The week (and then some) in review
The TLDR recap and a few other writers that we stumbled upon
We’re going to do a regular weekly recap of our daily emails and Substack posts. We’ll also link to some other Substacks that have caught our eye, but not in today’s email.
I ran into some length restrictions, so I’ll send out a “links” email over the weekend. It’ll give me more time to make it more robust, too.
If you’ve been a with us for the last couple weeks, you’ll realize that we dove into the Substack pool headfirst.
Springsteen’s definitely ripped me off. He’s ripped my movements off as well. Says famous musician.
We started with a reflection on pop music on the last day of June and the first day of this new format.
He stood out like a slow curve in a world of fastballs Yet, this is not an epistle about baseball
On the first of July, we engaged in a character study of a 1970s “iconoclast.”
Mi mojito en La Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en El Floridita. Sorry for the español, but you'll get it in a second...
On the same day, an apocryphal quote from Ernest Hemingway is addressed, leading to a rumination on regional cuisine.
A Biscuit, a basket, a few touchdowns "The best use of fat since the invention of bacon."
We had a third post to kick off the month and the sports realm is addressed specifically. 1985 Chicago Bears. This team is ripe with subject matter as it was perhaps the best pro football team in history. Right up there in the discussion for best of all-time, anyway.
An hour's worth of work can win you a Grammy Tips on working smarter not harder
Next, we explored the career of musician and TV theme writer nonpareil, Mike Post.
Taking advantage of Independence Even though it sure ain't the bill of goods we've been sold
The day before “Independence Day” we ask: What does independence mean in our day and age?
The realization hit me a long time ago: Life isn’t a Rocky movie.
Run at thunder Thunder can't hurt. Harmless noise.
We republished a revised edition of our e-Book that some of the fans of Sportlanders the Podcast may have received. This is our first post that requires a paid subscription. We plan on doing these “long-form” pieces a few times per month.
The greatest hitter who ever lived People don't start playing ball at your age, they retire!
Then, literature and the movies collide in The Natural. We try to figure out what version is better.
Out from under McConaughey's shadow A nice little television program peeks out
A review of the Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer. It brings us back to a brief recollection of the angst-ridden 1990s prime time dramas.
Therapy.
Good things come in threes Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, for example
Had I known how long I could have gone on about the subject of literary trilogies, I could have made it into a book! Never say never, literary criticism is a worthwhile study, though a time-suck. With this review—a mid-century Spanish trilogy and a late 20th Century American one—you just get the filet of my thoughts on the matter.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Brian O’Leary