The Fresh Hell Newsletter
Humor, opinions, recommendations and distractions for smart people who've just about had it, brought to you by Kris Frieswick, humorist, journalist, columnist, novelist and former editor at the WSJ
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Fresh Hell LARPed “Yellowstone” Last Week (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Fresh Hell Newsletter, where this week we dive into the evolutionary contradictions of the horse, and reveal a TV series spin-off that blows the original out of the water. Dude!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="363" src="https://subs
Fresh Hell Is All About 'Distract and Evade' (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Fresh Hell Newsletter, where this week we offer some helpful advice for how the rest of us can protect our person from enemies both foreign and domestic. Secret Service ‘R’ Us<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="306.771978021
Fresh Hell Worries A Lot About the Water (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Fresh Hell Newsletter, where this week we wax poetic about one of mankind’s greatest engineering marvels that might be soon rendered pointless in large chunks of the country. We also have some big, sad feels about the “Devil Wears Prada 2.”Just Ditch It<div class="image2-inset
Fresh Hell Just Got a Double-Cheek Face Slap From the Universe (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Fresh Hell Newsletter, where this week we deal with a big ole heaping helping of perspective. We also praise the gods for Carl Hiaasen. A Quiet Place<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="385" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ad
Fresh Hell Is a Shitty Hang (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Fresh Hell Newsletter, where this week, we confront our incredibly weak hands and what they portend for our mortality<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sjgm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl
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