"52 Things I Know at 52"

Patrick Rhone has assembled an impressive list.

We live in a society that often downplays the importance of age and experience. 

Big mistake.

Productivity Reminder

Nicholas Bate tells us one very important thing about lists.

One that I've recently violated.

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57 Creative Book Dedications

Inga Korolkovaite at Bored Panda has assembled quite a list. 

An example:

Make History

The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.

- Juliette Gordon Low


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Nitwittery Update

Chicago Tribune: An elementary school cancels its Halloween party in the name of equity.

Healthy and Medium-Rare

Ema Hegberg: Eating "healthy" destroyed me.

Also see the news at Cultural Offering.


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Be More Wolf

The Sovereign Professional has some astute observations on the subject.

Straighten Up

Fast Company: Most workers don't want a super-casual workplace.


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Miscellaneous and Fast

• Daily Beast: Director of "Joker" pushes back against critics.
• The trailer for "Incendies."
• The New Criterion: "Bitter Wheat" and Harvey Weinstein.
• Chilling: Hamburg 1937.
• The New Criterion: Carson McCullers as emotional vampire.
• The trailer for "Close."

October

I wish that every day was Saturday and every month was October.

- Charmaine J. Forde


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