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Harlow is back after dipping out for a little bit, and trust me, you’re gonna wanna hear this. Loading... Kamikaze, Her Loss, hopefully Chance the Rapper’s next release—I love a good, “I heard you,” album. An artist tries something new, or just falls into a sort of lull of mediocrity, the listeners make their voices heard, the artist goes back to the drawing board. After the abysmal reception to Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow’s huge 2022 album, he definitely heard the people.

Jack Harlow choosing to wear a bonnet in public is stupid. I could try to find some clever way to open this post, but I’d rather just say that. I’ll admit ahead of time that I’m not a fan of his music nor even his collaborations. (“Psychic” may have been the song that Mainstream America was discussing on “Breezy.” But “Call Me Everyday” and “Survive the Night” are the best songs on Chris Brown’s 10th album — with entertaining promo from Jacob Latimore and Kevin Hart making those songs even better.

I only have one T-shirt of a book cover - and it’s Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac. This was one of my favorite books in my 20s, and this summer, I feel it’s time for a throwback to this spiritually-infused adventure tale of bohemia and Buddhism in 1950s California. Read "Dharma Bums" Those of you’ve followed me for some time know I’m a major fan of the Beat Generation writers.

I was once an avid chess player, and I can appreciate a great strategic move when I see one. And that is what I see developing in the second federal indictment of Donald Trump on three charges of conspiracy and attempted obstruction of Congress. For months, Trump has telegraphed that he intends to rely upon a defense known generally as “advice of counsel.” This means Trump will claim he was just doing what his legal advisors had said he could do, and therefore he can’t be guilty of conspiring to overturn the election.

Hello ConsultantsMind readers, There is a new book out which is a bit negative about Jack Welch. It's on my "borrow from the library, don't buy" list. In the meantime, I re-read Winning, by Jack Welch.  He published this in 2005, after he had retired as CEO of General Electric. During his 20+ years there, he grew the market cap from $14B to $400B.  He was famous for slimming down the diversified portfolio, using his Financing Arm as a AAA credit-rating war chest, and rank/rate every employee.

Later this year, the 17th of November to be precise, will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Jacob Boehme (c.1575–1624). Just as the 300th anniversary of Boehme’s death was commemorated in a variety of ways, so I expect the 400th anniversary will be observed too. Perhaps there will even be an academic conference. Beforehand, however, I intend to have completed my own contribution. This is a book on the reception of Boehme’s writings throughout the English-speaking world.

I became a card-carrying Lee Pace fan — or a Pacer, as we call ourselves — around 2007 when the 6’5” actor starred in ABC’s Pushing Daises. A year later, when he accompanied Sarah Michelle Gellar to the Met Gala, I knew for certain we were long game. But it wasn’t until a decade-plus later, around 2019, that something shifted (mainly my gaze) and I started to look up.  From my November 2021 Paper Magazine column headlined “Welcome to the Lee Pace-aissance”: “What fueled the recent Pace-aissance?

Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive end Jah Joyner will likely bypass the 2024 NFL Draft and return to school next year. Joyner is an exceptional athlete with elite physical tools and burst who still needs to develop the technical elements of his pass rush plan. Visit my Twitter account @Sam_Teets33 for more opinions on prospects, clips, and the latest football content. Classification: Redshirt junior defensive end from Danbury, Conn. Background: Joyner was a three-star recruit from Danbury High School in Danbury, Conn.

Summary: Users spend most of their time on other websites, so they expect your site to work like all the other sites they already know. When a design deviates from users’ expectations, usability suffers. Don’t be arrogant and assume that your new design idea is so brilliant that it can overrule decades of user habituation. Jakob’s Law of the Internet User Experience states, “Users spend most of their time on other websites, so they expect your site to work like all the other sites they already know.