Summer 2025 ⁂ Cool is cringe
I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing and reading.
Hey all,
After not having missed an issue since launching this here newsletter in February 2022, I took the summer off. But after a loooong spell of heat and humidity here in Chicagoland I’m finally able to revel in the mild, mid-70s, house-windows-open goodness and do a li’l roundup of what I’ve been up to on the blog and beyond.
On to the links!
✍️ My recent posts
I found religion in ‘Palm Springs’ - My essay at Cinema Sugar about finding the true meaning of religion in a brilliant time-loop comedy, and how we all try to make sense of the nonsensical.
Cool is cringe - Stop caring what young people think of you.
Introducing my new AI companion - I’m jumping on a very old trend.
Every day is helmet day! - What’s with all the parents and kids riding bikes without helmets?
An unforgettable Muppet morning - The magic of “Mah Na Mah Na.”
Happy Fourth Eorlingas - An ode to Aragorn on my No Kings rally sign.
🔗 From the interwebs
I think I might have found the most Chad thing on the internet: a database of the most obscure words in movies.
This is hardcore but also admirable: “I deleted my second brain.”
Shoutout to these guys who hated Comcast so much they built their own ISP.
Can’t wait for this iceberg-based Arrival sequel.
Happy 30th anniversary to Apollo 13, a celebration of competence.
Photo: Admiring the angles between our front yard maple and our roof.