On 7 things from last week (4/10/17)

  1. Draft No. 4 by John McPhee. I’ve already written about this, but I really enjoyed this book of meta-journalism.
  2. Textbook Amy Krause Rosenthal by Amy Krause Rosenthal. A lovely, whimsical book of jokes, observations, and oddities underlined by the sadness of the author’s dying too early at only age 51.
  3. Running with Our Eyes Closed. I didn’t know what to expect of HBO’s Jason Isbell documentary. Being a big Isbell fan, I wasn’t sure there was much for me to learn. I was touched to understand that the doc was less a portrait of Isbell, and more a portrait of a rocky moment in his marriage to Amanda Shires.
  4. The Weakness (Ruston Kelly). I love Ruston’s work a little less than that of his ex-wife Kacey Musgraves. But the album is great!
  5. Giant beer pong. Have you played? It’s hilarious.
  6. ChatGPT cocktails. Besides potentially displacing most of my useful skills, it can also create cocktails! Sort of. Our friends were amused and/or terrified at this premise.
  7. Easter egg hunts.

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