or rely on our partners for comfort after a challenging day, we often engage in social regulation of emotion... “The two most common ways to help others regulate their emotions are through acceptance ([by] showing empathy by validating their feelings) and reappraisal ([or] helping others think about their situation in a different way).” The study was done over a 3 week period, during which “participants were provided with an anonymous online environment where they could share their personal stories of stressful life events.” They were also able to provide emotional support to each other by replying to entries with short, empathetic messages.  “Participants helped each other by identifying potential distortions of thinking, suggesting reappraisal strategies or providing words of acceptance. Responses were rated for their degree of helpfulness and participants were given the opportunity to express their gratitude for the acceptance or reappraisal messages that they received from others. “The results showed that helping others to regulate their emotions predicted better emotional and cognitive outcomes for those participants who were giving the help. Moreover, because heightened levels of self-focused attention are common in depression, the more people helped others, the more their helping behavior predicted a reduction in their own depression, thanks to the use of reappraisal in their own daily lives. The article recommends that the “next time you find yourself helping someone with regulating their emotions, consider how your efforts may be providing you with an opportunity to practice for future situations at a distance, and consequently, improving your emotional well-being. Thus when it comes to the benefits of social regulation, St. Francis of Assisi’s words ring especially poignant: ‘For it is in the giving that we receive.’” There may be times when doing something kindly inconvenient will go south, though, such as the following examples from the Reader’s Digest article “14 Random Acts of Kindness That Went Totally Wrong” Reddit user dendaddy’s wife donated her kidney to a stranger, and the bills were supposed to be taken care of by the recipient. However, dendaddy and his wife learned that the recipient’s insurance hadn’t paid the bill in full and the recipient wasn’t paying it either. Since then, a collection agency has been after dendaddy’s family for the inconvenient sum of $10,000 Judith Re told Reader’s Digest,”I was purchasing fruit at a truck where several homeless men were congregating. As I purchased my fruits, I bought apples to give to each of the men. [but as I handed out the last apple, one of the men told me], ‘I’m sorry but we can’t eat these because our teeth aren’t strong enough.’” “Working out on the steps of an amphitheater, Scott Deuty, author of the book ‘Secrets of an Over 50 Fat Man’, noticed a woman and her daughter who were also working out on the steps. Inspired by the scene, Deuty responded by giving a copy of his book to the mother. Apparently, this gesture was not appreciated because the daughter responded by angrily throwing the book down the stairs!” I mean. a) what narcissistic maniac is just carrying around copies of his own goddamn book while working out and b) who the fuck wants to have to now carry a goddamn book around while they’re trying to work out that some idiot just handed them and c) the implication that the woman was fat is super obvious to everyone except apparently Scott Deuty When Veonne Anderson saw a pregnant woman smoking, she wanted to give her an encouraging word about quitting smoking for her baby’s sake. She started by telling her how pretty she looked, then asked her how many months she was. “How many…? What?”, the woman replied. “You’re pregnant, no? I mean, I thought…” “Not pregnant. Just fat.” Instant karma. Fuck you, Veonne. “When you see someone driving with a flat tire, it seems reasonable to flag them down. But Reddit user, whistledick, went beyond that simple kindness, pulling over and offering to take the driver to a convenience store to purchase a can of fix-a-flat. Unfortunately, according to whistledick, “Not only did they ride in my car silently, offering no thanks, but they also stole my wallet out of my console when I wasn’t looking.” When a homeless man asked Reddit user, hourmc, for food, hourmc gave the man the chicken salad sandwich he had with him. “Ain’t nobody gonna eat that,” the man said, refusing the sandwich. Hourmc recalled feeling “strangely rejected” Yet another Reddit user, capatiller, let a longtime friend stay in her spare bedroom when the friend was leaving an abusive husband. Capatiller’s friend then showed her gratitude by starting an affair with capatiller’s fiance, and the two of them then kicked capatiller out of the house and took up residency there together.  Our final Reddit user named Thundernut was trail running when he encountered a fallen tree on the path. He decided to move the tree as a good deed, but then felt a pain on his knee. Then another. He soon realized he was being attacked by a swarm of bees that were nesting in the tree. Thundernut then spent three days in the hospital with anaphylaxis That all said, if your attempts to help someone backfire, take advantage of those emotional regulation skills of yours and remember that your discomfort is simply temporary and that anaphylaxis will only help your journey to being a better version of you :) What it means to me This was an incredibly inconvenient holiday to research “Inconvenient” is really inconvenient to type It’s more obvious that modern day conveniences are actually having some long-term consequences. Convenience food is terrible for you, single-use plastics and other similar inventions are terrible for the environment, and social media is terrible for your social life Activities to celebrate Whatever you do today, be sure to do it with the #InconvenienceYourselfDay hashtag on all your social media Worldwide Weird Holidays has a few suggestions to “slow the pace of [your] hectic lives, if only for today.” Call a friend instead of texting Write a letter instead of a Facebook message Cook a favorite meal instead of throwing something together (or getting delivery) Maybe even get the “good” china out of storage, because what the hell are you even saving it for? Take a walk without any mobile devices and look around at your neighborhood, not just the view of the sidewalk you see past your cell phone WikiHow, as always, comes to the rescue with the following breakdown of precisely how to Inconvenience Yourself today Be there for someone else emotionally--if someone you know needs to talk, give them your full attention. Give them advice and try to get them to see a positive aspect in whatever they’re going through. Everyone loves smiles and hugs, especially in a stressful situation Make children feel appreciated--”When parents are buried in work, household chores to maintain a clean & safe house, and bill payment deadlines to meet, it’s hard to set some time off to spend quality time with kids. Help them out with homework, have fun preparing for a test by creating index card games, take them to the park, or even play their favorite video game with them.” Perform a random act of kindness to a stranger--”don’t hesitate to let someone in the supermarket line before you if they have a few things while you have a full cart. Open the door for a senior citizen and allow them to walk in/out before you.” Be patient on the road--”Allow people to go in front of you to make a merge and never play the ‘bumper-to-bumper game’ so that people can’t merge. Avoid taking a parking space because it’s closer and more convenient for you; go further back to allow someone else the chance - it’s also good exercise to walk.” Achieve success at work--”Use this day to re-evaluate how you present yourself towards others. Offer help to someone first; don’t wait for them to come to you. Explain things with specific instructions instead of a basic overview. Take the time out and ensure that they are presented with the best assistance.” Avoid doing “me” things--”’Me’ things are activities or wants that people desire to do in their spare or leisure time by themselves. Examples could be sleeping in to a later time, taking a stress-free walk by themselves, or reading a book in a peaceful and quiet place. Agree to an outing with friends or attend your daughter’s stuffed animal tea party.” Reflect on “Inconvenience Yourself Day”-- “If you have put someone else before you, how did it make you feel? Were you satisfied or unhappy with the result(s)? Try to adapt and practice this everyday and see if it comes back to you.” Weekendnotes.com offers this comprehensive schedule for a proper celebration of the holiday “You start the day by waking up at 5AM, you need to celebrate the day to its fullest The first thing you do is start a load of all your bath towels Then, you take a freezing cold shower for 15 minutes When you’re done you realize you have no towel You figure out that problem and then you get dressed The thing is that you don’t get dressed the convenient way Put your clothes on backwards and inside out Once you’re completely dressed you go get the ingredients for cereal As you are pouring the milk you look at the time and then freak out, you’re late for work You spill the milk and then decide that you need something to eat You get your purse/wallet and then remember you need your coat You put your purse/wallet down and your coat on and get your car keys off the key hook You get in the car and hurry to the store Once you’re at the checkout you remember you have no money, because you forgot your purse/wallet You hurry to your car, just to remember that you locked your keys in the car You call the police to see if they can open the door, but the closest police man is over a half an hour away You call a friend who thankfully takes you to work But you’re late! And your boss is mad at you, for being late for the past week He gives you an insane amount of overtime, which you know you deserve You finish a hard day of work at 7PM, dealing with various inconveniences you made for yourself You didn’t wear your suit, so you had to borrow another employees extra one Well, you spilled coffee on it, so you had to find another just like it You yell at your friend, because she was yelling at you for ruining her suit and you just made the meaning of the special holiday come true  You return to the store and a police officer arrives. He goes through many ID questions, but realizes you are legit You go home just to find spoiled, bumpy, smelly milk all over your kitchen floor After you clean it up you realize it is 8PM You put your cell phone in the charger and the power to the house turns off You change into your most uncomfortable outfit and go to sleep INCONVENIENCE YOURSELF DAY Mixtape Help! By The Beatles The Inconvenient Truth by Nervus Unsolicited by Disadvantages The Annoying Song by Butthole Surfers Watch Out For This (Bumaye) by Major Lazer, Busy Signal, The Flexican, FS Green Do Somethin’ by Britney Spears Help I’m Alive by Metric Pain In The Ass by Nina Kraviz Kitties and Inconveniences by Iamjakehill World of Inconvenience by Dub Trio featuring King Buzzo Lose Yourself by Eminem Find You by Zedd, Matthew Koma, Miriam Bryant https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3f9XQw3stUg8sZDSV24b3M?si=ensyNxXUQiKk0KiHw5wfIQ And never forget what our wise “prince of paradox” Gilbert K. Chesterton once said, “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” GKC was an English write, philosopher, and lay theologian, often referred to as the “prince of paradox” [embed]https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3f9XQw3stUg8sZDSV24b3M?si=ensyNxXUQiKk0KiHw5wfIQ[/embed] SOURCES https://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Inconvenience-Yourself-Day https://www.worldwideweirdholidays.com/inconvenience-yourself-day/ https://www.weekendnotes.com/celebrate-national-inconvenience-yourself-day/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inconvenience https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Inconvenience https://hackspirit.com/20-brutal-truths-life-will-make-better-person-1/ https://www.sersanoconsulting.com/2017/09/inconvenience-perspective/ https://www.treehugger.com/culture/why-convenience-overrated.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyranny-convenience.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71964/7-scientific-benefits-helping-others https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-cultures/201805/in-helping-others-you-help-yourself https://www.rd.com/true-stories/acts-of-kindness-gone-wrong/

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HAPPY NATIONAL NOTHING DAY! Join us as we celebrate the vast emptiness of the lack of anything. Today we're celebrating with writer and fellow fan of nothing Norm Quarrinton (Twitter: @NormanQ)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 SHOW NOTES History/Fun facts about the topic How do we define “nothing”? (What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “nothing”?) An article from Vice summarizes this conundrum pretty well. “Nothing is a concept so deceptively simple that it inhabits the strange intersection of science, philosophy, and language itself. Like a child asking “Why?” to the point of absurdity, trying to get to the bottom of this problem can be pretty frustrating” “‘Nothing’, used as a pronoun subject, is the absence of a something or particular thing that one might expect or desire to be present (“We found nothing”, “Nothing was there”) or the inactivity of a thing or things that are usually or could be active (“Nothing moved”, “Nothing happened”). As a predicate or complement “nothing” is the absence of meaning, value, worth, relevance, standing, or significance (“It is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing”; “The affair meant nothing”; “I’m nothing in their eyes”).  Grammatically, the word “nothing” is an indefinite pronoun, which means that it refers to something. According to cute-calendar.com, “one might argue that ‘nothing’ is a concept, and since concepts are things, the concept of “nothing” itself is a thing. Many philosophers hold that the word “nothing” does not function as a noun, as there is no object to which it refers.” “Nothingness” is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexistence, sometimes reified as a domain or dimension into which things pass when they cease to exist or out of which they may come to exist, e.g. God is understood to have created the universe ex nihilo, “out of nothing”. Creatio ex nihilo is one of the most common themes in ancient myths and religions Western philosophy has been obsessing over “nothingness” for a  very long time. To avoid linguistic traps over the meaning of “nothing”, philosophers will often use a phrase such as not-being to make clear what is being discussed One of the earliest Western philosophers to consider nothing as a concept was Parmenides, a Greek philosopher of the monist school who lived in the 5th century BC. He reasoned that “nothing” cannot exist because to speak of a thing, one has to speak of a thing that exists. Since we can speak of a thing in the past, this thing must still exist (in some sense) now. From this, he concludes that there is no such thing as change, there can be no such things as coming-into-being, passing-out-of-being, or not-being Parmenides was an influence for other philosophers such as Socrates and Plato, though Aristotle shrugged him off, concluding, “Although these opinions seem to follow logically in a dialectical discussion, yet to believe them seems next door to madness when one considers the facts.”  Aristotle provided an escape from the logical problem posed by Parmenides by distinguishing things that are matter and things that are space. In this scenario, space is not “nothing” but, rather, a receptacle in which objects of matter can be placed. The true void (as “nothing”) is different from “space” and is removed from consideration.  This characterization of space reached its pinnacle with Isaac Newton who asserted the existence of absolute space. Rene Descartes, however, espoused an argument similar to Parmenides, which denied the existence of space. For Descartes, there was matter, and there was extension of matter leaving no room for the existence of “nothing.” In modern times, Albert Einstein’s concept of spacetime has led many scientists, including Einstein himself, to adopt a position remarkably similar to Parmenides. On the death of his friend Michelle Besso, Einstein consoled his widow with the words, “Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of time. That signifies nothing. For those of us that believe in physics, the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”  Existentialists really like to spend a lot of time considering ‘nothing.’ “The most prominent figure among the existentialists is Jean-Paul Sartre, whose ideas in his book Being and Nothingness are heavily influenced by Being and Time of Martin Heidegger, although Heidegger later stated that he was misunderstood by Satre.  Sartre defines two kinds of “being” or etre. One kind is etre-en-soi, the brute existence of things such as a tree. The other kind is etre-pour-soi which is consciousness. Sartre claims that this second kind of being is “nothing” since consciousness cannot be an object of consciousness and can possess no essence. Sartre uses this conception of nothing as the foundation of his atheist philosophy, since equating nothingness with being leads to creation from nothing. Hence, God is no longer needed for there to be existence Modern day philosopher Jim Holt describes nothingness as “a state in which everything is not self-identical. If for all x, x is unequal to x; that sentence in logic describes a state of nothingness. It doesn’t help the imagination, but it doesn’t give rise to any contradictions. It can only be true if nothing exists, because if anything exists, it equals itself.” He also contends that, “Nothing is the simplest way that reality could turn out; it’s the least arbitrary, because it excludes everything. Once you take that seriously, you begin to think, ‘That’s how it should have been; why should there be something rather than nothing?’” Of course, the understanding of ‘nothing’ varies between cultures. In some Eastern philosophies, the concept of “nothingness” is characterized by an egoless state of being in which one fully realizes one’s own small part in the cosmos.  Sunyata, or emptiness, is considered a state of mind in some forms of Buddhism--achieving ‘nothing’ in this tradition allows one to be totally focused on a thought or activity at a level of intensity that they would not be able to achieve if they were consciously thinking.  A classic example of this is an archer attempting to erase the mind and clear the thoughts to better focus on the shot Some have pointed to similarities between the Buddhist conception of nothingness and the ideas of Martin Heidegger and existentialists like Sartre Before moving on from the philosophical interpretations of “nothing,” I would be remiss to not mention Seinfeld, which is popularly known as “the show about nothing” as many of its episodes are about the minutiae of daily life.  According to a BBC article, “Was Seinfeld Really ‘About Nothing’?”, the show “revealed the same problems of being that nauseated the existentialists: the tiniest acts of its characters come together to wreak havoc, sometimes on other characters, more commonly on unsuspecting strangers.” “...one could argue [the show] has a strong nihilistic streak throughout its run - if it’s about ‘nothing’, it’s about the nothingness of existence, the futility of it all.” Just as with ‘nothing’ throughout history, books have been written about Seinfeld since it’s conclusion, colleges offer classes on it that tend to fill to capacity, and think pieces still regularly pop up about the show, despite its finale airing over twenty years ago, on May 14, 1998. From the article, Seinfeld is one of many major works of pop culture that “show us why we say the things we do, do the things we do, thinking the things we think, like the things we like. Seinfeld teaches us what at least one sliver of life was like in 1990s America: silly, banal, self-indulgent, self-obsessed and maybe even nihilistic underneath it all” and shows us “the more universal tendencies we share: we’re probably still a little self-indulgent, even more self-obsessed and still questioning what it all means. And any show that makes us think about all of that - while making nihilism and existentialism fun - can’t really be about nothing after all, can it?” Both philosophically and mathematically, the concept of “zero” has a bumpy history. The ancient Greeks hated the concept of zero so much that they refused to incorporate it into their number system, even when their astronomical calculations called for it. They were uneasy, thinking, “How can nothing be something?”  Aristotle once wrote, “Nature abhors a vacuum,” and so did he (I’m naming my next dog Aristotle). His complete rejection of vacuums and voids and his subsequent influence on centuries of learning prevented the adoption and the concept of zero in the Western world until around the 13th century, when Italian bankers found it to be extraordinarily useful in financial transactions Other terms for ‘zero’ include ‘nought’, which is where“naughty” is derived from because it was bad to be nothing. Zero was thought of as Devil’s work and the antithesis of God “Zero” was first seen in cuneiform tablets written around 300 BC by Babylonians who used it as a placeholder (to distinguish 36 from 306 or 360, for example). The concept of zero in its mathematical sense was developed in India in the 5th century, and popularized in Europe by Fibonacci in the eleventh century Any number divided by zero is...nothing, not even zero. The equation is mathematically impossible A mathematical concept of nothing proposed by science journalist Charles Seife, who authored “Zero: The Biography of of a Dangerous idea,” proposed starting with a set of numbers that included only the number zero, then removing zero, leaving with is called a null set In computing, “nothing” can be a keyword used in place of something unassigned, a data abstraction. Although a computer’s storage hardware always contains numbers, “nothing” symbolizes a number skipped by the system when the programmer desires. May systems have similar capabilities but different keywords, such as “null”, “NUL”, “nil”, and “None” In physics, the concept of “nothing” can be a touchy and complex subject to consider. Generally, a region of space is called a vacuum if it does not contain any matter, though it can contain physical fields. In fact, it is practically impossible to construct a region of space that contains no matter or fields, since gravity cannot be blocked and all objects at a non-zero temperature radiate electromagnetically According to theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, “Even if [space] is as empty as it can be, there are still quantum mechanical [properties] - they’re just in a zero-energy state not doing anything. But you could probe the vacuum, as particle physics does, and discover its properties.” Empty space is instead filled with pairs of particles and antiparticles, called virtual particles, that quickly form and then, in accordance with the law of energy conservation, annihilate each other in about 10-25 seconds These virtual particles popping in and out of existence create energy. In fact, according to quantum mechanics, the energy contained in all the power plants and nuclear weapons in the world doesn’t equal the theoretical energy contained in the empty spaces between these words Carroll suggests that, “It’s probably better to think of nothing as the absence of even space and time, rather than space and time without anything in them.” Forbes.com further reiterates that “not everyone agrees about what we mean, scientifically, when we talk about what ‘nothing’ actually is” and helpfully outlines the four scientific meanings of nothing: A time when your “thing” of interest didn’t exist--if something fundamentally arose where there was no such thing before Empty space--if you take all the matter, antimatter, radiation, and spatial curvature away Empty spacetime in the lowest-energy state possible--if you then take away any energy inherent to space itself, leaving only spacetime and the laws of nature Whatever you’re left with when you take away the entire Universe and the laws governing it A few more fun facts from the Discovermagazine.com article “20 Things You Didn’t Know About...Nothing” There is vastly more nothing than something. Roughly 74% of the universe is “nothing,” or dark energy. 22% is dark matter. Only 4% is baryonic matter, the stuff we call ‘something.’ And even something is mostly nothing. Atoms overwhelmingly consist of empty space. Matter’s solidity is an illusion caused by the electric fields created by subatomic particles There is more and more nothing every second. In 1998 astronomers measuring the expansion of the universe determined that dark energy is pushing apart the universe at an ever-accelerating speed. The discovery of nothing - and its ability to influence the fate of the cosmos - is considered the most important astronomical finding of the past decade But even nothing has a weight. The energy in dark matter is equivalent to a tiny mass; there is about one pound of dark energy in a cube of empty space 250K miles on each side In space, no one can hear you scream: Sound, a mechanical wave, cannot travel through a vacuum. Without matter to vibrate through, there is only silence Light can travel through a vacuum, but there is nothing to refract it. Alas for extraterrestrial romantics, stars do not twinkle in outer space Black holes are not holes or voids; they are the exact opposite of nothing, being the densest concentration of mass known in the universe It is said that Abdulhamid II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s, had censors expunge references to H2O from chemistry books because he was sure it stood for “Hamid the Second is nothing” Medieval art was mostly flat and 2D until the 15th century, when the Florentine architect Filippo Brunalleschi conceived of the vanishing point, the place where parallel lines converge into nothingness. This allowed for the development of perspective in art Vacuums do not suck things. They create spaces into which the surrounding atmosphere pushes matter Current theories suggest that the universe was created out of a state of vacuum energy, that is, nothing In other words, nothing could be the key to the theory of everything Urban Dictionary’s top definition of “nothing” is: “Actually means ‘something,’ but is used when you don’t feel like explaining,” posted by user Melanie on October 21, 2003 The second most upvoted Urban Dictionary definition of “nothing” was posted by user Doomeyes, also on October 21, 2003, and is thus: “Nothing, put simply, is the deepest, shallowest, brightest, darkest, widest, thinnest, and incomprehensibly empty emptiness, so empty that it is only prevented from collapsing upon itself because there is no substance to collapse in upon, or no substance to do the collapsing, or even any substance to think or daydream about collapsing upon absence of presence or presence of absence, which is still utterly and completely absent of form and shape and mass and presence that is absent from the existence of anything. In short, nothing is the total, absolute, final, and complete spot that is both positive and negative, young and old, and to sum it all up the opposite of everything in existence, for there is no existence in nothingness. It has even been thought that nothingness itself doesn’t even exist, and that the existence of nothingness is so impossibly ludicrous and insane that if anyone were to actually realize or see nothingness, the entirety of the expanse of the Everything would simply vaporize, leaning even more nothingness in its place.  Nothingness is nothing, to put it simply. (really, this time)” History of National Nothing Day According to WIkipedia and various other sources, National Nothing Day is an “un-event” proposed in 1972 by San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, and has been observed annually since 1973, when it was added to Chase’s Calendar of Events. The purpose of the holiday is “to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything.”  Now remember, the third Monday of every January has, since 1986, been celebrated as MLK Jr Day, which falls between the 15th and 21st. This means that one-in-seven January 16ths now fall on a public holiday, which effectively usurps the very nature of National Nothing Day Unfun fact: Some states were resistant enough to observing MLK Jr Day that it wasn’t until 2000 that it was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time In contrast, the Realist Society of Canada has a religious holiday called THABS or “There Has Always Been Something” Day), which is dedicated to the celebration of the “realization” that “if there was ever nothing, there would be nothing now”. It is celebrated on July 8 each year.  Fun fact! Harold Pullman Coffin was born in Reno, NV on January 26th, 1905 and is buried at Masonic Memorial Gardens on Stoker Ave, near Idlewild Park and Reno High School. Activities to celebrate Do nothing! But use the hashtag #NationalNothingDay on social media when you brag about all the nothing that you’re doing Watch Seinfeld. You can start with the show’s self-mocking clips where Jerry and George pitch a show to NBC about “nothing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQnaRtNMGMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUWiv5r_CZw Watch the 2003 movie “Nothing”, a canadian philosophical comedy-drama about two friends and housemates who open their front door one day and discover that the entire world beyond their house is gone, replaced with a featureless white void Watch “A Short History of Nothing” on bbc.co.uk.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/a-short-history-of-nothing/p076bm46 You can post some of the following “nothing” quotes to your social media, and anyone under 14 on your friends list will think you’re really deep “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” - Plato, The Republic “To do nothing is the way to be nothing.” - Nathanial Hawthorne “Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned “I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.” - Oscar Wilde “I must be made of nothing to feel so much nothing.” - Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” - Theodore Roosevelt “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke “Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” - Audrey Hepburn From bustle.com, you could Watch or read “Much Ado About Nothing” Have a milkshake at Tom’s Restaurant in NYC, which is a nod to Seinfeld Watch GoT and remember that Jon Snow knows nothing Challenge yourself to do nothing for two minutes. This tip includes a link to the website donothingfor2minutes.com, which is essentially an ad for the Calm app and features an ocean at sunset in the background, the sounds of waves, and a timer that resets every time you interact with your computer in any way. Basically a beginner’s meditation session Chow down on a Nothing Bundt Cake, from the bakery Nothing Bundt Cakes Brush up on why we should all get comfortable doing nothing, five reasons for which we learn from The Guardian.  First, “doing nothing” isn’t really doing nothing. “Savouring the pleasure of idleness” isn’t passive--according to psychologists, “It’s a learnable set of skills for relishing the moment, for example, by focusing on each of your senses in turn.” It could be considered synonymous with “feeling alive.”  Second, aimlessness, rest, and even boredom can boost creativity. One reason why is the “incubation effect”: ceasing to focus on a project seems to give your unconscious permission to get to work. Other studies looking at boredom suggest it motivates people to find interesting ways to alleviate it, thereby triggering creative ideas. Aimless thinking can also combat the tunnel vision that can result from fixating on goals. When you have no specific end in mind, you’re less likely to exclude new ideas as irrelevant Third, too much busyness is counterproductive.  The article explains that “we chronically confuse effort with effectiveness: a day spent on trifling tasks feels exhausting and virtuous, so we assume - often wrongly - it must have been useful.” However, Dutch work expert Manfred Kets de Vries informs us that busyness “can be a very effective defence mechanism for warding off disturbing thoughts and feelings.” Essentially, it’s when doing nothing that we can finally confront what matters. Fourth, the brain depends on downtime. Not only is downtime essential for “recharging”, but to process the data we’re deluged with daily, to consolidate memory, and reinforce learning. Downtime and rest strengthen the neural pathways that make these things possible. In a 2009 study, “brain imaging suggested that people faced with a strange task - controlling a computer joystick that didn’t obey the usual rules - were actively coming to grips (nice turn of phrase) with learning this new skill during seemingly passive rest periods.” And fifth, you’ll regain control of your attention. Doing nothing isn’t easy at first. It takes a good amount of willpower to resist the urge to do things. According to the meditation instructor Susan Piver, “busyness is seen as a form of laziness” in Buddhism. It’s a failure to withhold your attention from whatever random email, task, or webpage lays claim to it. One trick could be to schedule time to “do nothing.” “Just don’t expect others to understand when you decline some social event on the grounds that you’re busy not being busy.” Listen to Nothing. The band.  Whisper sweet nothings to someone Read The Book of Nothing Take a trip to Nothing, Arizona. It’s now a ghost town, but once held an impressive population of 4 people and contained a gas station and small convenience store The town sign read, “Town of Nothing Arizona. Founded 1977. Elevation 3269ft. The staunch citizens of Nothing are full of Hope, Faith, and Believe in the work ethic. Thru-the-years-these dedicated people had faith in Nothing, hoped for Nothing, worked at Nothing, for Nothing.” Deseret.com has a couple of book recommendations, including “The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe,” by John D. Barrow; “Nothing Matters: a book about nothing,” by Ronald Green; “The Book about Nothing,” by Mike Bender Deseret.com also encourages you to use “nothing” in as many phrases as possible, such as “All or nothing” “Nothing but…” “Thanks for nothing” “Nothing to lose” “Next to nothing” “I got nothing” NATIONAL NOTHING DAY Mixtape Nothing by Bruno Major Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby by Cigarettes After Sex Zero Day by Nothing I’m Nothing by Violent Femmes Nothing From Something by The Offspring Nothing by The Script Particles by Nothing But Thieves Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor Nothing Breaks Like a Heart by Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus Nothing Without You by The Weeknd Church by Fall Out Boy featuring nothing, nowhere Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch All or Nothing by O-Town Making Love Out of Nothing at All by Air Supply There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Nothing_Day https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-nothing-day-january-16/ https://www.bustle.com/articles/59083-10-ways-to-celebrate-national-nothing-day-besides-doing-absolutely-nothing https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/09/five-reasons-we-should-all-learn-to-do-nothing https://www.cute-calendar.com/event/national-nothing-day/36126.html https://www.deseret.com/2019/1/16/20663602/today-is-national-nothing-day-here-s-what-that-means https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/nothing-quotes https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/nothing https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nothing https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-nothing https://www.livescience.com/28132-what-is-nothing-physicists-debate.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/31/the-four-scientific-meanings-of-nothing/#3f2d15631a5f https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbk5va/what-is-nothing