Just Good Shit: 11.10.19
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Hi! Just a short one for you tonight — I was sick with terrible allergies this week, and then was out of town in the Catskills this weekend. Here’s what else I was up to…
Elsewhere
How to Say No During Wedding Season, The New York Times.
My first NYT byline!
Why Being Organized Was The Best Thing I Did For My Life, BuzzFeed Nifty.
(Adaptation of this essay.)
Reading
Managing Your Friendships, With Software, The Atlantic.
I’m all for using apps or spreadsheets to remember your friends’ birthdays and such, but this just seems like software bros discovering emotional labor for the first time and feeling the need to “disrupt” that (for profit!!).
The Death of the Rude Press, The New Republic.
What Happened to Deadspin, According to the People Who Were There, Slate.
Should I Fake My Astrology Sign to Be More Employable?, Out.
Eating
My girlfriend made olive oil roasted chicken with caramelized carrots from NYT Cooking this week, which was delicious. One caveat: the cooking temperature/time listed…didn’t work. (It seems like that was the case for several commenters, too.) We made a second batch the next night and baked everything at 350 for an hour, and then turned it to 400 for another 25 minutes or so, and that was perfect. (I also recommend adding potatoes to the pot!)
Have a great Sunday! 🌲
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