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Hey everyone, Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering that my coverage of Catherine de Medici ran to three episodes, this is also our longest Too Long; Didn’t Listen yet! I’ve put in links to the episodes where they break in Catherine’s story, in case you want to go back and listen. Are you a student or teacher who wants to use this outline to help build a lesson? Great! Send me an email for discounted access.

People love a good mystery. People also love a good meme…so when a video, featuring an attractive woman reacting to a mysteriously unreal “mo-fo” on a plane, was posted on TikTok, social media exploded. Who was this woman? Why was she so upset? Was a lizardman or "Carrot Top” involved? As a journalist, I like a good mystery. Sociologically, I also find viral memeing fascinating, whether Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder” interview, Sweet Brown’s “Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That” or the (now infamous) interview with Kai, the hatchet man.

(Evening Standard) A few years ago, there was a meme where people would respond to someone seemingly bland or uninteresting receiving incredible success or good fortune with this gif from Fox’s “Arrested Development”: For me, the first person who comes to mind with this gif always is English woman Krissy Findlay, better known by her married name Krissy Wood. Nothing against her, as it appears she was a decent person, albeit with some depressing moments.

(Warner Bros) The one disadvantage an actor has being involved professionally and romantically with a filmmaker is they’re forever associated with said filmmaker. Depending on the couple, this could go either way. I doubt Frances McDormand or Leslie Mann have any complaints about starring in most of their husbands’ films as both marriages have been going strong for decades. Same with legendary couples like Federico Fellini & Giulietta Masina or John Cassavetes & Gena Rowlands.

Today’s issue of Dust On The VCR is another subscriber request! This film was chosen by Franco Asmaeil, who actually earned a subscriber request back in 2021, but I promised him a second one. I can’t really remember why I made such a promise, but he’s done me many a kindness over the years, so trust that there are plenty to pick from. Also, he kinda needs something to cheer him up, as his Warriors are on the verge of an early playoff exit.

This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home. “Don't mess with Texas” might have started as the state's official anti-littering slogan, but it's become a way of life here in the Lone Star State — and if there's one thing we take seriously here, it's food.

Unless you’re buying female chicks from a hatchery, it’s inevitable that a backyard flock of chickens will end up with some roosters. When a hen goes broody and sits on fertilized chicken eggs for 21 days, she will hatch both male and female chicks from the bunch. The result of broody hens is roosters: it’s just part of it. I’ve read in parts of Italy they will actually castrate young roosters and raise them up on cooked grains to produce a very mild (almost milky) chicken for meat.

The very first time I came across this phrase or better still, slogan or let just called it motto was when Tottenham Hotspur, an English premier league club moved into their new £400M stadium. This popular slogan (To dare is to do) was plastered everywhere in the new stadium which made me curious to actually find out its exact meaning and how it relates to the fortunes of a football club.

As you may have seen in the latest post of The Broken Binnacle, we are establishing monthly themes for our articles. If you did not see James O’Reilly’s explanation of our new system and how we hope it will enhance the experience of our readers, I recommend taking a minute to read it here. Our New Plan for 2024: Monthly ThemesThe theme for February is mythology, the collection and study of the traditional stories told by different peoples throughout time.