Let's All Do the Chili Dog Cleanse [#54]

Greetings,

Man, last week was intense. I’m starting to think more seriously about finding a job in which knowing about current events is not required. My brother said he would invest in my food truck if I really get one going, so I'm researching Airstreams.
 

Reading

For a happier life, spend money to save time. Recapping last week as if it were an episode of The West Wing. Filthy language at The New York Times. A frightening Rick Perry Energy Department. An unsettling situation at State, too. What Trump is actually accomplishing (h/t Friend Liz). Successful narcissists seduce and enslave you. Options for countering the “firehose of falsehood” propaganda, a white paper. The story behind a viral Reince/Scaramucci photo. The story behind a viral Jim Comey photo. How wigs tell the story of modern Korea. The Hibiki 17 whiskey workaround. ESPN’s accidental summer smash. Underwhelming summer vacation photos. Naked table cloth man. What it’s like being an old rapper. Texas elevator trivia. A panda-shaped solar power plant. Squirrel attacks in Brooklyn. (h/t Friend Vickie) A monkey attack at the Texas highway mainstay, Buc-ee’s. Build your own edible chocolate dinosaur. A chili dog cleanse! (h/t Friend Blake) 

Werk/Musings

Remembering a documentary called We Live in Public, now that we all live in public. How Steve Jobs changed this North Korean defector’s life. North Korea’s ICBM’s are getting better and better. The limits and leverage of China on the Korean peninsula.

Recommendations
-- The Instagram account Pop Culture Died in 2009.
-- Women Also Know Stuff, a place to find women experts in various fields.
-- Dr. Jart is making rubber masks like the one we got after my pores were vacuumed, if you want to give it a whirl. Or get it as a fun gift!

Back to work. A bunch of foreign ministers (including Tillerson) are meeting in the Philippines this weekend — a Thrilla in Manila, if you will. I'm keeping an eye. 

Til next time,
E