Neill Perry
@neillperry.com
Sunbeam teacher; Amazon Safety Ambassador
Europa League soccer - a Thanksgiving Day tradition unlike any other
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Europa League soccer - a Thanksgiving Day tradition unlike any other
I had not realized what a terrible person William O. Douglas was web.archive.org/web/20030302...
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I had not realized what a terrible person William O. Douglas was web.archive.org/web/20030302...
lovely story about uncovering a wonderful person doing unconventional things very well -- www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
lovely story about uncovering a wonderful person doing unconventional things very well -- www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Mountains Grew by Dvorak is an extraordinary book. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
How the Mountains Grew
The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. Now in a rev...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How the Mountains Grew by Dvorak is an extraordinary book. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
A wonderful treatise on the empty feeling of modern cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A wonderful treatise on the empty feeling of modern cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...
"Eating healthfully in today’s society is very difficult because you’re fighting an entire food industry on your own — and that industry is trying to sell you the most profitable, least healthy foods available. But one thing you can do is read food labels." www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
At 89, she’s a top nutrition expert. Here’s what she eats in a day.
Marion Nestle’s blunt nutrition advice, sharp criticism of food companies and popular books have made her one of the most recognizable names in nutrition.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Eating healthfully in today’s society is very difficult because you’re fighting an entire food industry on your own — and that industry is trying to sell you the most profitable, least healthy foods available. But one thing you can do is read food labels." www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
voted No on Prop 50 on principle. Gerrymandering is dumb no matter who it benefits
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
voted No on Prop 50 on principle. Gerrymandering is dumb no matter who it benefits
Shout out to the one Sunbeam who shared som of their Halloween candy with me
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Shout out to the one Sunbeam who shared som of their Halloween candy with me
Outstanding Game 7! Bummed for Toronto though. ☹️
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Outstanding Game 7! Bummed for Toronto though. ☹️
bought a bag of candy for the contingency that some lost kid knocks on my door tonight
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
bought a bag of candy for the contingency that some lost kid knocks on my door tonight
These are excellent, made them and ate them tonight. mikebakesnyc.com/brown-butter...
Small Batch Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are hands down the best Small Batch Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies you will ever eat, thanks to the addition of dry milk powder.
mikebakesnyc.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
These are excellent, made them and ate them tonight. mikebakesnyc.com/brown-butter...
today at Halloween party I discovered a genre of music that is kid bands covering popular pop / rock songs
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
today at Halloween party I discovered a genre of music that is kid bands covering popular pop / rock songs
so close Mariners. So painfully close to the World Series.
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
so close Mariners. So painfully close to the World Series.
Teaching Sunbeams is awesome. It's also kind of tricky to adjust teaching style to beings with 3 minute attention spans.
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Teaching Sunbeams is awesome. It's also kind of tricky to adjust teaching style to beings with 3 minute attention spans.
"In this essay, I will argue that Nick Carraway was a decent but flawed person...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlNO...
The Great Gatsby: Why Nick Is Not Your Friend
YouTube video by Thought & Word
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October 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"In this essay, I will argue that Nick Carraway was a decent but flawed person...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlNO...
reading the Vietnam book by Goscha made me realize just how many people died in Southeast Asia after WWII. And that's not even counting Indonesia 1965-66.
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
reading the Vietnam book by Goscha made me realize just how many people died in Southeast Asia after WWII. And that's not even counting Indonesia 1965-66.
"Put a stop to the ungodly ice-cream flavor combinations at Salt and Straw."
Salt and Straw has some great flavors!!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/way...
Salt and Straw has some great flavors!!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/way...
Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland
“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"Put a stop to the ungodly ice-cream flavor combinations at Salt and Straw."
Salt and Straw has some great flavors!!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/way...
Salt and Straw has some great flavors!!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/way...
on Goldsmith's recommendation, I read this amicus brief. Outstanding statutory history of IEEPA. t.co/2qFxmxzXhj
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1287/375663/20250923175714172_Tariff%20brief%20formatted.pdf
t.co
September 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
on Goldsmith's recommendation, I read this amicus brief. Outstanding statutory history of IEEPA. t.co/2qFxmxzXhj
just finished Scorched Earth: Global History of WWII by Chamberlin. Outstanding 1 book overview of WWII with a focus on global politics and strategy. news.columbia.edu/content/scor...
Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II
By Paul Thomas Chamberlin
news.columbia.edu
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
just finished Scorched Earth: Global History of WWII by Chamberlin. Outstanding 1 book overview of WWII with a focus on global politics and strategy. news.columbia.edu/content/scor...
can't find my thread on Vietnam book (by Goscha), so I'll start anew:
"ethno-cultural diversity had always been greatest in the Mekong delta, where Viet colonialism was not much older than its French successor." (p287)
So Ngô Đình Diệm had his work cut out for him from the start...
"ethno-cultural diversity had always been greatest in the Mekong delta, where Viet colonialism was not much older than its French successor." (p287)
So Ngô Đình Diệm had his work cut out for him from the start...
September 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
can't find my thread on Vietnam book (by Goscha), so I'll start anew:
"ethno-cultural diversity had always been greatest in the Mekong delta, where Viet colonialism was not much older than its French successor." (p287)
So Ngô Đình Diệm had his work cut out for him from the start...
"ethno-cultural diversity had always been greatest in the Mekong delta, where Viet colonialism was not much older than its French successor." (p287)
So Ngô Đình Diệm had his work cut out for him from the start...
"The screenwriting tricks that work in 2025 are those that surprise the reader and create authentic emotion rather than relying on the same formulas everyone else is using."
The Screenwriting Tricks That Don't Work Anymore
Old habits die hard—but in modern screenwriting, some tricks that used to work now fall flat. Learn what to avoid and why.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The screenwriting tricks that work in 2025 are those that surprise the reader and create authentic emotion rather than relying on the same formulas everyone else is using."
Very impressed by Erika Kirk's grace and forgiveness of her husband's murderer. That must be an incredibly difficult thing after such a traumatic loss.
September 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Very impressed by Erika Kirk's grace and forgiveness of her husband's murderer. That must be an incredibly difficult thing after such a traumatic loss.
in the decades after annexation, "many Americans continued to refer to the King of Hawaii as a colony." P.T.Chamberlin, Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II, p. 208
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
in the decades after annexation, "many Americans continued to refer to the King of Hawaii as a colony." P.T.Chamberlin, Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II, p. 208
From Dave Barry’s Best State Ever
September 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
From Dave Barry’s Best State Ever
My dream job is going around fixing broken customer experiences, i.e., long lines at grocery store checkout, long hold times for customer service
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My dream job is going around fixing broken customer experiences, i.e., long lines at grocery store checkout, long hold times for customer service