HeyJaredOne Observation at a Time
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The Comeback Kid (opens the original)
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Philadelphia is a city of firsts and the birthplace of several American originals.Before Washington, D.C. opened for business on December 1, 1800, Philadelphia was the first capital of our young nation. It was also home to the first daily newspaper, post office, hospital, and zoo. It gave rise to the first medical school, children’s hospital, skyscraper, and, in the case of the computer, the first of its kind anywhere.Philadelphia literally means “brotherly love.” Its name comes from Greek: phil
Like a Good Neighbor (opens the original)
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What exactly is insurance? You can’t touch it, taste it, or extract an ounce of pleasure from it. It doesn’t come in a cherry-red paint job, get you from point A to point B in style, or scratch even the smallest midlife-crisis itch. Nor will it help you look younger, dress nicer, lose weight, smell better, find your soulmate, or supercharge your libido.Yet we spend $500 billion annually in this country on personal auto and homeowners’ insurance alone. We part with our hard-earned money, crossing
Take Off, Eh? (opens the original)
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In 1980, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) acquired Second City Television (SCTV), Canada’s Saturday Night Live (SNL). Because CBC ran fewer commercial breaks than the previous network, it had two extra minutes to fill. Network executives told SCTV it had to fill the extra time with “identifiable Canadian content” to comply with national broadcasting rules.SCTV was already filmed entirely in Canada and featured an all-Canadian cast that included comedy royalty John Candy, Martin Short,
Jump Around: Stadium Anthems (opens the original)
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In the fall of 1998, Ryan Sondrup, an injured University of Wisconsin Badger tight end and athletic department marketing intern, was tasked with finding ways to inject energy into Camp Randall Stadium, especially late in football games.After he and some teammates caught a proper buzz and tested a few songs on a jukebox at a local dive bar, they settled on the rebel-rousing 1992 hip-hop track “Jump Around” by House of Pain.Then, on October 10, 1998, during the break between the 3rd and 4<sp
COVID’s Wake (opens the original)
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While wallowing in the undigested bowels of 2020, I expected some things to endure.I figured I’d wear a mask in most indoor public spaces (e.g., airplanes, trains, grocery stores, coffee shops). My “mask-up” behavior was on point after months of honing it into a full-blown atomic habit.I thought I’d keep a few feet away from non-family members, wash my hands like a surgeon scrubbing in for a procedure, and never set foot in a movie theater again.I assumed many local small businesses, such as cof
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