#56 / The Whole Enchilada
Hey everyone, I was listening to the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime this week when I realized I had never seen a picture of Mike Watt before....
#55 / Don't Be a Guy
Hi everyone, Today is my birthday! It has been a very nice birthday, even though none of the basketball games are going the way I want them to go. I got...
#54 / Time to Breathe
Hey y’all, To be honest, I was reluctant to write about this, because I didn’t want to feel like I was bragging. But I also want to set a good example, and...
#53 / March 11, 2020
Hey all, Considering the college basketball season was cancelled last year and we never got a March Madness, which is one of my favorite things in life, I...
#52 / Fox in Lox
Hey everyone, Last spring I mentioned a workshop I was enrolled in, where the idea was to bring together a bunch of people working in different creative...
#51 / Pandemic Psychology
Hey y’all, So many people I’ve talked to over the last few weeks have reported that February’s been a slog. I have felt this, too. It seems to take extra...
#50 / On the Journey
Hey everyone, We are traveling in the Minnesota Northwoods this weekend, so this will be a shorter edition. It is surprisingly warm, if you consider 30...
#49 / A Certain Ease
Hi all, I attended a Zoom funeral service this week. It was as beautiful as is possible for a service on Zoom to be. My aunt Ruth (Paperny) Luttbeg died at...
#48 / Bohemian Rhapsody
I don’t care for Paris. That sounds ungodly pretentious, I know. Paris is a fine place–I was lucky enough to visit it for a couple days, when I was...
#47 / What Do Hasidic Swordfighters and Thurgood Marshall Have In Common?
Hey everyone, What do Hasidic swordfighters and Thurgood Marshall have in common? They're both in my newsletter this week. I’m coming to you this week from...
#46 / The King
Hey y’all, Did this feel like a very long week to anyone else? I was even lucky enough to have the day off work on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, and it...
#45 / Means Tested
Hey everyone, Sports!!! Patrick Mahomes II @PatrickMahomes #HenneThingIsPossible Jan. 17, 2021, 11:06 p.m. (I wanted to plug the Kansas City Chiefs’ big NFL...
#44 / Exploring the Depths
Hi everyone, I don’t have a whole lot to add to what you’ve probably already read about this week’s insurrection (what a strange thing to type). It also...
#43 / Un-erosion
Hi y’all, I hope you were all able to have a healthy, safe, reasonably fun New Year’s celebration, if it’s in your practice to celebrate the flipping of the...
#42 / The Ultimate Question
Hey everyone, Welcome to issue #42, the issue that will reveal the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. It’s 42. Wait, dang...
#41 / Living the Question
Hey everyone, I cleaned out my coworking space today. We cancelled the lease on my desk earlier this month, which put me on the clock to move my stuff, but...
#40 / Self-Help, Part 3
Continued from Part 1 and Part 2… Mark Manson contends that there are two main kinds of people who are drawn to self-help material: those who see themselves...
#39 / Self-Help, Part 2
Hey everyone, It's Hanukkah this week (first night is Thursday)! Make sure to eat some latkes and sufganyot if you know what's good for you! (Okay, neither...
#38 / Self-Help, Part 1
Hey everyone, A note before we begin: The following is something I’ve been wanting to write about for a while, and as such, it’s a little longer than what I...
#37 / Mysteries To Me
Hey everyone, I haven’t told you yet about my quirky side project. I needed something to do that was purely for fun and had no rational purpose. Of course,...