Vivvy would like me to put down the phone and pay attention to her.
Caitlin Flanagan: In praise of heroic masculinity: Teach boys that strength can be a virtue.
Kottke: The Infinite Hotel Paradox. A guest walks into a hotel with an infinite number of rooms….
No, Trader Joe’s employees are not trained to flirt. Or so they would like us to believe!
I loved the final scenes of “Justified: City Primeval” and I hope they’re setting up for a second season. The miniseries was enjoyable but lacked the punch of the original series. Those final scenes supplied the missing ingredient.
The Best Cheap Place to Eat in Every State, According to Yelp
Scientologists ask the federal government to restrict Right to Repair. The church says it wants to protect the secrets of its E-Meter, but the change requested by the church could nearly eviscerate the law.
10 years ago this weekend we brought this little girl home.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Poor kid had a rough couple of days adjusting to the new environment. It was a tough couple of months for me and Julie too. Minnie is the first dog I’ve ever owned. I had no idea what I was doing. I still don’t, but she’s a healthy dog and seems happy so we must be doing something right.
Modern physics can’t explain life, but a new theory of time might.
Yes, Brussels Sprouts Taste Better Now—Here’s Why
Brussels sprouts bitter flavor was bred out of them in the 1990s, and ever since then, they’ve been a vegetable you’ll actually want to eat.
Horse- race journalism
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Journalists need to stop covering elections like horse races. Don’t obsess over who’s winning—help us decide who to vote for. Horse-race journalism perpetuates the image of journalists as detached observers. The horse race fills the insatiable news hole. Every day, a new poll or gaffe. Candidates’ stands on the issues, their experience and competence don’t change much over the course of a campaign—they don’t make news—but they are more important.
Daily Tar Heel staffer Georgia Roda-Moorhead: “We are the Sandy Hook generation. We grew up crouching behind desks in pitch-black darkness, as our teachers barred the doors shut in case a ‘scary person’ stepped on campus."
Burger King is being sued for making its Whoppers appear bigger than they are.
What time do Americans have dinner? Which state eats dinner earliest? Latest?
Using data from the American Time Use Survey, between 2018 to 2022, we can see the percentage of households in the country who were eating during a given time.
“The Corduroy Appreciation Society was a club where people gathered secretly to celebrate their love of corduroy." On the delightful Articles of Interest podcast with Avery Trufelman.
It's Time to Talk About 'Pandemic Revisionism'
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina discusses school closures, mask mandates and the pandemic response, on the Ezra Klein show, with guest host David Wallace-Wells, a New York Times science and public policy journalist Political discussions today focus on school, shut-downs, lockdowns, masking, and whether the economic stimulus was too big. We’re not discussing the big question of whether we could have prevented 1.1 million deaths in the US alone. Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist and the author of the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist.
My 20-year-old self-inking return-address stamp still works. That is some seriously well-made self-inking technology.
Continuing with decluttering my home office. Can all the drawers in all the furniture be junk drawers?