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Howdy folks! Unless you have been under a rock you have likely followed at least some of Dr. Peter Attia’s thinking on health and longevity over the past few years. I had the good fortune of meeting Peter many years ago. He was one of many people who played a consulting role in the Reno Risk Assessment program.  Around 2012 I got to see a draft of an early longevity book Peter was working on.

I’m a big fan of hip-hop and rap – it’s my most listened to genre of music. But admittedly, I’ve only recently began learning about the history of hip-hop. When I started listening to hip-hop as a kid in the late 90s, the industry was already well established having gone mainstream the decade before. But the 90s still saw a fundamental change in how beats were made. And that change came from one man who changed the game forever: James Dewitt Yancey.

tl;dr – Great book for science buffs. As someone who reads a lot about evolution given my education, I found this book to offer novel insights with a unique approach to the topic. I’ll be honest. As one of the first books I picked up to read post-partum I was a bit intimidated given the size of the book. Was it going to be another book I read 10 pages of then never picked up again (like I did too many times to count during pregnancy)?

This film is germane to the current Chicago scene and to people who have come, and are coming, from Mexico.  Migrants often face very difficult challenges getting to Chicago—and those migrants have to decide for themselves whether those challenges are worth the effort.    “7 soles” is the story of typical events experienced by any number of Mexicans (and other persons) who pay a “coyote” to take them over the border and through the desert to reach the United States.

Image by moviewise from RedBubbleLa La Land (2016) is a fantasy written and directed by Damien Chazelle about Mia Dolan (Emma Stone), an actress, and Sebastian “Seb” Wilder (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist, who doggedly pursue their dreams in a competitive but magical Los Angeles while falling in love with each other. Life Lesson: Go after your dream, even if it seems foolish. Movie Scene: Mia: What do we do? Seb: I don’t think we can do anything, ’cause when you get this…

I’ve been on a bit of a streak of celebrity memoirs and after coming off of a rare “did not finish” of Selma Blair’s new memoir (at least I don’t at all recommend the audio!), I was eager to find something good one to dive into on my walks. Somehow, I happened upon Padma Lakshmi’s memoir: Love, Loss, and What We Ate. I knew of Padma, as most probably do, from her hosting role on the hit show, Top Chef.

How do I start with this book? I am a person rarely overcome with emotion to the point where it blocks out reason and logic, but since this is the case here, it is hard to give you the cold, straight facts. But I am trying. It will likely take time to untangle the issues raised, because they aren’t superficial but run straight to the bone. This is one I’ll be thinking through for a while to come.

Hello, everyone! We are beginning October by reviewing a webcomic that runs a little less angsty—but just as action-heavy—as some of the previous titles I’ve covered. If you’re a fan of superheroes, this story might be right up your alley. I’ll be reviewing up to Episode 14 of Villain to Kill with no spoilers beyond that point. You can find Villain to Kill for free on Webtoons. In a modern world where heroes and villains are normalized in society, Cassian Lee is a top flame psyker(their title for heroes) who works under Lampas, an international hero organization.

There’s a pivotal transition that happens in the first few minutes of this episode of A Murder At The End Of The World, one that telegraphs the series’ jump into more traditional, Agatha Christie-esque territory. After being herded into a safe room six stories underground and kept there following Rohan’s death, everyone does the expected panicky venting and complaining (the latter mostly courtesy of David, of course), until Martin cuts through the noise: “I wanna know what Darby thinks.