The Weekly Activating The Queen's Gambit Hey Friends, Welcome to another week of this penned magniloquent nourishment. Consider this email the baby formula of the news, except there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of news at the moment. At least not yet. But as far as The Lorem Ipsum goes, if the real thing
Articles The Midterms and The Queen’s Gambit Not long ago, after bingeing the hit Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, I picked up a new chess board. It appears I’m in good company, because sales of chess boards doubled a few months after the release of the show, demonstrating how much influence pop culture television
The Weekly Doesn't have a podcast. This week, I didn’t launch a podcast. I received zero downloads and didn’t reach any levels on exactly no charts.
Articles Is the world getting better or worse? After a quick search through LinkedIn, and a cross check on Facebook, I’ve confirmed that I know exactly ten Debbies. I wouldn’t say that I’m a Debbie expert, and I’ve never done a formal Debbie audit, but I believe I can tell you from experience that
The Weekly One thing leaks to another. Hey Friends, I’m happy to report that I do not have to pay a water and gas bill through this entire summer. This all started with a shocking bill a while back. It was astronomically high on the water portion of the combined bills. The steep number became our
Articles Who Wins if Roe v Wade Falls? Unlike the toilet that ran for a year in an auxiliary bedroom without me paying much attention, this week’s leak doesn’t allow as much of a passive reaction. When it comes to abortion, Seinfeld's Elaine Benes already made it very clear, if you don’t share
The Weekly Holding my lawn in contempt Hey Friends, Here in the USA, GDPR shrank by 0.4% during this first quarter. Despite this fact, my lawn is having a bull market with double digit growth. Unfortunately, dandelions are up by a staggering 3%, a report that comes on the heels of me bending over to pick
Articles Ron’s Math Doesn’t Add Up Ron DeSantis says he is working to make education work for students but he’s getting it all wrong. Last week I dispensed a story of my experience learning how to build a grill. It’s all documented here, but to give you a brief summary, I was lamenting how
The Weekly I miss spelling Hey Friends, Good morning and welcome to a really great email if you like to find typos like Easter eggs. Sometimes they are obvious. Sometimes they are buried in the weeds. Regardless, they are always a treat. Except to me. I lose sleep when I discover I left behind a
Articles This is Why I Never Read the Instructions And why maybe you shouldn’t go to college. We’re approaching summer and I can’t help but think about the mistakes of the spring seasons of old that I made time and time again in anticipation of outdoor cooking weather. Purchasing a brand new grill that cost me
The Weekly Yes, you are wrong. Hey Friends, Happy tax day, and welcome to another The Lorem Ipsum, which charges you no dollars and no cents of your income. You know, every single day this week, I thought it was a different day. Sometimes it was the day I wished it was, instead of the day
Articles How to Never Be Wrong Looking back, I’ve written a lot of content. I’ve been letting my fingers do the walking on this blog since the glorious days of last June. This doesn’t count the countless articles, brand strategies, “For Dummies” books (available on Amazon) and a manuscript in a Google Doc
The Weekly Bedazzled by Crypto Hey Friends, Good morning. Did you know that I have never owned a pair of those bedazzled jeans? That’s right. I stick with the classics. This week I picked up a quality pair of selvedge denim jeans. The kind that last. That might be the only thing I accomplished
The Weekly Not an April Fools Joke Hey Friends Good morning. If this is your first time receiving this email, it is not an April Fool’s joke. This is a real email that several people read, on purpose. For the rest of you, thank you for checking your spam folder. Also, thanks for reading, sharing and
Articles What’s Worse Than A Slap In The Face? When I was a kid, we were so poor we couldn’t even afford real cuss words. In times of aggression, we would call each other “meanofatguy”, a single word insult with power so destructive, so fiery, it was more ruinous than the blazes of hell and damnation itself, and
The Weekly Is this Propaganda? Hey Friends, Do you think this email is propaganda? I mean let’s think about it. * I’ve pushed influential content on you to normalize driving gloves. * I’ve provided deceptive information like when I explained how I killed Betty White. * I’ve even pushed a biased narrative about which
Articles Is This Propaganda? Let’s Take a Look. Everybody has gotta work. We all have to eat and if you’re like me you want to wear a nice shirt while you’re doing it. So we have to do something to make money. If you’re lucky, you get to do something you believe in. We all
The Weekly Somebody fix these potholes! Hey Friends, If you’re wondering why this email feels an hour earlier, it’s because we just sprung forward on Sunday, and you haven’t adjusted yet. Losing an hour has put me just a little bit behind, but as usual, The Lorem Ipsum has been delivered on time.
Articles Who do we blame for all these potholes? I’ve spent the better part of the last month distracted and I’m sure I’m not alone. After all it is Tax season, and seeing red is incredibly distracting. Taxes are never fun, and seeing that you have a balance due is usually a recipe for a bad
The Weekly Better than Britannica Hey Friends, Good morning to literally everyone who is not a dictator of a country blocking access to free press. The Lorem Ipsum will always fight for freedom, as much as an email can. To that end, to ensure that the Lorem Ipsum is always the people’s email, I’
The Weekly Too Soon? Hey Friends, Good morning. Last week I took immediate action and sent you an email summarizing some of the events taking place in Ukraine. I also made jokes. The reviews were mixed. Here are some actual quotes * “Good writers take risks. You are a good writer.” * “Honestly, I think we
The Weekly The British Invasion was better We’ve seen a historic invasion this week. While I much prefer the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who invading the US, Vladimir prefers to take the more medieval approach: conquest.
Articles Invasions, Insurrections and Indictments We’re resorting to invasions instead of invitations. Based on history alone, it appears it is much better to be the leader of a totalitarian government than it is to be, say, a homeowner. The difference is astounding. When you invade a country, you’re deemed a hero and a
