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Friday, June 27, 2025

This is a special travel edition in which I am going to put it together in 5 minutes on train wifi.


Mapping, meet Formula 1. Formula 1, meet mapping.

Item 2: a list

Standard Train Seating Options (Non-Sleeper Car Edition), ranked:

  1. Window, facing the front of the train, facing the back of the seat in front of you
  2. Aisle, facing the front of the train, facing the back of the seat in front of you
  3. Window, facing the back of the train, facing the back of the seat in front of you
  4. Aisle, facing the direction the train is going, facing the back of the seat in front of you
  5. Window, facing the front of the train, with a table between the seat in front of you where that person is facing you
  6. Aisle, facing the front of the train, with a table between the seat in front of you where that person is facing you
  7. Window, facing the back of the train, with a table between the seat in front of you where that person is facing you
  8. Aisle, facing the back of the train, with a table between the seat in front of you where that person is facing you
  9. All of the above, in the same order, but right near a stinky WC
  10. All of the above, in the same order, but a middle seat
  11. All of the above, in the same order, but a middle seat , right near a stinky WC

Item 3: a media recommendation

Crayon Factory (stereo)

Item 4: word of the week

Tergiversate

Do you want a glass of chilled skin contact sauvignon blanc or not?

Item 5: a photograph

Blue Jay. Photo: Brian Kushner / Audubon Photography Awards

See ya!

Thanks. Next week!