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Schrodinger's Formula One piece.

March 7, 2024 - 15:29 -- Admin

One of my fave newsletters, Jonathon V Last’s The Triad, pointed me at this very unexpected piece of neo-gonzo reportage at Road and Track magazine’s website. They commissioned an honest-to-goddamn commie, Kate Wagner, to give them her honest-to-goddamned take on an F1 meet. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t last long. Just a few hours after publication it was gone. A pity. I’d pay to read it, just because of the way it makes your head go boing. It reminds me of Hunter S.

I watched Napoleon.

March 6, 2024 - 06:51 -- Admin

With Jane away for the first half of the week, I found myself with a couple of hours free and Napoleon freshly set free on Apple TV. I was a bit worried that the period costume drama stuff would fry my brain, but I had read that the battle scenes were all marvellously done. So I gave it a spin.

Hot date.

March 4, 2024 - 17:02 -- Admin

Jane and I had cocktails in the city on the weekend. She chanced upon a bar called Dr Gimlette which looked pretty cool, so we decided to suss it out. It was good.

20th bummerversary.

March 2, 2024 - 12:28 -- Admin

I’ve been trying to scroll less and read more, and as part of that hopeful self improvement program I came across a piece in Esquire about shitty 20th anniversaries. (Sorry, no link. Paywalled).

Dave Goggins vs Amazon. Fight!

February 29, 2024 - 17:17 -- Admin

I subscribe to a publishing industry newsletter called the Hotsheet, which is normally full of inside baseball chatter, where for baseball I mean the book biz.

This morning’s mail out might interest a wider audience, however. (It sure as hell interested me, as the target of some of these douchebags).

Bestselling author David Goggins sues Amazon over counterfeit sales

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