Braves vs. Athletics Highlights
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:06 am
A person on Substack posted he was upset with how “mid” his writing skills were despite following the rules in writing courses. I thought first about the term “mid,” a word that is used in a manner that dictionaries have yet to catch up to. This is no surprise since language evolves at the speed of intellectual creativity and social media stupidity. Not that “mid” is intellectual or stupid. It just is.
Anyway, to have mid-level skills is to be average, but that doesn’t mean it is deficient or boring.
The NBA regular season is intolerable because the experts play with low-level enthusiasm when they aren’t sitting out for “load management.” The best baseball players in the world stop playing if it’s country wise email marketing list raining to protect their multimillion dollar hamstrings. I’m glad our utility workers aren’t that high maintenance.
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The most insufferable outdoor TV shows and YouTube channels feature people managing their ego. The show is not about reverence, habitat conservation or genuine excitement. Some shows are whack ‘em and stack ‘em, fist-pumping, celebratory productions about the host and the host’s ego. They are experts, but lack the genuine joy and enthusiasm that makes the pursuit worth it to begin with. Expertise should not be the finish line if it comes at the expense of happiness or undermines satisfaction.
I am mid across the board. My podcast used to be called the Mediocre Alaskan which was the idea that to be good at anything, there are times of frustration, anger and failure. The times of learning. Then once you have learned enough, you then realize you have gained a false summit. Mid is a reality, a place in time, and not always an insult.
I am not an expert steelheader, but I netted those steelhead like a pro and replay the image of then slowly dissolving back into the water almost daily.
Anyway, to have mid-level skills is to be average, but that doesn’t mean it is deficient or boring.
The NBA regular season is intolerable because the experts play with low-level enthusiasm when they aren’t sitting out for “load management.” The best baseball players in the world stop playing if it’s country wise email marketing list raining to protect their multimillion dollar hamstrings. I’m glad our utility workers aren’t that high maintenance.
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Stay
The most insufferable outdoor TV shows and YouTube channels feature people managing their ego. The show is not about reverence, habitat conservation or genuine excitement. Some shows are whack ‘em and stack ‘em, fist-pumping, celebratory productions about the host and the host’s ego. They are experts, but lack the genuine joy and enthusiasm that makes the pursuit worth it to begin with. Expertise should not be the finish line if it comes at the expense of happiness or undermines satisfaction.
I am mid across the board. My podcast used to be called the Mediocre Alaskan which was the idea that to be good at anything, there are times of frustration, anger and failure. The times of learning. Then once you have learned enough, you then realize you have gained a false summit. Mid is a reality, a place in time, and not always an insult.
I am not an expert steelheader, but I netted those steelhead like a pro and replay the image of then slowly dissolving back into the water almost daily.