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What was there to do with a newsletter besides the updating of readers on new publications and classes? This question has been on my mind for several years, going back to when Substack approached me about the possibility of writing a paid newsletter four years ago. I didn’t do it at the time as I didn’t want to begin without an idea—didn’t want to write one of those blogs that eventually petered out because the work was unpaid.

Hell yes sisters, another salad that doesn’t suck. You do not need to suffer through pathetic, leafy, flavorless salads no mo! There’s so many better options out there!! Take todays salad for instance. Shall we break her down? pearled couscous: the elite couscous variety. so satisfying. little pasta boba. perfectly satiates the craving for some carbs in a salad (although I would never deny the right of a fresh sourdough crouton)

Good afternoon my darlings. It’s raining today, I didn’t sleep and Taylor Swift just announced her new album the Tortured Poets Department so I am channeling this gentle theatrical energy: Revisiting Muzzy last week reminded me of the iconic: BIG CHALLENGES! He was never used for anything. As someone who only really knows the hits of Sanrio (Keroppi please return my calls), I wondered - are there other devastating cuties I have yet to be introduced to?

The American dream promises that if you work hard enough, you can build enough financial security to enjoy some of the finer things in life: a decent car, an occasional vacation, and of course, a nice home for your family. But that latter aspiration is no longer within reach for many people — and as with most problems currently plaguing America, big corporations may be to blame. Masked as investment groups, these multi-million dollar businesses have been gobbling up single-family rentals in droves over the last decade.

Set Boundaries, Find Peace, was published three years ago and has sold 531,000 copies. This book made me an author, and I am thrilled to see that it is still successful. Drama Free became a New York Times Bestseller when it was released in February. The book tour was phenomenal, covering eight cities. I have noticed some amazing deals on my books. This is a perfect opportunity to purchase a copy for yourself, a friend, a co-worker, a partner, or even your in-laws.

Kat and Phoebe discuss breast aesthetics, 90s nostalgia, and whether we're all taking too many drugs.   Links: Are We Sunsetting Ass and Entering a Golden Age of Boobs? Sydney Sweeney has brought boobs back - The Spectator World Katherine Dee: “I think benzos and SSRIs are overprescribed for the same reason antibiotics and birth control are. Pharmaceuticals are a lucrative industry and being sick is a lifestyle brand.” Meghan Murphy: “Popping pills won't actually address your feelings of depression or anxiety.

At least three things have prompted me to think about arms races recently. First Barbenheimer and American Prometheus—your quintessential example being nuclear weapons, but also Barbie beauty standards. Then around Labor Day I couldn’t help but notice a lot of new Substacks launching, several by major names; the Guardian starting to recommend them; the jubilation and hand-wringing over all of this. Finally, I read economist Robert H. Frank’s 2016 book Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy, which is largely about taxes and might threaten my promissory uselessness here if it wasn’t so utterly riveting.

“Hard-working, modest, easygoing — it would seem, to a fault. Of course, he does have at least one secret, but we’ll fix that,” Connie Chung says near the beginning of a 1994 segement of her news program Eye To Eye. She is talking about Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and its CEO at the time. “Is it true that you can leap over a chair from a standing position?” she asks Gates.

Art Dogs is a weekly dispatch introducing the pets—dogs, yes!, but also cats, lizards, marmosets, and more—that were kept by our favorite artists. Subscribe to receive these weekly posts to your email inbox. Eleanora Fagan—better known as Billie Holiday—had an exceptionally difficult life. She was born to teenage parents, and her father abandoned the young family. Eleanora dropped out of school in the fifth grade and found a job running errands in a brothel.