It’s been 50 weeks of this checklist, more weeks for most people locking down. Perhaps it’s fitting then that I’m off for a pandemic elopement in West Texas with my quarantine crew… and I’m too tired and stressed to post any controversial articles today. On to links to click!
Entertainment
- This imagining is super cool: with WFH becoming permanent for a larger segment of the workforce, could you live in an NYC office converted to a residential building?
- All my network shows are back: the Chicagoes (PD, Fire, Med), SWAT, Seal Team, FBI, For Life, 911: Lone Star … and as I type that list it appears I very much enjoy law enforcement/civil service shows?!
Wine Me
- Is moderate drinking healthy? Unhealthy? An in-depth study.
- And because pandys and blizzys beg for nothing but even more wine … I mentioned Austin-based startup Boxt in Checklist 48. I ordered number 5 (bold red, $69/what amounts to 4 bottles). The wine is excellent, the packaging gorgeous, and the service just as impressive: they hand-delivered the wine and other goodies on a rainy Friday afternoon with clear joy. And impeccable branding. Try it yourself with my link and I get free wine; use code FIRSTBOXT50 for 50% off your first box.
Shop Shoppin’ Away
- Readers continue to buy and love the same Scoria cork yoga mat I use. Now, they’ve released cork massage balls for just $25! Need to try. Don’t forget that I am your OM-bassador, you get 10% off with code LYSSA10.
- I’m a sucker for reuseables (and unpopular opinion think Corkcicle is better than Yeti), so loving this new combo coffee cup AND water bottle (not like you can’t use a coffee cup for water but DESIGN).
- Even though I love 2-day Prime shipping, I don’t love the insane amount of cardboard boxes I go through. Enter Olive, which somehow collects all your packages from various brands into one package, mails it to you, and you can return that box—with your returns!—for them to reuse. Magic logistics. Not in Austin yet, but I’m on the waitlist.
Week 49 (blizzy). Week 48. Week 47. Week 46. Week 46 (the convo is back). Week 45. Week 44. Week 43. Week 42. Week 41. Week 40. Week 39. Week 38. Week 37. Week 36. Week 35. Week 34. Week 33. Week 32. Week 31. Week 30. Week 29. Week 28. Week 27. Week 26. Week 25. Week 24. Week 23. Week 21. Week 21: the shame convo. Week 20. Week 20: the infection convo. Week 19. Week 19: the polarization convo. Week 18. Week 18: the wrong convo. Week 17. Week 17: the convo. Week 16 (the rant). Week 15. Week 14. Week 14+. Week 13 skipped (it’s unlucky anyway). Week 12 (not really about Covid). Week 11. Week 10. Week 9. Week 8. Week 7. Week 6. Week 5 here. Week 4 here. Week 3’s here. Week 2’s here. There is no Week 1 because we didn’t know back then.