Emchap's Shit from the Internet 08/11/21 🍠
My stuff arrived from the movers today, and though I’m not fully unpacked I am close enough to it to feel comfortable with the general understanding that my stuff seem to have all arrived, and arrived unbroken. (In my last cross-country move, this was emphatically not the case, so it’s a relief.) I’m discovering how much the outlet placement in my condo makes no sense, but am overjoyed to once again have access to a non-air mattress, on-demand seltzer, and my bidet. Truly 20-year-old me would dunk on 30-year-old me in the hardest possible way.
Along with my stuff has come a heat wave, which is the third one this summer, I think. It was up to 100 today and will be hotter tomorrow before tapering off a little by the weekend, hopefully; we’re still not approaching 115 and the air is clear but it still feels wrong for this part of the country to be this hot.
Unlike in LA, at least, I haven’t had to turn on my A/C yet; not having a roof exposed to the sun + having shaded yards to trigger cross breezes means that things have stayed much cooler than I thought, for which I’m grateful. (There’s a little bit of a frog in a pot thing, too; I know it’s still objectively pretty hot inside the house, though I’m not sweating as much as I would have expected, thankfully.) That said, none of this is why I moved here, and I cannot wait for it to hopefully cool down. I want a non-iced beverage.
Shit to read
This piece, from someone who knew a man who died in the World Trade Center attacks, was fascinating and I think gentle to all the participants.
A reminder that startups have to some extent always been Like This.
I am absolutely too scared of the employee teens to try to sell my clothes at Plato’s or Buffalo Exchange.
This, on the delta variant, seems to appropriately capture the American moment.
I love reading about what people decide to go “eh fuck that” to, financially.
Shit to eat
Take a weird grocery store flatbread thing, and cover one side with mayo. Heat up a cast iron pan very hot, and pop it down.
Wait for it to fry, which always takes longer than you think it will.
Cover the other side, flip, let it cook.
Once that’s done, pop it on a plate. Top it with whatever wilting cold salad you have in the fridge.
Fry an egg.
Top everything with that.
Enjoy.
Shit to watch
Shit to buy
These hand towels, which are very soft.
These linen napkins, which are taking a while to ship but are very pretty.
These ice cube trays, which really are a joy to use.
A family friend kindly gave me these startup snack containers which I have wanted for the last like five years and I’m super jazzed.