November 21, 2024

Five for Friday 235

Welcome to September,

Late last week, the world lost an incredible talent too soon. Chadwick Boseman was a young luminary actor whose life and work serve as inspiration to seize as much as life as possible.


Let’s get straight to the links I’ll be perusing this holiday weekend:

Remember Michael Phelps’ photo-finish victory in the men’s 100-meter butterfly during 2008’s Beijing Olympics? This is a profile on Milo Cavic, the man he edged out.

An online compilation of 5,000 cookbooks is up and could use your help.

Hang in there, Texans (and Texans at heart). We’re in a Dr. Pepper shortage.

What actually happens when you build a cabin in the woods.

An introduction to Italian painter Titian, at one time Europe’s most sought-after artist.

Currently Reading: The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

Happy Labor Day Weekend!