Hi there, buddies!
I’m right here right now to make use of my platform to protest my least favourite day in February. And no, I’m not speaking about Valentine’s Day. Clearly, I’ll observe any vacation devoted to like and sweet. As a substitute, I wish to make a movement to take away Groundhog Day from our nationwide calendar. It’s an historical vacation devoted to a literal rodent. Why are we celebrating at the present time after we might change it with Rosa Parks’ birthday?
Anyway, under are some issues I’ve truly been having fun with this month and have a superb weekend! Oh, and joyful Usher (and most undoubtedly Taylor) Bowl!
Xo,
Toby
• I used to be at a cocktail party final fall when a girl propositioned me to sleep along with her husband, and I nearly spit out my cornbread. However apparently polyamory is a giant factor proper now. I actually missed the boat on that one! (The Atlantic)
• Studying an article about stress is kinda … tense. However I do just like the endgame right here and am making an attempt to include this straightforward phrase into my life. (goop)
• The Oscars are my Tremendous Bowl, and studying is my sport, so I like this rundown on 2024 Greatest Image nominees again once they had been books. (The Week)
• Talking of the Academy Awards, two motion pictures I watched not too long ago from 2023––Rye Lane and They Cloned Tyrone––had been criminally neglected for Greatest Screenplay. (Hulu and Netflix)
• If I had been the kind to host a Tremendous Bowl get together, as an alternative of ordering a heart-shaped pizza from Papa John’s, I’d make Pleasure’s Spicy Buffalo Hen Candy Rolls. As a substitute, I bookmarked these to make for dinner this week as a result of they appear scrumptious. (Pleasure the Baker)
• I used to be subbing for an elementary college music class throughout your complete month of January, so I created this playlist to assist youngsters get their jollies out. Seize some hand percussion devices and scarves for the primary half then settle in for some enjoyable bits of movie historical past. (YouTube)
• If you wish to lean into the darkish days of February, Patrick Radden Keefe’s immaculately written and researched function will do the trick. (New Yorker)
• One thing to sit up for later this month: A brand new Coen Brothers film. (YouTube)
• “I could be agency as chilly turkey.” Jordan Kapono Nakamura (Poets.org)
• Postal service PSA: I used the Love 2024 stamps for my Valentines this 12 months and so they’re beautiful. (USPS)
• You want a LOL standup routine. You simply do. The best way Jacqueline Novak leaps across the stage and talks in a single 90-minute run-on sentence with out breaking a sweat is pure athleticism. (Netflix)
• Is anybody else watching Mr. & Mrs. Smith? I can’t get sufficient of this motion rom-com. Maya Erskine and Donald Glover have implausible chemistry. Plus, he takes off his shirt in each episode, which makes me overlook what I stated above about polyamory. (Amazon)
