Benjamin Errett
@benjaminerrett
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Quips shipped via @getwitquick; unrelated to day job at @greenstandards or yesterday jobs at @hellobluedot, @figure1 & @nationalpost
Toronto
Joined January 2009
Online at the Star now, @benjaminerrett, Robert Fulford's longtime editor, on a giant of Canadian letters. Fulford died Tuesday at 92.
thestar.com
Above all else, Fulford was an enthusiast. No other cultural journalist in the English-speaking world could match the depth and breadth of his work. He died Tuesday at the age
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A must read by @benjaminerrett - nothing is better than puttering and improving the state of some neglected corner of your life or space.
Opinion: In praise of ‘puttering’
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Be neither a parasite nor a churl- @benjaminerrett on hospitality: "The Wit's Guide to Guests" (Plus- the first Ford) Contemplate conviviality: https://t.co/GsE0zSPFTJ
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I don't often deliver scholarly introductions to @MichaelMann films, but when I do I deliver them at wonderful Dutch-Indonesian snack bars on The Danforth
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“We need not all move into the forest” is my new fave @sarahLazarovic line. https://t.co/3mARnwkaXq
fastcompany.com
Experts are increasingly making a point of rejecting the 'doomism' view that humanity is already cooked.
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Any errors I made in this piece on how errors boost engagement are of course on porpoise
slate.com
It turns out people just like telling others they’re wrong.
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What do daughters and business cards have in common? Men are expected to give them away at events. From Jokes to Offend Men by @daniellekraese
@_alikelley @KateHerzlin @why_yates, a book that would've delighted @RebeccaWestSoc
https://t.co/bXfcmvVtU3
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My newsletter, Minimum Viable Planet, and https://t.co/sTuwbzFeED are giving away two heat pumps! (In the GTHA!) Win one! Stay cool! Be hot! #heatpumpnation
https://t.co/C4IQMX8a13
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+ action de grace
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How James Corden pulled the rare Reverse Curate's Egg https://t.co/LTOUE93r9p
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In praise of @oliverburkeman's view of death as the ultimate productivity hack https://t.co/s1nw7fmMqk
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Gatecrasher > Intellectual nomad > dilettante > tinkerer > dabbler > amateur. Or vice versa? https://t.co/8OcKDRIxkj
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“The tragedies of life are largely arterial.” — William Osler, as quoted in @flowill's perceptive new book on heartbreak https://t.co/xgIIWTd9GS
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TL;DR to prevent meta-boredom: @egabbert has the definitive modern take on dullness, which is "if you have to spend time with boring people, try being DAZZLING." https://t.co/6Y5AYaRpIf
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Evergreen IRL workplace joke: “How many people work in this office?” “Oh, about half of them.” https://t.co/cxLZvBjxEK
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A re-re-reassessment of the wit of @BorisJohnson: Eloquent improvisation👍 Memorability 👌 Snobby nihilism 👎
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John Robert Colombo might live on in the hearts and speeches of Canadians, but he’s definitely living on in a tidy split-level house in North York https://t.co/yOmgdNFy5H
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Last month I found a dog-eared copy of Colombo's Canadian Quotations in a Little Free Library and decided I needed to know more about Canada's quote GOAT. Here's the result: https://t.co/SlyN3QyFVW
theglobeandmail.com
The man behind the famed Colombo’s Canadian Quotations continues to write, producing self-published new work annually
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