#nowreading
"The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization and Welfare Reform" by Mary Bryna Sanger.

Hello! I'm Stephen. Here's a real #intro:

I've been a lawyer for ~8 years. For 6 years I represented marginalized folks in Ohio's courts, mostly appeals. For the last 2 years I've worked in systems and data for public defenders. Now I live in NYC and work in the Bronx.

I work with #data, #ethicaltech, process/systems improvement, #policy, #communications, #cjreform, and where all of that intersects. Let me know if you want to talk about any of that! (Also into #maps, #scifi, #hiking, my cat)

I love the Marie Kondo show so much that I'm going to take my to-do list, fold it in thirds, and store it standing up. Just to see if it helps.

I bought Marie Kondo’s book a few years back, and I did her method when I moved from my big place in Ohio to this smaller place in New York, and it really did change my entire outlook.

Also every time she does the meditation “greeting” the house I get emotional and I have no idea why but it really really works on me.

Also love how when she sees a mess, she gets so happy, because she sees so much room for improvement. It’s such an inspiring attitude.

I really like this Marie Kondo show. There’s something really satisfying about a hit tv show that celebrates owning LESS stuff, not more.

In case you were curious about how I stay on top of my inbox, try this:
- Create folder called "Needs Follow-Up"
- Go to Inbox.
- Select all.
- Move all to "Needs Follow-Up."
- Inbox zero!

Tune in possibly never for tips on how to manage your "Needs Follow-Up" folder!!

This is one of my favorite videos on the internet: Kaki King performing the opening monologue from Dune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9P_EpGnwc

I ask this because I HAVE to imagine there is a space where sports nerds and Harry Potter nerds intersect and maximize the joy of over-analyzing both things.

Can anyone point me to an actual defense of Quidditch's seemingly-pointlessly-complex rules?

Another first-ever bird for me today!

Up to my normal Saturday stuff.

In case it is something you’d be interested in: I am on a podcast today about the movie “Groundhog Day” and its religious significance to me as an ostensibly non-religious / formerly religious person. http://adamglass.org/cinemacredo/2019/02/02/ep-2-groundhog-day-with-stephen-goldmeier/

It’s possible this snow is only going to last a few minutes, so I took a break between meetings to get out in it.

Overheard a woman at the diner trying to describe her slightly-late breakfast over the phone: “it’s like brunch, but without the excessive alcohol.”

Today in Central Park, new birding friend Kathleen gave me a few peanuts to share with this other new birding friend, a chickadee.

I found a new place for Dominican breakfast near me!