Just a list this week

Recommendations for Grex's spoons, Lou Wall's bed frame, and Priyanka Mattoo's survival techniques.

In a perfect summary of how my life/the world are going right now, I genuinely lost track of which day of the week it was and scrambled last minute to put this together. I’m in over my head and the wheels are coming off the wagon, but I still have a few recommendations for you. Next week, I’ll actually have an intro essay for you. Thanks for bearing with me in the meantime…

My projects and upcoming events:

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This week’s list

GREAT:

My friend Greg Hochmuth is an extremely talented artist and engineer. He’s always taking on fascinating side projects and pursuing his passions, including a time when he got obsessed with the ice cream spoons from one restaurant that are so perfect that people routinely steal them. (The restaurant once had to declare a day of amnesty in order to get their spoon supply returned.) Greg decided to make a replica of the spoons for himself and friends, which led to an international cutlery quest. It’s a delight of a story. Ice Cream Spoooooons: a story about plastic joy

FUNNY:

You simply have to watch this video of comedian Lou Wall singing a song about their experience trying to give away a bed frame on Facebook Marketplace for free. Trust me, it’s incredible. I’m so glad that in this week where I couldn’t manage to scrape together an intro essay, I get to give you this recommendation. Lou Wall - FB Bed

INTERESTING:

Priyanka Mattoo’s essay on navigating life in this chaotic time has been making the rounds and for good reason. It’s beautiful and helpful and applies equally to comets hitting the Earth as to whatever other apocalypse you’re worried about. Wake up to Your Life, Babe. re: handling the news

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Chris Duffy

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I'm Chris Duffy, a comedian, TV writer, podcast host, and both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student. I’m currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.