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Gratitude. This week, next week, and forever. This one is sacred, y’all. This week, the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving, and it is a general opportunity for many to focus on gratefulness. But if you know me for a minute, you know that gratitude is a daily practice, and its powerful presence is such an immense reminder of the lightness and goodness to which we are susceptible if only we allow ourselves to pause and focus.

A two-part Twitter thread on the history of the Comanche has gone viral. I don’t know if any of it is true; while I am unqualified to do literally anything, I am somehow even more unqualified to parse that particular history. What I do know is that if the stories are remotely true, I’d like to know more. The thread portrays the Comanche as expert and ruthless horse warriors existing in a political landscape that has long since disappeared.

The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a short story from her collection The Bloody Chamber published in 1979 that was made into the 1984 film called, surprisingly The Company of Wolves, by Neil Jordan and starring, amongst others, Angela Lansbury. In summary, the story is a version of the Little Red Riding Hood folk story or fairy tale but with a modern, possibly feminist, certainly gothic twist. It's no secret that it involves werewolves, the threatening kind not the Kindle book kind, of which no more shall be mentioned.

Coaching colloquialisms have seeped into my pores through the years, many of which stick with me as being genuinely accurate when it comes to constructing a winning team. Regardless of what level (professional, college, high school), the same traits can have an impact on success, and for each trait, there seems to be a coaching saying that applies. One of my favorites, and one that we use frequently with our team: the best ability is availability.

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She was sitting in my office biting her nails. Anxious about her future, this grade twelve client of mine has been talking at length about school applications, school choice, and moving away from her family and friends. She’s still waiting to hear back from her top picks. In session, we’ve been unpacking her grade twelve year; worries about the future are a main topic. In the Fall, she came into my office with an excited grin.

Last week I saw M3GAN, the new horror-comedy starring Allison Williams and a robot-doll in a blond wig. I liked it enough. The doll character is genuinely well-done—a seemingly hard-to-nail mix of creepy and campy—but I walked out of the theater with a vaguely empty feeling. I couldn’t quite place it until I started talking with my friends about where the movie was set, and I realized I had no idea.

Look I’m just setting the stage for what’s to come. This is going to be an ongoing theme through The War so I just thought I’d get a headstart and mention it early. I’ve covered the WWWs (Woke White Women). I’ve covered the BLM Nazis. I’ve covered the general idiots on the internet. But I have yet to cover the Cool Jews. I saw some on my walk around my local park this morning which prompted this post.

I mean I knew the shopping in Copenhagen would be good, but HOLY MOLY? From even just a quick two-hour dash across the city centre, I can confirm that it’s 10/10 top marks baby!!!!! I spent the past three days over there with the Ole Henriksen team (and Ole himself for dinner which was very sweet because he is a bonafide national treasure over there - everyone’s jaws hit the floor when they saw him!