Your Mid-Week Experiment

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A quick one for you today. Let’s get to it:

The culture wars have come for dog trainers (The New York Times)

I don’t know who I want to punch more, the senators who know better but happily embrace pro-gun policies or those who know better but vote wrong in hopes of appeasing pro-gun voters. This excellent article is about the later who now have regrets. (Washington Post)

This is excellent advice to build better habits in 2024. (Ryan Holiday)

My youngest son and I made pastitsio for Christmas Eve dinner… (New York Times Cooking)

…and then I made roasted squash with goat cheese and poached cranberries as a side for Christmas dinner. (Country Living)

I just reread Less Than Zero, which reinforces just how awful the film adaptation was.

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