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Hearts’ 2022/23 financial results saw the club “continue on a very positive trajectory in terms of developments, both on and off the pitch”. The team ultimately secured a fourth place finish in the Scottish Premiership, which ensured participation in the qualifying rounds of European football, while it also reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. However, a “disappointing early exit” in the League Cup and a poor run of form in the league led to the departure in April of manager Robbie Nielson, who was replaced by Steven Naismith.

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This is the latest installment of Heaven is a Playlist — an occasional series about the songs that move me more than any other. To catch up, read Track 1 (Little Richard) and Track 2 (Etta James). I was going to start with the story but let’s just start here: Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” is the greatest folk-rock song ever recorded. I wouldn’t trade it for every Bob Dylan song put together.

Still trying to eat less added sugar, but I bought a bag of these Organic Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Heavenly Hunks on sale at Costco and they are indeed Heavenly. It was ~$8 for 22 ounces.  They taste like very soft cookies. The packaging does say to refrigerate after opening, but it’s fine if you leave it on the shelf too. I found that they get really hard when you refrigerate, so if you do, then you need to allot some time for it to soften.

Today’s issue of Dust On The VCR is a subscriber request! This 90s classic was requested by my longtime friend—and brand new father, might I add—Herndon Rouse. Herndon and I became buddies in college, which means I’ve known him for over half my life (and his too). It also means he’s seen me at some of my highest highs and also some of my lowest lows (we won’t get into details).

Hey friends, Martin here. Lots of new folks have found the newsletter recently and I thought it might be a good time to say hello, and highlight some recipes and essays that you may have missed over the past 18 months. Also, after scores of you have expressed a desire to support this work, I’ve finally gotten around to adding a place where you can do that. At this point, I don’t want anything like a paywall — I’d rather that things remain accessible to everyone.

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Recently a friend brought up Menahem Golan, of The Cannon Group and Golan-Globus fame, because that’s the kind of friends I have (it’s fine, I’m not looking for pity, it is what it is). Anyway, Golan passed away in 2014, yet his name remains a collective noun for a certain kind of Eighties movie. And while my enjoyment of his films was somewhat impaired by how much I didn't enjoy them, I did admire the guy's work ethic.

On Tuesday, Nov. 17, former Wichita State men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall signed a 16-page confidential separation agreement and a 10-page confidential release of Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) claims as part of his resignation from the university, according to copies of the confidential documents obtained by Out of Bounds. A copy of the separation agreement is available at the bottom of this newsletter. Marshall will be paid $7.5 million in the form of 156 equal payments of $48,076.