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(Short one this time; both the kid and I have been sick.) Background 1: This is a super straightforward basic little model, but it’s been surprisingly helpful for a fairly large number of the people I’ve shared it with so far. The core idea is that you’re using one term/one concept slot for a thing that’s secretly two very different things, and making an effort to split them apart in your mind is beneficial in a lot of different situations.

Happy Sunday! We almost never chat on Sundays, but for this week, it’s for good reason! The newsletter is getting a bit of a change-up next week (a teeny, tiny change, nobody panic), but that means this week you’re just getting one recipe. BUT IT IS A GREAT RECIPE. Cornmeal Brown Butter Cinnamon Rolls - originally called “Country Fried” Cinnamon Rolls, but we (AKA, me) changed the name for authenticity’s sake (and to save me from the comments section).

Dominant Market Position: Cover Corp, a leading talent management company in the rapidly growing VTuber industry. They’re considered the most prestigious agency and should attract the best talent. Superior Underlying Performance Metrics: Cover boasts superior key performance indicators (KPIs) compared to their main competitor Anycolor, including higher engagement metrics like subscribers, hours watched, and viewership. They’re also growing quicker. Despite this, the market values Anycolor 35% more than Cover, as Anycolor monetizes more aggressively and is thus more profitable.

While reading about the American West, there's one figure I keep encountering: the brave white cowboy, riding his majestic horse over seemingly uninhabited wilderness, dazzling everyone he meets with his charm and his grit. A knight in denim jeans and silver spurs. It's interesting that I keep running into him because, dazzling though he may be, he's not real. Or rather, this archetypal cowboy has only a tenuous connection to the cowboys of the 1800s.

As an avid reader and book collector, I’ve always dreamed of having a whole room dedicated to books in my house — a home library complete with rolling ladder! But then I actually got a house and realized that keeping up an entire room full of books would be a lot of work, I didn’t actually have nearly enough books to fill it, and it’s maybe not the best use of space in general.

Crafting the Call is a YouTube series that I developed along with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler. Each week, we examine different aspects of baseball play-by-play announcing, offering our perspective as working professionals for fans, and advice for fellow broadcasters.From the beginning, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and I had the vision of involving multiple different baseball announcers to join us for Crafting the Call. This week is the first guest and I’m really excited about how it turned out.

I missed it at the time, but former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins died last month. He was 56. Watkins, who had previously been a criminal defense attorney, was the first black District Attorney in Texas history. He was also the first in the wave of progressive, reform-oriented prosecutors to take office over the last 15 years. His 2006 win came just after a string of exonerations in Dallas by the Texas Innocence Project, and a series of scandals in which Texas prosecutors were shown to have hidden exculpatory evidence.

Today’s recipe is a proper November dessert: a creamy, no-bake(-ish) cheesecake bar with a tart, orangey cranberry topping. While the dessert is composed of three different layers, I can assure you, it’s a no-fuss sweet treat you can whip up in less than an hour. What recipes are you looking forward to this season? I’m all eyes and ears! In the mean time, here are some of my previous recipes you can find some inspiration from:

I’m sure this is no news to anyone, but I love a good sale. My local Kroger had a crazy sale on all-things-dairy, and I went a liiitle overboard. I ended up with a fridge drawer full of cheese, I’m talking $2 mascarpone, $1 fresh mozzarella, $2 10 oz logs of goat cheese, and so on and so forth. Long story short, I’ve had 7 blocks of goat cheese in my fridge for a little too long.