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I’m Gladwell Malcolm Is Advocating Working From The Office

Pre-Pandemic working from home was a fantastic concept; the companies who adopted that initiative benefited. However the Pandemic visibility demonstrated a steep cognitive decline; we came outta the pandemic stupider. Like wildly stupid. Now we’re determined to compound the stupidity and increase the cognitive decline by protesting the office and…

Malcolm Gladwell

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Aug 1

An 80s Celebration: MTV!

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” Today is MTV’s 41st Birthday, crazy I know. We’ve come a long way from those “I Want My MTV” ads. Cue The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star. As such here is my poetic response to MTV’s birthday: The Pop Years In nineteen eighty…

MTV

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Jul 10

Stuck: Lost In The GPS Era

I can’t decide which is more important: Where I’ve been or where I am going? What I’ve done or what I will do? Who I am or who I could become? Understanding the experiences which have shaped me or controlling the experiences that will mold me? -28- Sammy Younan @ W…

Inspiration

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Stuck: Lost In The GPS Era

I can’t decide which is more important:

Where I’ve been or where I am going?

What I’ve done or what I will do?

Who I am or who I could become?

Understanding the experiences which have shaped me or controlling the experiences that will mold me?

-28-
Sammy Younan @ W…

Jul 8

Fresh Fridge Art

In our kitchen it’s like the fridge has a sign that says Post No Bills. Oh it’s adorned with the typical magnets (my favourite is a cucumber chillin’ and above in big letters it exclaims COOL AS A) and phone numbers and appointments…all well and good. But it’s bare from…

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Jul 5

A Boy, His Cars and His Dreams

A recently purchased lottery ticket prompted the discussion which tv or movie car from childhood I’d purchase. After some tea and no pants time here’s my list: 1) KITT First of all the car talks, how cool is that! Though I met KITT once and I was so eager to share a dirty joke I’d recently heard from one of those renegade adults. KITT scolded me and didn’t find such language appropriate for someone of my age. Morality…

TV Shows

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Jul 4

NY State of Mind

I wake up with New York in my head. Third World energy buzzing caged in concrete while here restless nights make for lukewarm dreams. & I can’t tell the difference between death and success. -28- Sammy Younan @ W • T • F Originally published at Sammy Younan.

Poetry

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NY State of Mind

Hurry, The Train Is Leaving The Station…

I wake up with New York in my head.

Third World energy buzzing caged in concrete while here restless nights make for lukewarm dreams.

& I can’t tell the difference between death and success.

-28-
Sammy Younan @ W • T • F

Originally published at Sammy Younan.

May 13

Invitation to Inspiration: Be A Twisted Firestarter

Find Inspiration In Schlock That Burns Bright So You Can Too! — If you’re keeping score at home…the Firestarter saga burns bright. So how can you do any less? Or sense you are any less? You ever feel inferior? Do you feel it’s a struggle to burn bright? Perhaps after this review of the Firestarter saga that set the world on fire…

Movies

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Invitation to Inspiration: Be A Twisted Firestarter

May 11

Small Talk: Casting Batman in 89

“I’m Batman!” Oh Really? So Am I… — Hadda go on a podcast talking about Batman In Film…the different actors and such. To prep I was curious about casting Michael Keaton in 89 Batman. Notably Warners received over fifty thousand petitions and letters of complaint; Keaton was vilified. According to The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of…

Batman

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May 9

Uncle Phil Is The Fresh Prince

And after a beat, Will starts crying and says, “How come he don’t want me, man?” — Uncle Phil, yo!! May 9, 1994: Papa’s Got a Brand New Excuse. Season 4 Episode 24 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. That classic sitcom moment where Will’s father walks out on him again… In Will Smith’s most excellent memoir Will (highly recommended) he writes this about this pivotal scene…

Will Smith

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May 8

Prepare For The Sonic FOMO

nostalgia is a death trap set by a comic book villain — The “Tides” have changed… I’m not supposed to feel I’m not supposed to miss How am I supposed to heal? How am I supposed to fit? Bonobo’s scintillating Tiny Desk Home Concert is now up; thank you NPR Music. This is a love letter to sweet grooves: mood as food. …

Music

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