Sit your narrow ass down, hot shot
I missed last week’s newsletter because being a freelancer means you are free to say yes to every single opportunity that comes your way because you never know when the well is going to run dry.
Yes, it’s better to be busy than to have no work, but it would also be sweet to have a schedule and benefits and all that stuff that comes with, you know, being employed…
Anyway, enough bitching, here’s the latest.
A photographer to check out:
Mary Ellen Mark
A story one should read every year around this time:
A sports story to read
The Good, The Bad, And the Marvelous - Marvin Hagler’s not nostalgic. Marvin Hagler’s mad by Pete Dexter
Best TV show going - What We Do In The Shadows
A fiction story to read:
View From a Headlock by Jonathan Lethem
A quote from Harry Crews:
I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.
Something funny:
Dave Attell’s Letterman debut - 1993!
A non-fiction story to read:
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis by Richard Ben Cramer
A song to listen to:
Come: I Got the Blues (Stones cover)
My recent Bloody Elbow writing:
Actually, interim UFC titles are a good thing and there should be more of them
Active UFC trainer offering betting tips is a bad look
Scary Stats: The numbers also don’t look good for Nate Diaz at UFC 279
Questions and storylines from the UFC 279 early prelims
Questions to be answered and storylines to watch from the UFC 279 prelims
Does Nate Diaz have one more surprise in him? - Questions and storylines from UFC 279
My stuff:
Here’s a link to the podcast: C’mon Now MMA Podcast
Here’s the C’mon Now YouTube page. Check it out and subscribe and maybe watch some videos.