Podcasts about Mermaid

If someone else writes with your fountain pen, will it no longer be the same? Do inks expire? We've got a BUNCH of really great questions this week from our pen friends! Plus, Brian showcases a new pen with a really unique (and HUGE) nib! Shop at our store! https://www.gouletpens.com/ Listen to The Goulet Pencast here: https://gouletpencast.fireside.fm/ SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/GP-YTsubscribe LINKS TO PRODUCTS FEATURED: Visconti Tutankhamun: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/visconti-tutankhamun-fountain-pen-limited-edition?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Sailor Pro Gear Fountain Pen - Follow the Mermaid: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-pro-gear-fountain-pen-follow-the-mermaid?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Sailor Pro Gear Slim Fountain Pen - Follow the Mermaid: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-pro-gear-slim-fountain-pen-follow-the-mermaid?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI TWSBI SWIPE Fountain Pen - Ice Blue: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/twsbi-swipe-fountain-pen-ice-blue?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Jinhao X159 Fountain Pen: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/jinhao-x159-fountain-pen-black?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Monteverde Innova Formula M: https://www.gouletpens.com/products/monteverde-innova-formula-m-fountain-pen-blue?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI IKEA ALEX Drawers: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/alex-drawer-unit-on-casters-gray-turquoise-50483449/ Toyooka Craft Pen Storage: https://www.toyocraft.com/en/ Aston Leather 10 Slot Pen Case: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/aston-leather/products/aston-leather-10-slot-pen-case-dark-brown?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Girologio 48 Pen Case: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/girologio-pen-cases/products/girologio-48-pen-case-bomber-brown?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Monteverde 36 Pen Case: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/monteverde-pen-cases/products/monteverde-36-slot-pen-case-black?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI Galen Leather Zippered 40 Slot Pen Case: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/galen-leather-pen-cases/products/galen-leather-zippered-40-slot-pen-case-crazy-horse-forest-green?utmmedium=social&utmsource=youtube&utmcampaign=qTiPR7MbYhI ABOUT GOULET PENS: Brian & Rachel Goulet started The Goulet Pen Company in 2009 and you can see the evolution of our mom and pop into a full-blown company through this channel. We run a dedicated online store with fountain pens, ink, paper, and other fine writing accessories. Our goal with this channel is to provide fountain pen fans at all levels of experience with comprehensive product reviews, round ups, and how-to videos to answer all the fountain pen questions you may have. Shop at https://www.gouletpens.com. FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gouletpens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGouletPenCompany Twitter: https://twitter.com/gouletpens Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/gouletpens/ Sign up for Emails: http://shop.gouletpens.com/newsletter Blog: https://blog.gouletpens.com/

Megan Watros joins us. She is the Connecticut mom who voiced concern about her seven-year-old daughter being read the book, "Julian is a Mermaid" in which a little boy strips to his underwear and wears a dress. When Megan called the school she was literally berated by the principal. Also, Kanye has gone full Reich. This is a wild one. chelseafirehotsauce.com/ Find us at burnbarrelpodcast.com Email us: burnbarrelpodcast@gmail.com Follow on Parler: @burnbarrelpodcast On Gab: @burnbarrelpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/burnbarrelpodcast And Twitter: @burnbarrelpod Rumble: rumble.com/c/burnbarrelpodcast YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCWhLuhtutKdCmbHaWuGg_YQ Follow Tom on Twitter: @tomshattuck You can follow Alice too: @aliceshattuck More Tom stuff at tomshattuck.com Tom's "Insta" as the zoomers say: instagram.com/tomwshattuck Join us at Locals: burnbarrel.locals.com (subscriber based) Join us at Patreon: patreon.com/burnbarrel (subscriber based) The opening theme music is called Divine Intervention by Matthew Sweet. The closing theme music to this podcast C'est La Vie by Derek Clegg.

This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime,  amd fairytales.

On episode 83 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby continue their Mythological Creatures Series with an episode on the Mermaid and the Sidhe. In this conversation, they discuss the Rusalky, the Siren's Song, and the Merfolk's enchanted comb. They also talk about the Sidhe, including the Banshee, Washing Woman at the Ford, Cat Sidhe, and other faerie creatures from the Celtic Otherworld. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by Julio Montero Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio. Sources: "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen "Shapeshifter Series: The Rusulky" - TamedWild.com Blog "Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods" by Madame Pamita Lusty Ladies: Mermaids in the Medieval Church by Patricia Radford http://homepage.eircom.net/~archaeology/three/mermaid.htm INSIGHT Magazine - Mermaids (eircom.net) "Women's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects" by Barbara Walker "Shadows of the Goddess - The Mermaid" by Scarlett deMason https://serena-mare.livejournal.com/3818.html "Mermaids: Myths, Legends and Lore" by Skye Alexander "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd "A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids" by Margot Datz "Magickal Mermaids and Water Creatures" by DJ Conway Annals of Ulster and the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters

In 1842, a curious specimen of a 'mermaid' beguiled visitors at Barnum's American Museum in New York City. An elaborate fake, the Fiji (or Feejee) Mermaid was the quintessential 'humbug' in dime museums across the United States.The Legacy of Dime Museums and the Freakshow : How the Past Impacts the Present – AASLHThe Mead's Mermaid | 4/2017 | Amherst CollegeBuxton Mermaid origins probed at University of LincolnHow 13th-Century “Mermaid Bones” Came to Be Displayed in a Japanese TempleP.T. Barnum & the Feejee MermaidThe Feejee Mermaid: Early Barnum Hoax | Live ScienceFiji Mermaid, Original Fiji Mermaid Display, Oddities, Curiosities - Oddities For Sale has uniqueCentaur of Tennessee, Knoxville, TennesseeBlog: Margaret Cooter - Dime MuseumsThe Dime Museum - The AtlanticDime Museum Freaks | The San Francisco Examiner, 17 May 1899How a Fake Monster Creeped into our Museums | HyperallergenicFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.comArtwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

*NEW MERCH* https://badfriendsmerch.com Thank you to our Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/badfriends & https://displate.com/badfriends code: BADFRIENDS & https://www.doordash.com code: BADFRIENDS22 & https://www.getquip.com/santino or https://www.getquip.com/bobby 0:00 There is a Rat in our Crew 4:42 No Taxation Without Tea 11:50 The Boston LP Trade 18:12 How to Make a Mermaid  28:20 Grandmaster Bob Apologizes to Little Squints  31:59 Bobby's Hunger Pains   39:58 Rolling a Hoop & Other Outdoor Children's Games 45:38 Mike Jagger, David Bowie, Lou Reed & Kissing Your Male Friends 51:09 Was Michael Jackson the First Trans. Man? 1:03:26 The Best Asian Fraternities  More Bobby Lee TigerBelly: https://www.youtube.com/tigerbelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobbyleelive Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobbyleelive Tickets: https://bobbyleelive.com More Andrew Santino Whiskey Ginger:  https://www.youtube.com/andrewsantinowhiskeyginger   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheetosantino Twitter: https://Twitter.com/cheetosantino  Tickets: http://www.andrewsantino.com More Rudy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badfriendrudy More Bad Friends iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-friends/id1496265971 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badfriendspod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/badfriends_pod   Official Website: http://badfriendspod.com/ Opening Credits and Branding: https://www.instagram.com/joseph_faria & https://www.instagram.com/jenna_sunday Credit Sequence Music: http://bit.ly/RocomMusic // https://www.instagram.com/rocom  Character Design: https://www.instagram.com/jeffreymyles Bad Friends Mosaic Sign: https://www.instagram.com/tedmunzmosaicart Produced by: George Kimmel & Bryce Hallock - 7EQUIS Podcast Producers: Andrés Rosende & Pete Forthun This video contains paid promotion. #bobbylee #andrewsantino #badfriends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the last installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart taught us all about UML class diagrams for documenting the structure of our code. In this installment, Bart teaches us how to use the ASCII diagramming tool Mermaid to make our class diagrams. The advantage of Mermaid over a graphical tool to make our diagrams is that we'll be able to use Git to do version control for them. I think the most important part of this installment was when we learned that we shouldn't ever cuddle the mermaid. You can find Bart's fabulous tutorial shownotes at pbs.bartificer.net.

In the last installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart taught us all about UML class diagrams for documenting the structure of our code. In this installment, Bart teaches us how to use the ASCII diagramming tool Mermaid to make our class diagrams. The advantage of Mermaid over a graphical tool to make our diagrams is that we'll be able to use Git to do version control for them. I think the most important part of this installment was when we learned that we shouldn't ever cuddle the mermaid. You can find Bart's fabulous tutorial shownotes at pbs.bartificer.net.

Hosts: Adam Rani (@adamthechase)   & Christine Chen (@cchenmtf) For more information about Christine Chen: christinewchen.comFor more information go to getreelisms.com Follow the movie go to: erzuliefilm.com Make sure to check out feature film ERZULIE!https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/erzulie WEBISODE version of the PodcastTo watch our films: https://www.christinewchen.com/films-on-amazon

I’m so thrilled today to share my recent conversation with Dee Hall. Dee is the owner and creative energy who operates a specialty cut flower and urban micro farm in Norfolk, Virginia, named Mermaid City Flowers. She is featured in Black Flora by Teresa J. Speight, published by BLOOM Imprint earlier this year. Dee is […] The post Episode 584: Farmer-florist Dee Hall of Mermaid City Flower Farm and founder of Black Flower Farmers appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

               I would like to think that we all know what mermaid's and mermen are, but in case you dont, they are most often described as having the upper body of a human with a fish tail for a lower body. It seems that every coultur throughout history has their own version of the legend. This week we dive deep to bring you these legends and also cover some reported sightings. 

Recorded November 13, 2022 In something of an....abbreviated episode the Mermaid and I briefly go over with as much energy as we can muster the events of last week's games. That would be because I now have COVID.  Fear not, we will continue as best we can. At least it was something of a good week on the ice.... This holiday season be sure to give to Marine Corps Toys for Tots  In so doing you honor a great friend of the show who served proudly in the United States Marine Corps, Rebekka Thomas who was also a great Caps fan.   Thank you all for your continued support for our podcast...it truly means the world to me and to all of us. #ALLCAPS #SportsOTHP #MarylandSportsBlog #Powerplaypointpodcast

Granny MacDuff reads the classic tale of Tom Thumb, who left home seeking adventure, and adventure he did find... Granny Macduff™ Presents is your home for kids' stories and beyond. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PFSJ0TMiWs3_KrMsj9UDQ https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ https://www.storicmedia.com/fairytaleswithgrannymacduff

Hosts: Adam Rani (@adamthechase)   & Christine Chen (@cchenmtf) For more information about Christine Chen: christinewchen.comFor more information go to getreelisms.com Follow the movie go to: erzuliefilm.com Make sure to check out feature film ERZULIE!https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/erzulie WEBISODE version of the PodcastTo watch our films: https://www.christinewchen.com/films-on-amazon

VTuber Maris Mermaid drops into the podcast. Or... swims in? Together we discuss rhythm games, nostalgic video games, and the psychology behind why we love the same old Modern Warfare 2 and Pokemon. Plus, Riot Games' new Rising Stars all women's league. And so much more! Find Maris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maris_mermaid Find Maris on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maris_mermaid Logo by Corgian of DogHouse Esports: https://twitter.com/doghousecorgian Intro music by Riki: https://twitter.com/DOG_NOISE Website: www.wkcooldown.com Twitter: @Kamijacegaming / @WkCooldown Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWeeklyCooldown/ Question? Comment? Concern? Want to tell me how great I am? Email me! - Kamijacegaming@gmail.com Sonic Frontiers Humble Sale: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/sonic-frontiers?partner=kamijacegaming --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wkcooldown/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wkcooldown/support

It's El Dia de los Edgelords on Feminine Chaos! Kat and Phoebe discuss the mom who will not be apologizing for committing a Halloween war crime, the provenance of a crudely drawn picture of a wiener, and the Elon Musk Twitter takeover that will soon relegate our blue checks to the dustbin of history. Links:Phoebe on Twitter's Musk Era: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-early-returns-from-twitters-new-era-have-been-less-than/Kat on weird political tribalism: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/11/07/why-i-keep-getting-mistaken-for-a-conservative/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe

The Two Bobs episode 196 for Monday, November 7, 2022: What are The Bobs drinking? Rob enjoyed a Sweet Baby Jesus! From DuClaw. https://duclaw.com/beers/sweet-baby-jesus-2/ Robert took down a We Can Do It! Sour from Fourscore Brewing Company. https://untappd.com/b/fourscore-beer-co-we-can-do-it/4736145 Follow us on Untapped at @PhilRoberts33 and @lowercaserobert or we'll invite the world's dirtiest man skinny dipping in your pool. This week's CRAZY NEWS is having a better season than the Packers, although that isn't saying much. I mean, who loses to the Lions? A scuba diver was rescued by mermaids. https://nypost.com/2022/10/31/scuba-diver-rescued-by-mermaids-off-catalina-island/ A woman stabs her husband multiple times because she thought an old sex photo of them was another woman.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9185805/Wife-stabs-husband-multiple-times-finding-pictures-woman-her.html A Texas high school golf team canceled practice after strippers showed up at their course. All the students went home with soiled drawers. https://nypost.com/2022/10/06/texas-high-school-golf-team-cancels-practice-after-adult-entertainment-clubs-tournament/ The world's dirtiest man died after taking a shower.https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/worlds-dirtiest-man-dies A man dressed as a bottle of Fireball was busted for drunken conduct. We're all shocked. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/california/fireball-costume-bust-654293 A man tried to rob a bank using a hot dog. It didn't work out in his favor. https://dailynewsreported.com/latest/man-tries-to-rob-bank-with-a-hotdog-hidden-in-his-pocket-to-look-like-a-gun/ Please share the show with your friends, and don't forget to subscribe! Visit www.thetwobobs.com for our contact information. Thanks for listening! Leave us a message or text us at 530-882-BOBS (530-882-2627) Join us on all the social things: Follow us on Twitter Check out our Instagram Follow Rob on Untappd Follow Robert on Untappd The Two Bobs Podcast is © The Two Bobs.  For more information, see our Who are The Two Bobs? page, or check our Contact page.  Words, views, and opinions are our own and do not represent those of our friends, family, or our employers, unless otherwise noted.  Music for The Two Bobs was provided by JewelBeat.  

A man had three sons, the youngest and least respected of which was named Dummling. A little gray man asks the older sons for some food and drink; both of them wound up hurting themself chopping wood. Was it just a coincidence? Dummling heads into the wood - will he accidentally hurt himself too? And what is the treasure the the little gray man refers to? Granny Macduff™ Presents is your home for kids' stories and beyond. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PFSJ0TMiWs3_KrMsj9UDQ https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ https://www.storicmedia.com/fairytaleswithgrannymacduff

Starbuck's Holiday drinks and cups news has dropped! Incredible mermaids save a man in the ocean. We picked our favorite things from Oprah's Favorite Things List and the more ridiculous things from Goop's Holiday Gift Guide!

Maddy McAllister is the Senior Curator for Maritime Archaeology at James Cook University and the Museum of Tropical Queensland. In her words, Maddy is a maritime archeologist and shipwreck detective.  In today's episode we chat about the ghost story that inspired Maddy's career, how technology has helped shape the archeology field, how to identify a shipwreck, and why telling these stories is so important.Show Notes: marinebio.life/92Support the showClick here for your copy of the "Scuba for Beginners" ebookGet your copy of my FREE guide "Be a Marine Biologist WITHOUT the degree"Join my email newsletterCheck out the @marinebio.life Instagram

On this episode of the Dance Cry Dance Break, “22 Endings for a Story About Marriage,” written by Amber Sparks, inspired by Limitations and Space, the new instrumental EP from Seattle artist and producer MariGo.Seattle based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, educator, and Twitch streamer, MariGo (Mari Sullivan), is a tender force to be reckoned with. The daughter of a musical doctor and a painter, MariGo's upbringing included taking piano lessons with her sisters, leaving school to catch Chicago Symphony Orchestra rehearsals, and eventually a degree in classical voice from the University of Denver. But the rigidity of the classical music world didn't fit MariGo, an artist who thrives on meshing together different muses. Instead, she set out to write her own music and explore more experimental sounds—like the otherworldly pop of artists like Bjork and Kimbra, and the kaleidoscopic production of Flying Lotus and Pretty Lights.Her third EP is a departure from past releases which heavily feature her smooth vocals. Limitations and Space is an instrumental work created in the lonely seclusion of the pandemic lockdowns. While stuck in a small home studio, MariGo created this collection of beats inspired by the vastness of space and her beloved science fiction books.MariGo is part of the elite group of Ableton Certified Trainers, making her one of eight women in the United States to hold the certification. She is driven to uplift and empower women and LGBTQ people in the world of music technology through her work in music and education.Spotify - Instagram - TwitchAmber Sparks is the author of four collections of short fiction, including And I Do Not Forgive You: Revenges and other Stories and The Unfinished World, and her fiction and essays have appeared in American Short Fiction, the Paris Review, Tin House, Granta, The Cut and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, daughter, and two cats.Twitter - Website - Books22 Endings for a Story About MarriageBy Amber Sparks* And so it began! I do, she said, and he said it too, and he was weeping, and she was not, and this was nothing new. There were tears, sometimes, on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them always. She put her hands on either side of his face and said his name; she carried him over the threshold with the sheer, unyielding force of her personality. People cheered, and the music flew out of the speakers and into the hearts of everyone there. It was a celebration, and they decided to run headlong into it. They held hands and ran into joy, into the ridiculous sunshine, and into the rest of their lives.* The baby, at least, was finally asleep. And now the baby was dreaming murmurs, drawn into the bedroom in threads through the monitor. And now the baby was the only quiet heart in the house.* There was only the loud slam of the car door, then the long, slow silence that followed. * She was dancing, alone and in love with herself. He had never seen her dance, had never seen her wear her hair that way, and somehow this was worse than any affair. Her hair! Her dress! This was the nightmare his friends had warned him about. He had married a complete stranger!* Have you spoken to your husband about this, the doctor asked? He frowned. He was older, white-haired and disapproving; he is sure husbands should be consulted about all things. Oh yes, she lied. Yes, he's completely on board. Yes.* Finally she said it, the unsayable thing. Are you still in love with me? He stood still for a long time, surprised by the calm violence of the question. The two-year-old sat on the floor between them, stacking her blocks, thankfully impervious to the sudden shift in the weather.* At dinner he saw that her hair, and the daughter's hair, were both bright pink. Mermaid hair. She saw him staring, and smiled. It's better than buying a motorcycle, she said, and calmly got up to clear the dishes.* They laughed then, a good, hungry laugh, until they felt like people who had forgotten time and space. Let's make cookies, he said, and let's eat every one of them while the kids are asleep. Let's eat chocolate chip cookies until we puke, she said.* She slid down next to him on the floor, took his head, and tucked it into her breast, a brazen benediction. His sadness made her feel almost holy, her hair down in curtains around him like both Marys: mother, w***e, saint. She opened her legs.* There was not even enough money to fix the drywall, let alone the rest of it, but it didn't matter after all. If it was all going to rot, let it rot. Let it all break down like everything does in the end, as the gods intended. Let the sidings crumble, let the brickwork crack, let the vines find their way through the openings to let life in, to let green life in at last. Let entropy take the wheel. * Everyone, he thought, becomes a pod person at some point. Look at her. Her eyes were not hers, they belonged to someone older, happier, more tired. They were such exhausted eyes; they looked like they were longing only to close.* What will we do now, she said? The house, empty and blank, echoed back at her, but did not provide an answer.* He was the better cook, but tonight he would let her experiment. He knew it wasn't the right outlet for her, but when someone is finding themselves, you can't tell them where to go. You can't provide a map. All you can do is say, I love you at the start of the journey, and I love you upon the long-awaited return. And eat the shitty dinner.* He's gone, she said, he's gone, and her tears were so shocking and unexpected, so incongruous that the husband just kept sipping his whiskey, making no move at all to comfort her. Her phone lay on the floor, playing a song he'd never heard, on repeat. The whole scene kept circling, a terrible time loop: her tears, the song, his whiskey. He wondered if it would go on like this for the rest of their lives. Tears, song, whiskey, ad infinitum. Tears, song, and whiskey. * The son walked up the drive and saw them through the living room window, laughing together, intimate and tender; it occurred to him for the first time that they were people he didn't know. It was ridiculous to spy on one's own parents like this, as if they were strangers, and yet, there was a kind of gentle pleasure in it, too. He wondered what they were like, these people he'd never met before. He wondered what they hoped for, what their favorite color was, what they dreamed about at night. He wondered if they liked him. I must remember to treat them like people, he said, though of course he would never recall this moment again, not even when he had grown children of his own.* Promise me you'll never do it again, said the husband. I promise, she said, and the rain outside fell like glass, breaking everything around it. * I like your chin hairs, he said. I like the way your nose sags a little at the end now, like it's tired, she said. I like the lines around your eyes, like a spiderweb, he said. I like the way the veins on the back of your hands show up, like blue rivers, she said. I like the way your dreams are vivid now, when you tell me about them at breakfast, he said. I like the way you're kinder now, she said, softer, like somebody sanded you down. I like the way your eyes never change, he said, how I can time travel back to young us just by looking. I love that too, she said. Let's go.* When he retired, they threw him a big party, in a park with a cake and a band. I'd like to have a party like that, she said. You're a mother, he said. You already retired when the kids left home. I paint, she said, her face stony. Well, you're not going to stop, are you, he asked? So why throw you a party? For what? For what? For what?* In the florescent glare of the hospital lights, his face looked ghastly, white with a purple cast. You'll be fine, she said, and held his hand. She did not believe he would be fine. * When they finally got to Florence, they were exhausted. I need a nap, she said, and he nodded, though he hated her afternoon nap. You sleep like you're dead, he said, and it always frightens me. At least you know what I'll look like when I'm dead, she said. It's good practice. For what, he said? I'll think you're sleeping until it's too late. Why should I break my heart twice?* I didn't sleep with her, he said. I know, she said. You're too old. I don't love her, he said. I know, she said. You're too old to love anybody but me. You won't leave me, will you, he asked? She shook her head. I'm too old to love anybody but you. She took out her aggression on the weeds in the flowerbed, telling them sternly that people will absolutely surprise you, forever until you're dead. And that sometimes the surprises were very goddamn surprising. * They drove home from the doctor's office silently; she was at the wheel since his reaction time had gotten long lately. The snow fell gently on the road, as if it were trying to bury the bad news. I guess, he said, that after all this time together, dying is a thing we have to do separately. Maybe, she said. Maybe it isn't, and she straightened the wheel, drove right past their house. Where are you going, he asked? I don't know, she said. She rolled down the window. Her hair blew back in the breeze, and she felt about eighteen years old. She felt like she could go dancing forever. Who knew you could be so old and still want your whole life back? It's raining, he said, are you crazy? Roll the window up. She ignored him and let the rain sprinkle her face, her neck, let it wash her life away and make her clean and new again with him. Do you want to get pneumonia, he said? I do, she said, and laughed and laughed. It turned out she was delighted with her life after all, after all of it. Limitations and Space was written, produced, and performed by MariGo.“22 Endings for a Story About Marriage” was written by Amber Sparks and voiced by Simone Maddox, Emma Tigan, Joe Mondi, Sean Letourneau, Elaine Saw, Matt Badger, Michelle Ochitwa, Zak Ferguson, Brianna Vox, Wayne Corbeil, Kim Nguyen, Ryan McNulty, Maggie Ross, Ben Baeyens, Jessica Fisher, Jackie Yates, Joe Maluso, Mia Rodriguez, Rodney Harter, Cordelia Heart, and Kristen DiMercurio.The Dance Cry Dance Break is written and produced by Natalie Bayne and recorded and edited by Moe Provencher. Timaree Marston is our Story Editor. Theme music is Red Lines, by Dance Cry Dance Records artist Tiny Tiny. Dance Cry Dance is a collective record label in Seattle, WA. Paid subscriptions support our artists and writers.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit break.dancecrydance.com/subscribe

One of our wackier mermaid legends- this episode tells the tale of a mermaid with the hair of a monk, body of a human, and...tentacles? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/savethemermaids/support

Recorded October 30, 2022 For this edition the Mermaid is taking a Halloween hiatus, so we call upon the services of C4---Cheryl Anne Forster who will once again help us to take a look at the Caps' third week of the season. Our Capitals are currently in a four game road trip, and are faring well despite many obstacles.  Are you ready for an intense discussion of the team's fortunes? Whether you are or not, we have it all here--the pain the pleasure...the podcast!   Keep listening beyond the main episode for a special message on how you can help us out!   #ALLCAPS #SportsOTHP #marylandsportsblog #Powerplaypointpodcast

Three clever children, Milo, Maisie, and Marcus, are the best of friends.  But when Maisie finds her way to the evil witch's house, Milo, and Marcus, venture into the forest on Halloween to rescue. When they arrive, they realize the witch and her gargoyle familiar have been capturing people for years and it's up to the “Three Little M's" to help free them too. Can they do it? Granny Macduff™ Presents is your home for kids' stories and beyond. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PFSJ0TMiWs3_KrMsj9UDQ https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ https://www.storicmedia.com/fairytaleswithgrannymacduff

Erica takes us to a lifetime on a planet with a red sky and crystal clear waters where she sees herself in Mermaid form. Join us as we learn the purpose of this lifetime and meet the soul counterparts who share it with Erica.

Hosts: Adam Rani (@adamthechase)   & Christine Chen (@cchenmtf) For more information about Christine Chen: christinewchen.comFor more information go to getreelisms.com Follow the movie go to: erzuliefilm.com Make sure to check out feature film ERZULIE!https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/erzulie WEBISODE version of the PodcastTo watch our films: https://www.christinewchen.com/films-on-amazon

Struggling to fall asleep? Quiet your mind with bedtime stories from The Sandman's Hour. This episode includes the stories The Disorderly Girl, The Poppies, The Shoemaker Rat, Hilda's Mermaid, and Why the Morning Glory Sleeps by Abbie Phillips Walker.Interested in more sleepy content or just want to support the show? Join Just Sleep Premium here: https://justsleeppodcast.com/supportAs a Just Sleep Premium member you will receive:Ad-free and Intro-free episodesThe entire audiobook of the Wizard of OzA collection of short fairy tales including Rapunzel and the Frog PrinceAn additional 2 episodes every monthThe chance to vote on the next story that you hearThe chance to win readings just for youThe entire back catalogue of the podcast, ad and intro-free (coming soon!)Thanks for your support!Sweet Dreams...Intro Music by the Psychedelic Squirrel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With The Wanderer and safety within their reach, Orren, Mork, Bryll, and Bertram do everything they can to combat Captain Riveda and his pirates from the dreaded Mermaid's Lament. They quickly realize how far Riveda is willing to go to acquire the unconscious Rannar, but how far are the boys willing to go to protect him? Will they pay the ultimate price? Take a listen and find out! Follow the journey and stay up to date with the gang https://allmylinks.com/deathbyathousandcrits

‘The Legend of the Mermaid Tree' is a romance period piece bridging the past to the present on St. Simons Island. Joshua, a goal driven analyst, finally gets the opportunity for a promotion, but has to return to the island after hearing of his grandfather's untimely death. As he packs his grandfather's belongings, he comes across a journal and a map that details a love story with a mysterious woman, Colleen. After seeking help from a local waitress, Joshua will have to reevaluate his desire in life. A goal or a home. Interview with writer, plus best scene screenplay reading - audio version. Playing on the Film Festival Streaming service later this month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it's only $3.99 per month. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

Gloria Gaynor steps Behind The Rope. The Godmother of Disco is here to chat about how she is still surviving, no pun intended, almost five decades, two Grammys and many many accolades later in a business that is not for the faint of heart. Gloria chats how a little song originally slated as a B side, “I Will Survive”, became THE go anthem of empowerment for men and women worldwide, an anthem that is still one of the most sung, downloaded and beloved songs of all times. Gloria chats about the highs and lows of the music business, working with Kylie Minogue last year on her album “Disco” and who of the current day reigning Divas she thinks is most well equipped to keep the legend of Disco going. Did someone say Beyonce, Rihanna and Gaga? Finally, fresh off her Masked Singer elimination, Gloria discusses what the experience was like to don the Mermaid costume each week on Fox's top rated guilty pleasure. @gloriagaynor @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope BROUGHT TO YOU BY: HIGHLAND TITLES - www.highlandtitles.com (Use Code VELVET for 15% Off Entire Site. Become a “Lord” Like Lord Scott Disick As Seen on The Kardashians) ETTITUDE - Ettitude.com/VelvetRope (Use Code VELVETROPE for 20% Off Your First Order) CBDISTILLERY - www.thecbdistillery.com (15% Off. Use Code VELVET) GLADSKIN - www.gladskin.com/VELVET (15% Off Plus Free Shipping) ORGANIFI - www.organifi.com/velvetrope (Use Code velvetrope at Checkout for 20% Off Your Entire Order) TALKSPACE - www.talkspace.com/velvet ($100 Off Your First Month) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact David@advertising-execs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wayne Da Que gives his spoiler free thoughts on the new Viola Davis movie. #thewomanking --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moviebenchquarterbacking/message

In this episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Emily Reynolds Bergh discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.New New York native, Nashvillian by choice. Mermaid hair aspirant. Vintage shoe hoarder. Cycling junkie. Mother. Hugger. Boutique Hotel Seeker. Lover of all pink drinks.Emily has garnered more than ten years of marketing and public relations experience through owning her own business, R Public Relations Firm, and also through her previous experience running her award-winning website Defining Delicious and working for the Jason Dady Restaurant Group in San Antonio, Bread & Butter Public Relations in Austin, and Bay Bird Inc in San Diego.While helping businesses and brands flourish is Emily's passion — with degrees in Psychology and Philosophy and a Master's in Social Work — empowering her clients and her employees is what drives her. Emily can proudly say that each client she signs is one she admires and knows is helping the world become a better place.Emily's priority in life is enjoying time with her husband Colter and their five children (no, that was not a typo) whom she calls “her peaches,” while simultaneously exploring the country seeking the next client for R Public Relations. As the helm of R PR, Emily's philosophy on life and lifestyle are one and the same: words have power, make them move mountains!You can find Emily on her website, on Facebook, and on Instagram.Listen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/

In this episode Chelsea digs deep into the quote from John Smith's journal about a mermaid sighting in the West Indies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/savethemermaids/support

In the town of Sleepy Hollow, there has been a legend passed down through generations. The headless horseman rides at night, haunting the townspeople. Or so they say ...    When schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, arrives in town, he falls in love with the most beautiful girl in Sleepy Hollow. But he's not the only one -- and his rival, Brom, has a mischievous streak. One night, on the quiet road, by the bridge, Ichabod meets the Headless Horseman. Could this spirit be real, or is it his rival trying to scare him out of town? Make up your own mind at the end of this spooky Halloween tale.   Granny Macduff™ Presents is your home for kids' stories and beyond. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PFSJ0TMiWs3_KrMsj9UDQ https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ https://www.storicmedia.com/fairytaleswithgrannymacduff

Recorded October 23, 2022 The 2022-23 NHL season is now well underway. When we last left you there were four games to be played. The Mermaid and I will be giving your our one of a kind take in the week's on ice actions as only we can. We are proud to report that Our Capitals are now in the win column.  How they got there is another matter. Be sure to catch Anna for Caps Talk on the Sports on the Hill Podcast every Monday night at 9 PM ET.  For detailed game recaps check out my all new column at the Maryland Sports Blog.     #ALLCAPS #SportsOTHP #MarylandSportsBLog #powerplaypointpodcast    

"The American Mermaid with Emily Alexandra Cosmetics" helping to clean up water - Amazing Cause! please support them https://theamericanmermaid.com/ https://emilyalexandracosmetics.com/ How to connect w Pink Cloud 9: Join Entrepreneurs FB Group & further promote your business here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pinkcloud9 If you would like to be on this vodcast™ show to promote your business/works/projects/books/etc contact here: https://linktr.ee/PinkCloud9 My audience: 75% women, global online but 75% USA, ages: 30-70, all industries & titles Read & Fill Out Form completely to be on this show here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfedtxI4thfhp-LKWwaR63Lu4JoP-6r2FuQyYkLLYcA0xxfRg/viewform Buy Me Coffee or Donate here: https://cash.app/$pinkcloud9ks or https://paypal.me/pinkcloud9ks or https://account.venmo.com/u/pinkcloud9ks You will receive a Thank You Gift directly from me Join us on Zoom here: Tues-Fri 9-4pm central, every hour on the hour basically, all over the world 75% USA (UK, Australia, Canada, etc) w thousands of businesses owners & FREE! 25% of my clients come from here: https://hnpabc.com/r/zqmcnfhl/networking #Entrepreneur & #Creatives #Promotional #Interviews #Marketing #Entrepreneurs #Creatives #CEO #vodcast #podcast #videopodcast #spotify #youtube #pinkcloud9 #pinkcloud9ks #garyvee #oprahwinfrey #tonyrobbins #brenebrown --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pinkcloud9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pinkcloud9/support

The Siren of Long Island is gracing us with her song! Bella Noche is here to give us the what's what on New York. Where to go, what to see, and what it's like growing up in one of the world's most important cities! Please support our guest! Instagram: @bellanochenyc Twitter: @bellanochenyc Venmo: @bellanochenyc You can also follow and tip us! Twitter: @yeahbuttpod and @thegaborium Instagram: @yeahbuttpod and @thegaborium Venmo: @VivienGabor

Mermaids have always been known for their songs. Today, we got the rare opportunity to hear directly from the one and only, Grandma Mermaid! Check out Grandma Mermaid's videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandmaMermaid Learn more about Grandma Mermaid at www.grandmamermaid.com Share you thoughts on this episode in the Write Songs You Love Facebook Community group. For songwriting prompts, challenges, and good thoughtful fun, check out the Write Songs You Love Newsletter at https://writesongsyoulove.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/writesongsyoulove/message

Interview by Haze of DGB https://www.instagram.com/mike_tall Recently we sat down with Memphis female rapper A.R. the Mermaid for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation she talked about life in Memphis, jumping off the porch, being in group & touring when she was 15 years old, going solo when she was 17, explains her rap name, starting her label & modeling agency Mermaid Gang, her creative process, her thoughts on the music industry, her fashion, the music scene in Memphis right now, reveals why she dissed Enchanting, her new single “3 AM”, her song & video “First Day Out”, being an independent artist, her goal of making Mermaid Gang the only all-female label, her IG page getting deleted, and much more!

Jay, Wayne Da Que and Captain Keith discuss the new Black Adam trailer and our feelings about the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the fate of the DC movie universe. #blackadam #therock --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moviebenchquarterbacking/message

A new restaurant gets ready to open with a nervous proprietor (Busy Phillips). Featuring two new stories: “How Do You Scare a Mermaid?”, a song about one narrator's startling obsession, written by Lainey, a 9 year old from Wisconsin, and “Chickening,” a story about the newest craze to sweep the nation, written by an 11 year old from Maryland named Camilo. For more from the Story Pirates, visit storypirates.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Baylee Thee Mermaid sits down with Alicia as a fellow libra queen to discuss “making it”' by 30. When Baylee left her comfy union job to go back to school for cosmetology, her goal was to work for herself. She wanted to flexibility of being your own boss. AND that's exactly what she did, of course with a few bumps along the way, and a little nervousness as your 30th approached. Alicia and Baylee chat like 2 old friends at brunch, while getting into the nitty gritty of what gave Baylee the confidence to risk it all.  Items / People mentioned in this podcast:    Baylees IG : @bayleetheemermaid @bayleethemermaid_beauty   @mynuface:  https://rstyle.me/+7ONqmdpPG-DeJisNbUWQQg   Weekly fav :  @oat.haus granola butter -  https://www.oat.haus?sca_ref=2663168.6B4I6u9Dqk   Baylee lip combo :  https://rstyle.me/+goyBPi9C1GRMU_vIQJgqlg   https://rstyle.me/+vCHQPCR45lmQO_ezNFKvBg  Podcast Favs - https://a.co/eHr96Dx    Instagram : @confidentafpodcast @theconfidencequeen__   BUY YOUR OWN Confident as F*ck Shot Glass! - https://theconfidencequeen.myshopify.com/products/bling-shot-glass   Confident as F*ck Journal - https://theconfidencequeen.myshopify.com/products/journal   Rene's Reads - https://tinyurl.com/378mruwd     PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:   All things Confidence Queen : www.theconfidencequeen.com   Love the thought of a confidence coach, but unsure if it's the right fit for you? Schedule your clarity call here! —-> https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=22215172&appointmentType=20895458   Sign up to be the first to know about Confidence Queens Academy : https://www.theconfidencequeen.com/subscribe-to-email-list

A teeny tiny woman goes on a teeny tiny walk and finds a teeny tiny bone with which to make a teeny tiny bit soup. She arrives home and takes a nap but is quickly woken by a teeny tiny voice - could it be a ghost? Find out by listening to this spooky story in preparation for Halloween! "Granny Macduff Presents" is your home for kids' stories and beyond. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PFSJ0TMiWs3_KrMsj9UDQ https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ https://www.storicmedia.com/fairytaleswithgrannymacduff

On this pod - Mermaids have had the month from hell. What did they do wrong? - Government ministers just cannot shut up about us. - A lot of trans people came out during COVID lockdowns. We talk to two pandemic egg smashers. - Eddie Izzard runs for office. Does that matter? References: https://www.whatthetrans.com/ep75/ https://linktr.ee/whatthetrans

Recorded October 15, 2022 On this Saturday recording edition of the PPP the Mermaid and I go over the first couple games played by Our Caps...obviously not the desired result but there are good things to find among the bad. Featured is a brief but focused analysis of both games; we go over yes all of the bad but some good highlights as well.  We also go over a recent article from NovaCapsfans.com that lays out some changes made by the coaching staff in the face of the losses.    After the end of the main recording there is a message in the "Easter egg" portion from me--it is not easy for us to ask for donations but very soon we will have bills coming up.  We appreciate whatever you can find to donate as this well help us keep up the quality of the show. For any such inquiries please contact me at either glhallowed@yahoo.com or @bluliner98 on Twitter.  Thanks!!   #ALLCAPS #SportOTHP #powerplaypointpodcast

In the spirit of Halloween, we bring another episode that explores taking on the persona of another being through dress-up. This week has more a fantasy vibe and features professional mermaid and storybook princess, Daniella Tiranno. She is co-founder/ and owner of Magical Aura Entertainment on New York's Long Island.  For her company, she also plays storybook princess characters and Marina the mermaid.In this episode we learn of how Daniella saw mermaiding as an escape from a career in social work. However, don't fret as she did come back to it, sort-of.  We explore how her current work as a child therapist is really a "side-hustle" for the totally fun mermaid and storybook princess gig.  Listeners will get a sense of what it takes to build a character, you'll learn about some of the cool things that Magical Aura Entertainment is doing, and you'll learn about the preferred professional mermaid tail, not that Daniella's isn't real. Website:  https://www.magicalauraent.com/Instagram @magicalauraentFacebook https://www.facebook.com/magicalauraentHere's how you can find Kites and Strings out there in the interwebs.Kites and Strings Website: https://www.kitesandstrings.com/​​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kitesandstringspodcastTwitter:   @KitesandstringsInstagram:  @Kites_and_stringsemail: Kitesandstringspodcast@gmail.comKites and String's is produced and edited by Steve Ploum and Catherine Chinnock at Turning Stones Counseling, Inc.  Our theme music is by Harrison Amer and  all other original music is from Purple Planet Music and PurplePlanet.com  Our logo-design is by Cole Monroe at Blue Stag Creative.

Unleashing the Kraken Sensitive Report: Thai F*lse F**g? Mermaid Grp, Pacifist Roboptics & Fluoride.

Joël is joined by Amanda Beiner, a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, who is known for her legendary well-organized notes. They talk about various types of notes: debugging, todos, mental stack, Zetelkasten/evergreen notes, notetaking apps and systems, and visual note-taking and diagramming too! @amandabeiner (https://twitter.com/amandabeiner) Mermaid.live (https://mermaid.live) Monodraw (https://monodraw.helftone.com/) Zettlekasten (https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/) Evergreen Notes (https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_notes) Notion (https://www.notion.so/) Obsidian (https://obsidian.md/) Transcript: JOËL: Hello and welcome to another episode of The Bike Shed, a weekly podcast from your friends at thoughtbot about developing great software. I'm Joël Quenneville. And today, I'm joined by Amanda Beiner, a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub. AMANDA: Hey, Joël. Great to see you. JOËL: And together, we're here to share a little bit of what we've learned along the way. So, Amanda, what is new in your world? AMANDA: Well, one thing I'm really excited about is that my team at GitHub is experimenting with how we're going to incorporate learning and sharing what we've learned with each other in new ways, and I'm really excited to see where people take that. So, one of the things that we're thinking of is that we all get really busy, and we all have exciting projects that we're working on in the day-to-day, and sometimes it can be really hard to pull yourself away from them to do some learning that would be something that will probably help you in the long run. But every time we do do projects like that, people are really excited about it, and people like to collaborate. So we're just trying to figure out how we can make that a more regular thing because it's great for our whole team. JOËL: I love that. Do you have a project or something that you've been getting into recently to learn? AMANDA: Yeah. One of the things that I have been working on is that this is the first backend-focused role that I've had in my entire career. So I feel like I just kind of keep pulling back layers on how different forms of magic work. And I'm just trying to get closer to the metal of what is powering our databases. And that's something that I've been really excited to learn some more about. JOËL: So it's digging into a lot of, like, Postgres and just general database theory. AMANDA: Yeah. So for me, I've spent a lot of time at the Active Record layer as I have been settling into my role and figuring out what our domain models are that we care about. And I'm trying to get a little bit more into the questions of why did these tables end up looking the way that they do? Why are they normalized or denormalized where they are? And trying to get a better idea of the theory behind those decisions. JOËL: And this is a new team that you've joined. AMANDA: This is an existing team that I've joined a year ago now. JOËL: So it sounds like you're dealing with a somewhat unfamiliar codebase. You're looking at a bunch of existing models and database tables. That can be a lot to process and understand when you first join a team. Do you have an approach that you like to use when you're looking at unknown code for the first time? AMANDA: Yeah. I usually like to dive right in as much as I can, even if it's with a very small bug fix or something like that, something that allows me to just get my hands dirty from the beginning and poke around what models I'm dealing with, and maybe some of the adjacent ones that I don't need to know about now but might want to come back to later. JOËL: One thing that I find is really helpful for me are diagramming and note-taking. So if it's something like a database table or ActiveRecord models that I'm not familiar with, if it's more than maybe two or three, which is probably the most I can keep in my head, I have to start drawing some kind of like an entity-relationship diagram or maybe even just a bulleted list somewhere where it's like here are the things and how they connect to each other. Otherwise, I'm like, I don't know, I don't have enough RAM in my brain for that. AMANDA: That sounds like a really helpful approach. How do you approach creating these diagrams? JOËL: Occasionally, I will just draw it out by hand with pen and paper. But more recently, I've been using tools like Mermaid.js and specifically the website mermaid.live that allows you to just put in some names and arrows, and it will build out a diagram for you. And that's been really helpful to explore and understand what is going on with different entities that relate to each other. AMANDA: I've used Mermaid.js recently, and I really enjoyed it as well. I found that writing something that lets me write words or something somewhat like words and takes care of the drawing for me is probably best for everyone involved. JOËL: Yeah, that's a good point. It's kind of like Markdown, the ability to just write a little bit of text and move on and not worry about the size of boxes or the shape of the arrows or whatever. It helps you to really stay in that flow and keep moving. AMANDA: I definitely agree. I feel like I can't have been the only person that somehow ended up very deep into the Figma documentation because I didn't quite know how to do what I was supposed to do, and I forgot what I was trying to draw in the first place. JOËL: Right. It's really easy to put your designer hat on and want to make something like a beautiful diagram when this is really more of a capturing your state of mind. It's a rough note, not something you're necessarily going to publish. So, in addition to visuals, do you find yourself taking a lot of notes when you're exploring code or debugging code? AMANDA: Yeah. I feel like I tend to jot a lot of things down, maybe class names, maybe some links to PRs or issues, or anywhere that might have context about what I'm looking at and how it got in that way. At this point in the process, it feels my notes usually feel like a bit of a bullet point list that doesn't quite make sense to me yet but maybe will get some shaping later. JOËL: What kind of things do you tend to record in those notes? AMANDA: I think one of the things that I'm usually trying to get out of those notes is just a snapshot of what I'm trying to accomplish at the time that I'm creating them. What's the bug that I'm trying to solve, and how did I get into this rabbit hole? So that if it ends up being the wrong one, I can follow my breadcrumbs back out and start a different way. JOËL: Oh, that is really powerful. I love the imagery you used there of following breadcrumbs. And I feel like that's sometimes something I wish I had when I'm either exploring a particular code path or trying to find a bug. And at some point, I've gone a pretty long path, and I need to back up. And I don't remember exactly where I was or how I got to this point, especially if I've gone down a path, backtracked a little bit, gone down a different path, backtracked, gone further down a third path. And so having breadcrumbs, I think, is a really valuable thing that I wish I did more when I was debugging. AMANDA: Yeah. And one of the most helpful breadcrumbs that I found is just a list of questions. What was the question that I was trying to answer when I opened this file or looked at this method, and did it help me solve that question or answer that question? And if the answer is no, then I can refer back to what the question was and try to think about what else might help me solve that question. JOËL: I also love that. It's really easy to get sidetracked by other questions or other ideas when exploring or debugging. And sometimes I find that half hour later, I haven't answered the original question I came here to answer, and I kind of haven't even tried. And so, maybe writing down my questions before I go down a path would help me stay more focused during a debugging session rather than just trying to keep it all in my head. AMANDA: I very much relate to getting nerd sniped by something that looks interesting but ultimately doesn't solve the original problem that you were trying to. JOËL: This even happens to me when I'm pair programming. And so we'll say out loud the question we're trying to answer is this; let's open this file. And then you go into it, and you're like, oh, now that is an unusual line of code right there. AMANDA: [laughs] JOËL: I wonder why they're doing that. Let me check the git blame on this line. Oh, it's from 2015? AMANDA: [laughs] JOËL: I wonder what was happening there. Was that part of a Rails upgrade? And then, at some point, the other person has to interject and be like, "That's all fascinating, but I think the question we're actually trying to answer is..." and we get back on track. AMANDA: I feel like that's a really good opportunity, maybe for a different kind of note of just interesting curiosities in a given codebase. I find that one of the skills that I'm trying to get better at is, rather than building a repository of information or answers to questions, just building a mental map of where the information I'm trying to find lives so that when someone asks me a question or when I have to solve something I don't necessarily know the answer, but I just know the resource to find that will point me in the direction of that answer. And I feel like those kinds of explorations are really helpful for building out that mental model, even if it may be at the time seems like an unrelated rabbit hole. JOËL: So this kind of note is a bit more permanent than a bread crumb style note would be. AMANDA: Yeah, maybe. And I guess maybe it's less of a note, and it feels kind of like an index. JOËL: Hmmm. AMANDA: Like something that's connecting other pieces of information. JOËL: That's really interesting. It's got me thinking about the fact that note-taking can be very different in different situations and for different purposes. So we've talked a little bit about debugging. I think we've mixed debugging and exploration. Maybe those two are not the same, and you treat notes differently. Actually, do you treat those two as different, or do you have different approaches to note-taking when you're exploring a new codebase versus debugging a particular problem? AMANDA: I think that those kinds of notes could probably be a little bit different because I think when I'm onboarding onto a new codebase, I'm trying to cast a pretty wide net and give some overall information about what these things do that by the time I'm very deep in debugging, it might be information that I already know very well. So I feel like maybe debugging notes are a little bit more procedural. They are a little bit more I did X, and I did Y, and I did Z, and these were the questions. And the introductory notes to a new codebase might be more along the lines of this is what this model does, and stuff that will eventually become second nature and might be useful to pass off to someone else who's onboarding but which I might myself not refer back to after a certain amount of time. JOËL: I see. That's an interesting point because not only might the type of notes you take be different in different scenarios, but even their lifespan could be different. The value of a debugging note, that sort of breadcrumbs, might really only be that useful for a few hours or a couple of days. I can imagine notes you're taking while you're exploring a codebase those might be helpful for a much longer period and, as you said, maybe in passing them on to someone else when they're joining a team. AMANDA: So that makes me think of whether the debugging notes should be as short-lived as I'm making them sound because I feel like there are times where you know you've debugged something previously, but you didn't keep the notes. Maybe they were just on a scrap of paper, and now they're gone. And I feel like I'd like to do a better job of digesting those notes a little bit better and eventually turning them into something that can be a little bit longer-lived. JOËL: That's fair. I find that, especially for debugging, I like to capture a lot of what was in my notes in the eventual commit message for the fix. Of course, my random breadcrumbs probably don't make sense in the commit message, but a lot of what I have learned along the way often is helpful. AMANDA: That's a really good point. I hadn't thought of commit messages as notes, but you're right; they totally are. JOËL: One thing I've done is I've sort of taken this idea to the extreme. I was debugging some weird database table ActiveRecord model interactions, and the modeling was just a little bit unusual. There were multiple sources of truth in the relationships. And there were enough models that I struggled to really understand what was going on. And so I drew an entity-relationship diagram. And I felt that that was important to understand for people reviewing the code but also anybody looking back at the commit later on. So I used a tool called Monodraw, which allows you to draw simple diagrams as ASCII art. And so, I have a little ASCII art ERD in my commit message. AMANDA: That's incredible. I feel like if I were a developer git logging and I saw that commit message, I would be both thrilled and terrified of what exactly I was diving into in the git blame. [laughs] JOËL: Definitely both, definitely both. But I have referred back maybe a few months later. Like you said, I had to refer back to that commit because a similar bug had cropped up somewhere else. And I knew that that commit had information that I had gathered that would make the debugging experience easier. AMANDA: I guess the commit message is a really good example of having a note that's very closely tied to its context. Like, it's in the context of like a commit, which is a set of changes at a point in time, and it's really well situated in there. What do you think about the trade-offs of having that as part of a commit message versus something like some other sort of documentation where something like that could live? JOËL: I guess it depends on how you think you're going to use it in the future. Again, for debugging things, it feels like you don't often need to refer back to them, so I don't think you would want to just dump that on a wiki somewhere. It probably makes sense to have that either in just a collection of debugging notes that you have or that you could then dig into if you needed or in a commit message, something like that. But maybe some of the things that you learned along the way could be pulled out and turned into something that lives somewhere else that's maybe less of a note at that point and more of a publication. AMANDA: That sounds like a fine line between note and publication. JOËL: Perhaps it's an artificial line that I'm making. AMANDA: [laughs] JOËL: But yeah, I guess the idea is that sometimes I will look at my own debugging notes and try to turn them into something like either a wiki page for a particular codebase or potentially even a blog post on the thoughtbot blog, something that I've been able to synthesize out of the notes there. But now you've kind of gone a few steps beyond the underlying raw notes. AMANDA: I'm interested in your thoughts on that synthesis of notes into how does something go from a commit message into a blog? What does that process look like for you? JOËL: I have a personal note-taking system that's loosely inspired by a system called Zettelkasten and also another similar system called evergreen notes. The idea is that when you learn things, you capture small atomic notes, so they are an idea in your note-taking application, and then you connect them. You create links between notes. And the idea is that there's a lot of value in making connections between notes that's almost as much part of the knowledge-creating experience as capturing single notes on their own. And as you capture a bunch of these little, tiny notes over time and they become very interconnected, then you can start seeing, oh, this note from this one experience, this note from this conference talk, and this note from this book all connect together. And they maybe even make connections I hadn't seen, or I hadn't thought of individually in those moments. But now I see that they all kind of come together with a theme. And I might then combine those together to make a blog post or to use as the foundation for a conference talk. AMANDA: That's really interesting. I like the concept of being able to capture bits of information at the time that they felt relevant without having to have an entire thesis in this note. Or that idea doesn't have to be fully fleshed out; it can become fleshed out later when you connect the dots. JOËL: That's a really powerful concept. One of the big ideas that I picked up through this was that there are always byproducts of knowledge creation. So if I'm writing a blog post, there are always some things that I cut that didn't make it into the blog post because I'm trying to keep it focused. But those are still things that I learned, things that are valuable, that could be used for something else. And so anytime I'm writing a blog post, preparing for a conference talk, learning some things in a debugging session by reading a book, there are always some things that I don't use necessarily immediately. But I can capture those little chunks, and eventually, I have enough of them that I can combine them together to make some kind of other work. AMANDA: I'm really curious about your process of creating those notes. If you're reading a blog post, say, to learn a new topic and you're taking notes on that, how do you go from this concept that you're learning in the blog post to these really focused notes that can be combined in other ways? JOËL: So the Zettelkasten approach suggests that you have two forms of notes, one it calls literature notes which are just sort of ideas you jot down as you are reading some work. You're reading a book or a blog post or watching a talk, and then, later on, you go and turn those into those atomic-separated, linked notes together, what Zettelkasten calls permanent notes. And so I'll often do that is just focus on the work itself and jot down some notes and then convert those later on into these smaller atomic chunks. AMANDA: That concept of taking a larger theme and then actually spending the energy to distill that into a different kind of artifact that might be helpful later on is really interesting. And I don't do Zettelkasten note-taking, but I've also found that to be useful in other contexts as well. JOËL: One thing that I sort of hold myself to is when I am writing those atomic notes is, I don't write them as bullet points. They're always written in prose and complete sentences. The title is usually a sort of thesis statement, a thing that I think is true or at least a thing that posits that could be true, and then a short paragraph expanding on that idea which I think helps cement a lot of information in my mind but also helps to give me little chunks of things that I can more or less copy-paste into an article and already have almost a rough draft of something I want to say. Do you find that when you synthesize ideas into notes that you do something similar, or do you stick mostly to bullet points? AMANDA: I think I might do a mixture of the two. I think procedurally, I use bullet points a lot, but I think those bullet points tend to be full sentences or several sentences together. I've definitely run up against some of the drawbacks of terseness, where they're less helpful when you refer back to it later. But I do like the visual cues that come with things like bullet points, or numbered lists, or even emoji and note-taking to be a visual cue of what I was thinking of or where I can find this later on. JOËL: I love emoji; emoji is great. AMANDA: I guess actually I've started using emoji as bullet points. That's something that I've found even to be helpful just with remembering or with grouping things thematically in my mind. And when I'm going back through my notes, I find it easier to find the information that I was looking for because it had a list, or an emoji, or an image, or something like that. JOËL: Yeah, that makes it really easy to scan and pick out the things that you're looking for. It's almost like adding metadata to your notes. AMANDA: Totally. JOËL: That's a great tip. I should do that. AMANDA: You can definitely run into the Figma problem of you then spend so much time finding the right emoji to be the bullet point that you forgot what you were doing, [laughs] but that's a problem for a different day. JOËL: So this sort of Zettelkasten evergreen notes approach is a system that I use specifically to help me capture long-term thoughts about software that could eventually turn into content. So this is very much not a debugging note. It's not an exploratory note. It has a very particular purpose, which is why I write it in this particular way. I'm curious; I know you have a lot of different systems that you use for your notes, Amanda. Is there one that you'd like to share with the audience? Maybe tell us a little bit about what the system is and why it's a good fit for the type of scenario that you'd like to use it in. AMANDA: Sure. One situation that I found myself in recently is I have started taking classes on things that I'm interested in, development-related and non-development-related. And that's a formal structure that requires some note-taking that I haven't really done since I was in school. And the tools were very different back then as to what we had available to us for note-taking. It was basically Microsoft Word or bust. So I have found myself having to develop a new note system for that kind of content delivery method, basically of watching a video and taking notes and having something that then makes sense outside of the context of sitting down and watching a video. So that has been a little bit of a process journey that I've been on the last couple of months. JOËL: And what does your note-taking system look like? AMANDA: So it's been a mix of things, actually. I started out just kind of brain-dumping as I went along with the instructor talking trying to type and keep up. And I found that very not scannable to look back on. I was looking for some more visual cues, and I didn't really have time to insert those visual cues as I was trying to keep up with a lecture essentially. I then transitioned back to old school pen and paper, like, got myself a notebook and started writing in it. And obviously, that has some benefits of the free-formness, like, I'm not constrained by the offerings of any specific tool. But the trade-off for that is always that you have different notebooks for everything. And it's like, where's my X class notebook? And so I've been trying to bring those two methods together into something that makes a little bit more sense for me and also bring in some of that synthesis process that you were talking about with your note-taking method of doing the full literature notes and then synthesizing them down into something a little bit more well-scoped for the particular piece of information. JOËL: So you have like a two-step process then. AMANDA: It did end up being a two-step process because one of the things that I found was the grouping of ideas that make sense when you're first learning a concept and the grouping of ideas that make sense when I'm revisiting that concept, later on, aren't necessarily the same. And so, keeping it in the original context doesn't necessarily help me recall the information when I'm referring back to my notes. JOËL: That's really interesting. When you're writing it, it's going to be different than when you're reading it. So we've been talking a lot about the purpose of different notes along the way, and you mentioned the word recall here. Do you use these notes mostly as a way to recall things that you would look back at them and try to remember, or are they more of a way to digest the material as you're going through it? AMANDA: I think at the time that I'm writing them, they definitely served the purpose of helping me digest the information. But at some point, I probably want to be able to look back at them and remember the things that I learned and see if maybe they have new salience now that I have sat on them for a little bit. JOËL: Hmmm, that's good. So it's valuable for both in different contexts. AMANDA: Yeah, definitely. And one of the more surprising things that I've learned through that process has been that when I'm learning something, I really like a chronological kind of step-by-step through that process and building blocks of complexity that basically go one on top of the other. But then, once I've kind of made it to the end when I look back on it, I look back on those notes, and they're usually pretty thorough. They probably have a lot of details that aren't going to be top-level priority at the end. But I didn't really have that concept of priority when I was first learning it. I was kind of grasping onto each bit of information, saying, "I'm going to scroll this away in case I need it later." And then when you get a better understanding of the full picture, you realize, okay, I'm glad that I know that, but it's not necessarily something that I'd want to look back on. So I really like having systems that then allow me to regroup that information once I have built out a fuller picture of what it is I'm trying to learn. JOËL: Interesting. So the sort of digesting step that happens afterwards or the synthesis step, a lot of the value that you're adding there is by putting structure on a lot of the information you captured. AMANDA: Yeah, I think putting structure and changing the structure, and not being afraid to change that structure to fit my new understanding in how I see this concept now instead of just how this concept was explained to me. JOËL: So you mentioned that you'd initially used notebooks and paper and that that felt a little bit constraining in terms of organization. Is there any kind of software or apps that you like to use to organize your notes, and how do they fit in with your approach to note-taking? AMANDA: I've been using Notion for the last few years. I found that that application works well with my visual preferences for note-taking. I think there's a lot of opportunity for visual cues that help me recall things, such as emoji and bullet points. And I like that I can do all of that by writing Markdown without then also having to read Markdown. JOËL: Yeah, I definitely agree that a little visual change there where you can actually see the rendered Markdown is a nice quality-of-life improvement. AMANDA: Absolutely. And I also think that the way that it turns Markdown into blocks that then you can rearrange has served me really well for that synthesis process of maybe this bullet point makes sense, and I want to keep it as is. But I want to rearrange it into these new themes that I'm seeing as I'm reviewing these things that I've learned. JOËL: That's fascinating. So it has some really good tools for evolving your notes and reorganizing them, it sounds like. AMANDA: I like that I can group my notes by concept, and notes can be subsets or sub-notes of other notes. And you can kind of move the individual notes in between those blocks pretty easily, which helps me rearrange things when I see different themes evolving. JOËL: I've heard really good things about Notion, but I've not tried it myself. My app of choice so far has been Obsidian, which I really appreciate its focus on linking between notes. It doesn't have this concept of blocks where you can embed parts of notes as notes into other notes and things like that. But that has been okay for me because I keep my notes very small and atomic. But the focus on hyperlinking between notes has been really useful for me because, in my approach, it's all about the connections. AMANDA: So, what does that process look like when you are referring back to all of these notes that are hyperlinked together? JOËL: That's actually really important because the recall aspect is a big part of how you would use a note-taking system. For me, it's sort of like walking the graph. So I'll use search, or maybe I know a note that's in the general theme of what I care about, and then I'll just follow the links to other related articles or notes that talk about things that are related to it. And I might walk that graph three, four steps out in a few different directions. It's kind of like surfing Wikipedia. You find some entry point, and then you just follow the links until you have the material that you're interested in. AMANDA: It sounds like creating a Wikipedia wormhole of your own. JOËL: It kind of is. I guess, in a way, it's kind of like a little mini personal wiki where the articles are very, very condensed because I have that limitation that everything must be atomic. Wow. So this has been a really fascinating conversation. I feel like one of the big takeaways that I have is that types of notes matter. Note-taking can take very different forms in different contexts. And the way you organize them would be vastly different; how long you care about them is also going to be different. So going into a particular situation, knowing what sort of situation is this that I'm using notes and what is their purpose is going to be really helpful to think in terms of how I want to do my note-keeping. Whereas I think previously, I probably was just like, yeah, notes. You open a document, and you put in some bullet points. AMANDA: I am definitely guilty of doing that as well. And I like the idea of having a purpose for your notes. You mentioned your purpose was ultimately to build a map that would produce content. And I really like how you have found a system that works really well for that purpose. And I'm going to keep thinking about how to be more intentional in what is the purpose of the notes that I'm taking in the future. JOËL: Well, thank you so much for joining the conversation today. Where can people find you on the web? AMANDA: Thanks so much for having me, Joël. You can find me @amandabeiner on Twitter. JOËL: And we'll link to that in the show notes. And with that, let's wrap up. The show notes for this episode can be found at bikeshed.fm. This show is produced and edited by Mandy Moore. If you enjoyed listening, one really easy way to support the show is to leave us a quick rating or even a review in iTunes. It really helps other folks find the show. If you have any feedback, you can reach us at @_bikeshed, or reach me at @joelquen on Twitter, or at hosts@bikeshed.fm via email. Thank you so much for listening to The Bike Shed, and we'll see you next week. Byeeeeeeee!!!!!!! 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