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Sunday Brief: On Rugged Luxury, Nigel Cabourn, and Making Your Own Tweaks
On modern gentlemen, ergonomics over excess, remembering Nigel Cabourn, and why rugged luxury beats Bond as the style blueprint for grown men.
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Feeding The Beast
Writers must live and then report back. Funnily, there are so many luxury "experts" who don't leave home or endeavour to make their day-to-day luxurious.
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Tragedy as Reset
A book review of Simon Critchley’s Tragedy, The Greeks and Us by Caton Vance Simon’s philosophical work Tragedy, The Greeks, and Us is a book form of years of educating students about Greek thought and how it informs western thinking from when the plays were first invented to now. Simon Critchley writes philosophy like it’s…
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No Apologies — An Update…
I rewatched No Time to Die last night. Fell asleep during the opening (tired, not bored) and woke to find my wife actually paying attention. She hates Bond movies. I was surprise to find that watched this one entirely without me pushing. This is her favorite, which tells me everything about where the franchise needs to go…
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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…
