Obverter is Ben Tyler Elliott,
who is a writer that
collects hobbies.
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Before I draw anything, I always thank my hands. To myself, I say: “About a zillion amputees would love to steer these mitts.”
And then, holding them up before me, I say, “Hands, you and me — we gotta get along because we’re stuck together forever.
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A few years, and then months, and then minutes ago, I decided that I wanted to learn how to draw. And the first question I’ve always asked myself whenever I’ve set out along this path has always been the same: Why?
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Just because you may have given up on your childhood dreams of winning a Fields Medal doesn’t mean you have to give up on a data-driven career. There’s a whole field and industry for folks like us: overeducated liberal arts majors who are passionate about finding answers that aren’t already on Wikipedia.
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Baseball is compelling in part because it is an endless test of patience and endurance. No other sport brings so vividly to life the tedium of indeterminate waiting. And therein lies its specific appeal.
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If you run the numbers for his career-to-date, Max Scherzer could’ve thrown a ball from Cleveland to Seattle.
And then to San Francisco.
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Coming up with ideas for a blog post can be tough. I mean, what are you supposed to write about? The sky? Your dog? Coming up with ideas for blog posts?
That’s not a bad idea, actually.
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To the casual observer, baseball doesn’t present itself as a particularly impressive or athletic sport. And yet, the majority of those mostly-ordinary looking folks playing televised baseball are millionaires…
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A lot of people think that woodworking is expensive. They see all the big power tools and intricate projects and they assume that it’s not something the average person can do. I’m here to tell you that those people are wrong. Here’s how you can get started without breaking the bank.
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A baseball pitcher’s most basic goal—to make a batter miss three hittable pitches—has never changed. But how a modern baseball team uses their pitchers is remarkably different from how the earliest teams used theirs.