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Weekend Reads v. 13 September 2024

Autumn, it's so good to see you again.

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Sep 13, 2024
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As a kid, Friday the 13th felt like some sort of holiday. It was a Friday with a dash of Teen Witch magic thrown in. I’m not sure if it’s the change in seasons, the start of a weekend after an action-packed week, or a need to watch the aforementioned classic teen movie from the 80’s, but today feels a bit extra. Here’s to a bit of spark in your weekend.

Not since the summer of Barbie pink has it felt like a season had an official color. May I present to you, autumn’s IT color.

Lady Pamela sits atop my Christmas wish list.

While this essay was focused on the secret lives of billionaires (they work on average 13.5 hours a day), I found the data on how little space we use in our homes to be fascinating.

“The square footage of the average home almost doubled in the last half century. But in that same timeframe, the average household went from around 3.51 persons to a little under 2.4– and single person households increa…

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