Your Mid-Week Experiment
Marie Kondo would tell me to be an Orioles fan.
I’m going to get through this mid-week Experiment without mentioning Trey Mancino hitting an inside-the-park home run off the right fielder’s face. Again.
We did something awesome at work. (Austin ISD)
Here’s my weekend essay on my former boss, who taught me a lot.
My friends, they are teaching Forget the Alamo in grad school. Be still my ego.
“Polish institute classifies cats as alien invasive species.” Says FS, “Well, they are experts on invasions.” (AP)
“The kids we’re helping are like walking lotto tickets,” he says. “People do desperate things.” (Sports Illustrated)
Still on an Elvis kick. Thanks to BD for the conservation and education.
Might be writing about Bruce Mehlman’s latest deck on the backlash trend across all segments and sectors. (Mehlman & Castagnetti)
Objectivity does not equal whiteness; tell your neighborhood journalist. (Washington Post)
If you want to understand how congress really works, read Paul Kane. (Washington Post)
Ditto re: campaign environments and Dave Weigel. (Washington Post)
I love this headline: “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid” (The Atlantic)
Strange that I didn’t read this in a Texas-based publication. h/t SCG (Washington Post)
People are not tuning into the news. (Axios)
People are losing faith in institutions. (Gallup)
Speaking of institutions, Beavis and Butthead do the Universe wasn’t, you know, good. But this recurring bit with a smart Beavis and Butthead was genuinely funny.
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.
We set up a merch table in the back where you can get T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags now. Show the world that you’re part of The Experiment.
We’ve also got a tip jar, and I promise to waste every cent you give me on having fun, because writing this newsletter for you is some
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!