Your Mid-Week Experiment
I been sick enough for the behind-the-counter Sudephed.
Sorry, folks. I’m coming out of a bad cold that waylaid us on our first moved-in weekend in Dallas, which means no weekend essay, much less no weekend plans to buy furniture, see friends, or explore this new city. No matter. I did read a lot.
Let’s get to it:
Vote for Jo Carol Pierce for the Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame (Austin Music Awards)
Preorder Elise Hu’s Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital (Bookshop.org)
make this—> Rosemary white beans with frizzled onions and tomato (New York Times)
This is from an interview from back when everybody was picking the Seahawks to finish last after trading away Russell Wilson:
Polling “is irrelevant when the other side is doing the work they do. This ought to be a lesson.” (Intelligencer)
“The 1950s Are Greatly Overrated” (Noah Smith)
I’ll never forget sitting in a café when S noticed David Bowie’s “I Can’t Give Everything Away,” his lament about the imperfection of death. Here’s Spoon’s imperfect cover.
Gently thoughtful piece that shows, not tells, about cancel culture—> “He painted a mural of Kanye West. Then a rabbi called.” (Washington Post)
“One must see the world as in balance between good and evil — between positivity and negativity,” he said. “One good deed can tip the scale and bring redemption.”
“Biden signs law to help preserve Japanese American WWII incarceration camps” (NBC)
Me: “Would love to hear your updated version of this.”
Walker Lukens: “It’s already perfect.”
He’s not wrong.
“How ChatGPT's AI Chatbot Can Lower Your Bills, Plan Your Meals and More” (CNET)
“Despite Authenticity Concerns, Phil Collins’s Collection of Alamo Artifacts Is Heading to a Texas Museum” (Yahoo! News)
The performances are great, but is that because the actors are so lovely and charismatic? Is the show good? I can’t decide, but it’s fun to watch.
Thanks to Noom, I lost 40 pounds over 2020-21 and have kept it off since then. Click on the blue box to get 20% off. Seriously, this works. No, this isn’t an ad. Yes, I really lost all that weight with Noom.
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Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself is out from Penguin Random House. Out in paperback now!