the rizz king is dead, long live baby gronk
words have lost all meaning
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Making up for lost links with a big, beefy newsletter:
Baby Gronk explained. Legend has it if you say his name three times, in the dark, a 34-year old Pop Warner dad wearing Oakleys will appear and try to fight you.
A fun essay on breathless, over-the-top author testimonials.
Live footage of me writing this newsletter. Pretty sure this “story” was written by Herman Miller himself.
16 Montana teens decided it was unfair for older generations to doom them to a lifetime without luxuries like clean water and breathable air, and these little brats might just get their way. Earnesty alert - this is genuinely inspiring!!
Hat tip to Rusty Foster’s Today in Tabs for teaching me about a company that is named “WeHead,” another undeniable demonstration of the United States’ total lack of liberal arts education and our collectively limited imaginations (“what if we made Zoom more expensive and complicated and gave it a name that makes people think of fellatio?”)
Some sweet as hell, once in a lifetime, space stuff.
Saudi billionaires own golf now, which is bad news for anyone who hated 9/11.
Tunes to start the week with:
I love this TikTok that picks random college radio stations and shows what they’re playing at that moment. Remember radio?? The joy and frustration of leaving your listening journey up to a stranger? A high that’s nearly impossible to find on today’s popular, corporate radio (unless you are new to Ed Sheeran and music in general), I sorely miss this method of discovery. But fortunately, college radio has remained mostly unchanged, a bastion for weirdos and snobs, looking to hear old tracks they missed the first time around and brand new stuff too young and cool to ever reach their radar otherwise.
And just for fun, this is a 40-second dance track my husband and I made from a recording our nephew sent us of him saying, “John Cena” over and over.
Additonal shoutout to his mom for accidentally giving us a killer drop. Nephew was not impressed (kids), so trying to get Allen some love here instead. Make some music this week!
xx