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Good Advice Can Come From Anywhere.
A few weeks after Ben was born, we hired a photographer to take photos of our newly-expanded family. Midway through the photo shoot, Ben got hungry and started to fuss. I grabbed a bottle to feed him,...
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Some Things Are Just Different.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Breads Bakery (@breadsbakery) If you’ve spent any time with me in New York, I’ve probably taken you to Breads Bakery. Breads opened a decade ago, and as...
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The Work is Never Done.
For the past decade, I’ve lived just a few blocks away from the United Nations. And yet, until this week, I’d never actually been inside. If you’re visiting New York, the UN is worth a visit. It’s...
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Break Down the Results When It’s Over.
It’s easy to jump to conclusions too quickly. Last night, I went to the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, to see my Missouri Tigers play Ohio State. Through the first 40 minutes or so, there wasn’t a...
View ArticleI Am Not The Wolf.
I was rewatching “Pulp Fiction” on a flight the other day. My favorite chapter of that movie is the scene with Winston Wolf, the fixer. Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield get themselves into hot water,...
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Be Willing to Get Lost.
I read Andrew Leland’s new book, “The Country of the Blind,” this week. It’s a memoir about a writer who has been slowly losing his sight over the previous decades, and he uses the book to better...
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Be Something to Someone.
The team at Slate put together a great oral history of Pitchfork, the music site that ran from 1996 until 2024, and there was a line in there from Chris Kaskie, Pitchfork’s former president and...
View ArticleTry It. Then Figure Out What You Want to Keep.
A few years ago, I saw Adam Sandler perform live. He was recording what would become his first comedy special in decades, and honestly, I wasn’t sure what I was in for. What I was in for, it turned...
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New Magic in Old Material.
I went to see Colin Hay, the former frontman for Men at Work, perform this week. He was great, as I’d hoped, but what really wowed me was watching him create new variations on old songs. Five decades...
View ArticleGive Yourself a Constraint.
I’ve never played Talking Stick Golf Club, in Arizona, but I’m fascinated by one of the golf holes on their course. The hole, no. 2 on their O’odham Course, measures 500+ yards, and at first glance,...
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