We have a "holiday" near and dear to many artists and designers today and some good news about a really devastating disease.

☕️ Today's To-Go Cup: “Remember George, no man is a failure who has friends.” ~ Clarence, the angel from It’s a Wonderful Life

How do you measure success and failure?

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This may be our longest episode and it's all due to celebrating an odd but amazing creature. Even a good news story about an uber-resourceful inventor is overshadowed by the Hagfish.

ok, we may need to correct a few details of our conversation about Hagfish. They have a cartilage-like plate that helps them "rasp" the flesh they want to eat from the carcass. Or, their body is like a digestive organ and it's more efficient for them to digest their food through their skin than through their stomach!

Hagfish slime expands at an amazing rate and volume. So, they only need to secrete a little bit to create lots and lots of slime.

And, just one more "did you know"...Hagfish slime is one of the softest substances ever recorded. Trying to quantify it meant that researchers had to change the way they measured it.

Oh...and Tim, you didn't mention their useful "tying-their-body-in-a-knot" trick!

For more info check out this article in the Atlantic about Hagfish slime fending off sharks and Priuses

☕️ Today's To-Go Cup: “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” ~ Anna Deavere Smith

Get in touch with a friend. Rekindle a relationship. Be the friendship meds that someone else needs.

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Today's good news story should be inspiring to anyone at any age. There's always more adventures ahead! And, while adventuring, we suggest celebrating chocolate cupcakes along the way.

☕️ Today's To-Go Cup Quote: “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to level yourself up." ~ Thomas J. Watson

Are your friends just comfortable? Or do they force you to level yourself up?

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