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  • Essential Gear Guide — Winter ’25

    A note on links: This guide carries affiliate links. If you buy through one, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I have spent extensive time with every item on this list and most of them I live with daily. A signpost to all the things I normally talk to my…

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  • It’s time for a new car?

    The BMW X1 does just fine—and that’s the problem. Why I’m ditching the sensible commuter for a Mercedes W124, Porsche Taycan or Aston Martin DB9 in 2026.

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  • Dave has slowly become the best rapper alive

    The Boy Who Played the Harp by Dave — Review Top song: Marvellous Rating : M — Masterclass It’s been almost 10 years since I initially penned “Rap Isn’t Fun Anymore.” Interestingly enough, I also wrote a very Carlton Banks coded conservative scolding on why the Migos should stay out of trouble…original…and unfun. The piece…

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  • You’re Consuming Content Like Fast Fashion. 

    You research a leather jacket for weeks but let the algorithm decide what you think. The same discernment you apply to watches and grooming should apply to your media diet. A gentleman’s guide to consuming content with intention.

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  • Radical transparency and my mission 

    I didn’t start this project to get rich. When the money comes, fantastic. It’s expected, there’s things I can’t(won’t) offer in the long run without a lot of it… But money is not my why… Quite often we see success measured by sales alone. The celebrity net-worth obsession. The compulsive “pocket watching.” The idea that the…

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  • Sunday Brief : The Algorithm Thinks It Knows Me

    Today was a good day. Momentum building moments and meetings, the slaying of my Notion task list, and the heroic filing of business receipts. The fastest I’ve ever done the deed, funny how on top of that sort of thing you can be when it’s your money on the line.  A few posts got unexpected reshares across…

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  • Sunday Brief – Evacuate

    Don’t put lipstick on a pig, make bacon It’s Saturday night, and I’m enjoying a Bloody Mary from Silver Circle Monmouthshire (review in progress). Its fantastic. Perfectly spicy, it’s accompanied by Spectre in the background. I glance down at the time on the Rolex Explorer, 1:30 am. I mention the watch on my wrist as…

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  • The Morning Show Finally Got Good

    You may wonder why is this adjacent to Time 2 Live Again? My response : Well dressed power players, in a perfectly shot production about living the high life amidst corporate takeover? You tell me why it doesn’t fit… That fit is exactly why I’m covering this now. But its lack of polish at points…

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  • 007 Road to A Million – Season 2 Review

    007: Road To A Million’s Season 2 delivers big wins but is slowed by its own ambitions. A good friend of mine once lambasted me for using Pitchfork’s x.x system to grade an album. He called it nonsense, hipster for the sake of it. I argued it was “a vibe that I could build upon”,…

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  • Soul 2 Salvage

    Honest Work There’s a scene I can’t shake: Bond and Vesper on the beach in Casino Royale. Her head rests on his chest. He sits up, and we see her just beyond his shoulder. Hyper-saturated, sun-soaked pale orange bordering on turmeric, surrounded by a hint of piercing aqua sea. The dialogue is painstakingly sweet, saccharine. The…

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