Short story, and maybe it's a post-kids thing. My wife and I used to eat out 5 nights a week for years. We've been to just about every Michelin-starred restaurant in NYC. We love food. When our first was born we took her with us. But I'll tell you, especially once you have kids, all that shit fades and nothing beats your local Italian spot. I mean the kind of place where you know the owners, recognize the regulars, and everyone is genuinely happy to see you walk in. The food is great, the prices are reasonable, and nobody is trying too hard to impress you. And around the holidays, all of that gets turned up a few notches. There's something to be said for that, and what the show Cheers had it right all those years ago. Sometimes you just want to go where everybody knows your name. You can't manufacture that kind of warmth, and you certainly can't buy it with another Michelin star.

A short story about Indian scammers who called the cops on themselves: Earlier this week a follower DM'd me from his personal account complaining that 5.73 BTC ($475K) of his was 'unjustly' frozen at Changelly in Mar 2025. So I went and plotted the Bitcoin transaction in my compliance tools. The inflows trace back to illicit sources via social engineering thefts targeting Americans through US exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs. The broader cluster of high confidence thefts has taken $1M+ from victims since 2025, with several of them elderly. His story kept changing. It was a loan. No, his boss sent it. No, his boss invested in Bitcoin "during 2014 and 2015" through a friend in the US. The best part? In Dec 2025 he claims to have filed a police report in India over these frozen funds (3207-P/2025). In our DMs he shared email screenshots which I queried to surface more data points and map his group out. I suspect AmanKesar11 is a mule for his boss 'Mr Parveen,' as the 'proof' he sent included bank statements under a different name / location. While you can message me for help and I'll respect your privacy, at least use common sense and don't contact me with stolen funds. 5.73 BTC frozen order: fb931baac66bfc116deb10fa81417fb3da61e4362cd2997ee1eaa577e96272f3 AmanKesar11 BTC address: bc1q5yjxzcvfswvyx9y6cvlc3xe4laqqnqsjp3f9t2 AmanKesar11 Tron address: TQkEVXjtvSbigGa5fqFUpcYJnGvpKPPBEm

Did surgery yesterday Short story, got some benign stuff growing in the wrong spots, yikes caused a lot of pain, so they cut me open, took a bunch of em out a few more to go. Now I’m in pain, can’t really sleep, but I’m recovering. ps. did not sell my kidneys 😂 ✌🏼

With his début short-story collection, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men,” Danny McBride, best known for acting in “Eastbound & Down” and “The Righteous Gemstones,” analyzes masculinity through the lens of comedy. His thesis is simple: being a man is embarrassing and therefore worth making fun of. Rather than reinforcing the implicit misogyny of masculine self-pity, McBride injects something refreshing into the discussion and encourages guys to loosen up a bit and even laugh at themselves. Read T. M. Brown’s review: