1. "It abruptly stopped working. No petering out/gradually getting weaker, just one day it worked and the next it didn't." 2. "If you appreciate functional simplicity, you'll love this." 3. "This would be great for people who work and still want a tasty meal when they come home." 4. "I use it, travel with it, store it.. unless you're dropping … [Read more...]

^ Tribeca circa sometime in the 1700's. WILD. If anyone else hasn't caught on to this yet, this newsletter has largely become an excuse for me to succumb to all of my absurd curiosities in the name of investigative journalism. This has a caveat as I'm easily distracted so fear the day anyone looks at my google history. Apparently scientists are … [Read more...]

And no, it's not because I'm kind of blind and have been trained to solely run long distances for 22 years of my life ^ I'm fairly confident that this group of athletes could destroy any group of men Having been an athlete in college, many of my female friends at Chicago were outstanding athletes in track, cross country, lacrosse, volleyball, … [Read more...]

*waiting with wide eyes and kind of heavily breathing* Since it's July, welcome to my one allotted time of year to mount my Revolutionary War soapbox. Originally, I was going to have a few Manhattans and pen a novella about how many of our compatriots have a lack of appreciation for the sacrifices made by our founding fathers in the late … [Read more...]

Five Very Aesthetically Pleasing Places aes*thet*ic /esˈTHedik/ adjective, mood, thing one can ooze, basis of evaluation, can be destroyed by improper use of succulents, derived from Anthropologie and Restoration Hardware 1. concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. "did you see the macrame hammock, showcased against a … [Read more...]