An Ode to My Small, Old Home - Kerala Taylor - Medium
In the era of McMansions, I appreciate modesty, intimacy, and things that lastMy small, old home. Photo via realtor.com. By most definitions, the house where I spent my holidays was a “dream home.” It was sparkling and sprawling, and all the furniture matched. Electrical outlets were strategically positioned wherever you could possibly need one, overhead lighting created just the right ambience, and the…
An Ode to My Small, Old Home - Kerala Taylor - Medium
In the era of McMansions, I appreciate modesty, intimacy, and things that lastMy small, old home. Photo via realtor.com. By most definitions, the house where I spent my holidays was a “dream home.” It was sparkling and sprawling, and all the furniture matched. Electrical outlets were strategically positioned wherever you could possibly need one, overhead lighting created just the right ambience, and the…
Betty White Wasn’t Too Nice. She Was Just Nice Enough.
It felt sadly symbolic that a year largely defined by its unpleasant moments ended with the death of Betty White, the Nicest Woman In America.When she died Friday at the age of 99 and 347/365ths, Betty White remained what we telescope our mother or grandmother or favorite aunt to have been — a perpetually nice person, always upbeat, never a harsh word about anybody or anything. Without suggesting any negative inside information about Ms. White, that probably underestimates her. It makes her s...
Betty White Wasn’t Too Nice. She Was Just Nice Enough.
It felt sadly symbolic that a year largely defined by its unpleasant moments ended with the death of Betty White, the Nicest Woman In America.When she died Friday at the age of 99 and 347/365ths, Betty White remained what we telescope our mother or grandmother or favorite aunt to have been — a perpetually nice person, always upbeat, never a harsh word about anybody or anything. Without suggesting any negative inside information about Ms. White, that probably underestimates her. It makes her s...
Scott Galloway’s 2022 Predictions - Marker
No Mercy No MaliceReviewing the predictions I made for 2021 and making some new ones for the new yearScott GallowayPhoto by Artturi Jalli on Unsplash“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” — Dwight D. EisenhowerMaking predictions is a shitty business. The events leading up to the realization of any prediction make it seem less extraordinary. And when you get it wrong, you’re an insufferable numbskull. The value of a prediction is in the act of making it, not the prediction itself. ...
Scott Galloway’s 2022 Predictions - Marker
No Mercy No MaliceReviewing the predictions I made for 2021 and making some new ones for the new yearScott GallowayPhoto by Artturi Jalli on Unsplash“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” — Dwight D. EisenhowerMaking predictions is a shitty business. The events leading up to the realization of any prediction make it seem less extraordinary. And when you get it wrong, you’re an insufferable numbskull. The value of a prediction is in the act of making it, not the prediction itself. ...
In Praise of New Year’s Resolutions - Forge
Why they work https://ericweiner.medium.com/?source=post_page-----125086b70ca----------------------------------- Eric Weiner https://forge.medium.com/in-praise-of-new-years-resolutions-125086b70ca?source=post_page-----125086b70ca----------------------------------- 6 days ago·4 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash In recent years, a grim narrative about New Year’s resolutions has gelled: they don’t work. Not only are they doomed to fail, we’re told, but they can actually prove counterpr...
In Praise of New Year’s Resolutions - Forge
Why they work https://ericweiner.medium.com/?source=post_page-----125086b70ca----------------------------------- Eric Weiner https://forge.medium.com/in-praise-of-new-years-resolutions-125086b70ca?source=post_page-----125086b70ca----------------------------------- 6 days ago·4 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash In recent years, a grim narrative about New Year’s resolutions has gelled: they don’t work. Not only are they doomed to fail, we’re told, but they can actually prove counterpr...
What If We Aren’t As Divided As They Tell Us We Are?
Someone is benefitting from polarization, and it’s not us. https://gwenfrisbiefulton.medium.com/?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Gwen Frisbie-Fulton https://gen.medium.com/what-if-we-arent-divided-as-they-tell-us-we-are-5b8ec61a645b?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Dec 19, 2021·4 min read“Do you think we are headed towards civil war?” The question is jarring, but not absurd. It was two weeks before the 2020 elections and...
What If We Aren’t As Divided As They Tell Us We Are?
Someone is benefitting from polarization, and it’s not us. https://gwenfrisbiefulton.medium.com/?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Gwen Frisbie-Fulton https://gen.medium.com/what-if-we-arent-divided-as-they-tell-us-we-are-5b8ec61a645b?source=post_page-----5b8ec61a645b----------------------------------- Dec 19, 2021·4 min read“Do you think we are headed towards civil war?” The question is jarring, but not absurd. It was two weeks before the 2020 elections and...
