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Beany Brain #104: Beany Brain 100 Playlist + Extra Funnies for our Brainies
Abigail Munday
July 29, 2026
Beany Brain: loving our jumping-bean brains!
Welcome to this issue of the Beany Brain! I hope today’s newsletter will bounce us up as we contemplate the upsides and challenges of being neurodivergent, a little beauty, some creativity, and just general yeehawesomeness.
Table of Contents
Screenshot from Spotify
Spotify Playlist: Beany Brain 100
Back in my 100th BB newsletter, I shared a list of 100 songs that I enjoy.
I had some interest from some of you, and so I’ve made a Spotify playlist to share.
Here you go! Listen to all 6 hours 25 minutes in one go, or break it up into toilet-cleaning or washing-dishes chunks of time.
In the process of playlisting, I found that I had listed the song “Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett twice. Ha! I do like Jimmy and I do like food and I love cheeseburgers, so maybe I just subconsciously need some iron from the red meat?
Anyway, to make it an even 100 I put in a bonus song for you all.
Happy listening and happy dancing!
(Give me some ideas for my 200th BB newsletter…)
Extra Funnies for our Beany Brainies
As you read this, we’ll be traveling from the UK back to Japan via Incheon in South Korea, so I’ve put this together in advance for your funny-bone delectation.
Laugh on, friends.
Sketch with Emma Thompson and Penelope Keith from 1989:
The following memes may or may not have traceable origins. So just assume they come from unknown sources.
The New Yorker
Librarian funny:
Yeehawesome!
Yeehawesome! is a happy-brain roundup in each issue of Beany Brain. What’s happening that’s good in brain land? What’s bringing me joy?
A Quiet Zone on a train from High Wycombe to Oxford (there was a dog who occasionally barked, and a group of friends chatting, but overall, quieter than regular carriages).
Photo by Abigail Munday
A beautiful global photography project of fathers and sons holding hands.
Window swap! Click on the link down at the bottom of the page that says “open a window somewhere in the world,” see the view, and look up at the top right of the page to see the location. You can do multiple clicks, and you can share your view from your window if you like.
Quote of the Week
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.
(Sojourner Truth, born into slavery in 1797, escaped, and became an abolitionist and an activist for women’s rights)
Wonderful Wednesday
Wonderful Wednesday was a day once a year in college when they would suddenly and surprisingly call off all classes and we’d play all day. The cafeteria provided special fun food and we’d do stuff outside like slip ‘n slides and jello wrestling in sumo suits. This segment of Beany Brain is dedicated to that memory of silliness and fun—no words, just a photo from the week that I’ve taken or found that reminds me to let the joy in. Since Beany Brain is published on Wednesday every week (at least, Wednesday in Japan), I hope you enjoy this Wonderful Wednesday.
Photo by friend, Ms. A
Today’s Beany-full Summary:
A link to my Beany Brain 100 Spotify playlist.
Extra funnies for our beany brainies.
Go forth in Beany joy. What will help you feel yeehawesome this week?
Thank you for reading this installment of Beany Brain! You’re very welcome to hop on by any old time.
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