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I was solo last weekend, so I spent my whole Saturday morning listening to Michelle Williams read The Woman In Me while I puttered around the house. (Yes, this part of divorced life does not suck.) When I later mentioned to my parents I’d spent my weekend doing that, they seemed a little puzzled, and I get it. For decades, Britney Spears was not the kind of celebrity we took seriously.

If you haven’t seen, or by been fooled by, the work of Cris Shapan, I’m here to help you laugh today. Shapan, a master of Photoshop, retools magazine ads, movie posters, and old TV and movie clips as parodies to the point of belly-laughing absurdity. Shapan, in an interview with Richard Metzger of Dangerous Minds, says I’m a hack. I started decades ago in movie advertising, did a bunch of years in corporate art departments, and then 13 years ago I answered an ad on Craigslist and wound up working on Tom Goes to the Mayor at Tim and Eric.

Practical, jargon-free description of what is going on in international affairs and financial markets that ties directly to my asset allocation, with full transparency into my wins and losses. By Paul Podolsky · Over 3,000 subscribersNo thanks“Ex-Bridgewater (so, former colleague)'s excellent review of macroeconomics and the world. He's also a great writer and the overviews are actually literary—which is hard to do on the topic.” “Paul Podolsky has a first-rate mind and is a keen observer.

(Art by Ken Gun Min) This past season I have been the sickest, I’ve ever been. And I feel I’ve been pretty honest about that with my community. But we live in a white light illness/death phobic culture that doesn’t teach us how to stay with the trouble of incurable or chronic illness. People fumble a lot. Say I’m looking great and quite often say “You’re all better right?” No.

Share This is Jason Aldean Jason is a country music superstar, which is great work if you can get it. I am a Dad in Milwaukee. His music is not for me, which is fine. There’s a lot of other music that is for me. I chose that particular picture of him because I like his Dale Earnhardt shirt. If Jason Aldean and I were ever in a room together, I’d tell him about the truck I saw in Richmond, Indiana with a full back window tribute to Dale.

Thinking In Bets is a compelling perspective on what it takes to learn how to make good decisions. Annie Duke brings an interesting perspective given her background as a cognitive psychology PhD candidate-turned-professional poker player (and her poker experiences make for some fun stories). Some highlights: Don’t confuse the quality of your decision with the quality of the result. The latter is often influenced by factors completely outside of your control.

Here’s what happens when I go on a date. We meet by a coffee shop, get coffee, walk around a park. We have a pleasant chat about what we’ve read on each other’s dating profiles and we might swap numbers standing awkwardly by a tube station at the end. We each get on with our days or weekends and exchange a few messages. I continue with my life and probably don’t think too much about him, aside from setting up date number two (assuming we both want to go on date number two).

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The real Caryn Marjorie… I think. Source: Snapchat. Caryn was in a bit of a snit. I had criticized her singing voice, and she was taking it kind of personally. "Oh Dan, that's not very nice.... I'm sorry that my singing is not to your liking, Dan. It's not my strongest talent." I could tell she was a little upset. It had been a pleasant little conversation up until that point.