Also, for those of you who don't know, I'll offer a quick bio of my own:
I'm Scott, an architect by day and writer by nights/weekends/any time I can be. I'm originally from Ohio, and after a decade living in New York City after college, I've now lived in my current home of Louisville, Kentucky for almost eight years. I'm married with two kids (ages 7 and 6) and two dogs (ages 12 and maybe 1-2?). I started writing online in 2014 for Every Day Should Be Saturday, a now-defunct college football blog that a number of people have already mentioned in their comments, and I also do frequent freelance writing for Decider.
I launched what would become The Action Cookbook Newsletter in 2019, first to support a short-lived podcast project ("The Seventh Circle", whose DNA remains in me having seven items in each Friday Newsletter), but then as a place to write with more creative freedom and diversity of subject than I'd had in work for others.
I have a very short memory for things I write, as I noted in the post, but last year's Christmas epic, "All of the Other Reindeer" (https://actioncookbook.substack.com/p/theotherreindeer) is probably my proudest achievement.
Hello Scott. Fellow 40ish dad. Lived for 20 years in and around Boston but recently moved back to my Upstate NY hometown with my wife and kids. I work in tech despite not being a tech person and I have been following you since the EDSBS days. I think yours was the first subscriber based newsletter I paid money for.
I try your recipes and cocktails now and again but ho early am here for the Olaf content.
I'm Mike, a lawyer (surprise!) Originally from NJ who also lived in NYC for a decade, then got married and had kids, had to quit my lawyer job for my mental health and moved to SW VA (not Southern WV) where my wife is from about 8 years ago. Also Two kids (9 and 6) who only refer to me by my first name.
Found this after following Scott on Twitter, probably after reading a weird thing he wrote on EDSBS. I have not intentionally watched a football game in almost ten years, but enjoy the culture around it.
I'm a weird classics dork, so I'm re-reading Beowulf now and that's maybe the most interesting thing about me.
I'm from metro Detroit, a lawyer by trade, a recreational haruspex by avocation. I started out with EDSBS back when it was number replies, then just never left.
I enjoy the "jazz" format of the newsletter. Meaning, there's a general structure (ish), and things that are regular, but that you're not afraid to follow a tangent to where it leads. Basically, I'm in favor of writing that pleases the writer, as that's generally the stuff that is the most compelling.
Hi, I'm Roy and live in Berkshire, UK. I came across your newsletter by chance when I recently joined Substack and you came up in a search for who to follow. I'm a nuclear scientist by day and an artist by night. I've also written a couple of children's books and have my first novel in the pipeline. Why did I find you? Because I am a coeliac and I have started another Substack publication called The Coeliac Scientist ( https://theceliacscientist.substack.com ) where I want to talk about the disease, review places to eat and provide my recipes. I love your newsletter and it has inspired me to keep writing and engaging with the community. Keep up the good work!
I write Release and Gather, a slice-of-life space where I share my experiences like:
- being a newcomer in a rural town in Mississippi where most people are culturally very different from me
- parenting out-of-the-nest, young adult children--and in this season helping one of them as he works on his recovery in a long-term residential rehabilitation program
- donating stem cells this summer for my brother’s recovery from AML (apparently I have damn good cells that are performing beautifully despite my age and lack of gym experience)
- monthly collections of what I’m cooking, reading, and noticing
I think that’s why I enjoy your posts--you give us a glimpse into your life but also share some really cool recipes. The first post that drew me in was on the best parenting advice you’ve ever gotten. And I stayed.
Don’t change a thing--keep surprising us with whatever you want to throw at us because we’re here for your authentic voice. In a world full of people trying to mimic what everyone else is doing, just being you will stick every time.
Indeed, Melissa! My cells are old and I haven’t taken the best care of them, but somehow they were a perfect 12/12 match for him AND have surpassed his medical team’s expectations. A true gift!
I'm Brian, corporate communications professional and recovering journalist. Originally from Kentucky, proud UK graduate, living in Michigan. Been reading since the EDSBS days (the eggs for breakfast piece remains one of the best things I've ever read) and I'm always here for more unhinged fiction.
Also we're seeing a football game together this weekend.
The eggs post was so surreal. I literally wrote that in a half hour from conception to "hey, there's a new post in the CMS if you want to check it out", and two days later I was seeing actual famous people share it on Twitter.
Okay, since you mentioned the football game, I'll chime in here.
Hi! I'm Tempe. I'm from Georgia, but live in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. Mom of one 10 year old boy drummer/gamer/karate kid and wife to a Boston College alum/New Englander who refuses to move further north than DC.
Came by way of the Twitter Fullcast crowd, of which I'd best be described as a "sometimes listener/always lurker." Only been reading for a little under a year - I think the submission that hooked me was "Who ate the food off the counter" (https://actioncookbook.substack.com/p/who-ate-the-food-off-of-the-counter) - so I guess I'm a big fan of pets AND food.
I am very excited to hang with y'all this weekend, even if the low temp is going to be 19 freaking degrees. I AM NOT BUILT FOR THIS; we will need to smuggle in some brown liquor.
Thanks for letting me be a part of this wonderful ACBN family.
Hello. I'm Maria. Confusing bc it's pronounced Mariah. So that's an indication of how it's all gone since.
I'm a mom, wife, writer, and avid Pats fan in Orleans, MA. I'm originally from San Diego, but moved here for the weather and friendly people.
I love your angle on life -- just the right blend of snarky honesty and tender-loving eye-rolling with regards to all things parenting, sports, food, and culture. Keep up the good work. We need people like you who take the time to craft life in prose.
My name is Betsy, and I'm a veterinarian who doesn't take care of animals based in Harrisburg PA. I grew up in Johnstown PA, and I did my undergrad at Notre Dame. I spent far too long in school, and along the way, lived in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Blacksburg VA, and Indianapolis before ending up in Harrisburg. My wife and I have three dogs and a cat, and relish being the Fun Aunts to our increasing hoard of nieces and nephews.
The Jeopardy prompt is actually an apt one, as I was a one day champion back in 2012 (I also won an episode of a short lived series called Sports Jeopardy with Dan Patrick). Fun fact: those "meet the contestant" questions are supposed to be planned in advance, but evidently Alex Trebek had the latitude to freestyle and ask whatever he wanted. Anyways, that's how I ended up pissing off PETA.
I was a long time EDSBS reader, and I grew up with a corgi, so I think my primary introduction to your work was through Holly. The dogs drew me in, but I stay for the thoughtful writing and the recipes in particular.
Hey! I'm also from Johnstown, PA! With us, and Scott's work in our hometown, I think we need to pressure him to make a western PA delicacy, like haluski or pierogi or gobs. (Apologies if any of those have been in the newsletter and I can't remember.)
Weird question: are you part of the Notre Dame alumni group that occasionally volunteers at the food bank? If you are, there's a decent chance we've met IRL
I have not yet, but that's on my agenda for things to do in 2023; I work for DOH, so COVID response has taken up the overwhelming majority of life for the last several years (aspiring for some sort of normalcy next year). I feel like it's inevitable for our paths to cross.
I will definitely be keeping an eye out for Notre Dame alumni named Betsy in the future! (:
I feel you on the COVID response thing; I'm a food banker (previously in youth programs, now on the policy side, also moonlighting as a volunteer coordinator since COVID started, which is how I know the Notre Dame alumni. Incidentally they're one of my favorite volunteer groups because they're all incredibly nice and talk football with me) and it's been a WILD last couple of years. In some ways it's worse on our side of things now than it was during lockdown because inflation is putting such a strain on people and on our ability to supply things, but people aren't paying attention to that kind of need anymore.
I feel that acutely as well. The societal issues that made early COVID so fucking awful are still there, only more so, combined with the sentiment that if we just insist that things are back to normal than they will be. I'm heartened to hear that the Notre Dame group is a good group, and I will 100% talk football with you. My brother in law would describe himself as an obnoxiously Pitt guy, so I'm well primed. :)
Hello! Abby here from northern Kentucky/Cincinnati (originally Cleveland). I'm a structural engineer (sorry Scott, we're natural enemies) who does primarily analysis of existing and/or damaged residential structures. I'm a lazy but excitable birdwatcher, and mostly known around here as Toaster the cat's human. I started following you a couple years ago on Twitter based on a recommendation from my little brother, who loves corgis and sports. I'll be honest, I was hooked by the "Holly Meets a Horse" photo. I'm a big fan of Ohio Content, especially Cleveland sports history, as someone who has never quite lived up to her inheritance of a multi-generational love of all things Cleveland Sports - like, I was never 100% clear as a child why we hated Art Modell (may he burn in hell), but I knew we did. And at risk of being cringily earnest, I also really enjoy your parenting and "getting older" type writing, as I'm about 10 years younger than you and feeling like I haven't, and can't yet, put down roots - I've moved around a lot since graduating from college and am currently waiting for Residency Match in March to see where my husband's training will take us. It's nice to see/read about your adventures as a Real Adult with your own House and Family and Career but also that you're still figuring stuff out. Oh and Olaf. Don't tell Holly but he's my favorite dog on the internet.
I'm a nonprofit arts organization administrator slash writer slash performer in Philadelphia. My oldest friend introduced me to ACBN some years ago and I haven't looked back. I'm mostly here for the food and drink and dogs, but also love a good essay.
Hi everyone! This is Matt, I grew up in Southern Maine, went to college on the banks of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie and now live in Western Massachusetts for the past 10 years. I’ve been married for 17 years and we have two kids, dancing 12 year old girl (that happens to have Down syndrome) and a 9 year old boy who’s hockey and lacrosse goalie when not practicing his yo-yo tricks.
Scott’s tweets would get sent into my timeline so much that I clearly needed to follow and it’s was one of my better internet decisions to date. I was honored that one of my recipes was featured in the Friday Newsletter during the lockdown (dirty rice and I hereby apologize to the Louisiana folk after seeing the LSU tailgate photos, I promise to do better next time)
Looking forward to more recipes and Holly/Olaf content in the future
Are you a Marist alum? (I am underwriting the luxury existence of a student at the other school in Poughkeepsie so my metaphorical ears perked up at that)
If that other school is Vassar, I saw They Might Be Giants perform there my sophomore year. I somehow packed 6 people into my Geo Prizm and we had a decent Marist contingent at the show.
I'm Nate from Atlanta. Dog-parent of Mando the bull terrier and Edie the beagle-mix. Software engineer by day, aspiring powerlifter by night. I fell into the Action Cookbook orbit from the EDSBS days and loved the intersection of food, sports, and day jobs. Although I'm not a parent, I've used the parent-specific newsletters as examples of why my friends should subscribe to this newsletter. Personally, love anything Kentuckiana Hot Loin (and its many iterations) and Olaf (Holly is THE superstar, but the smooth-brain, adrenaline-and-instinct nature of Olaf is something that I identify with). Although the one newsletter that had me cackle out loud was the "Peloton at the end of the world" story.
Also, a request! I'm a teetotaler by choice, so I'd love to get some mocktail recommendations or recipes for squares like me.
You'll probably get more now. I mentioned something to my wife the other day, didn't even search it anywhere, and it showed up in my promoted posts the next day. This is fine.
I am Fathah; university student; I write at introvertedstoryteller.substack.com Somehow chanced upon your newsletter, started reading to see what other write about; continued reading because it's nice to read. Used to play soccer; but not anymore.
Like Scott, I'm a forty-something dad of two, but unlike Scott I'm not in lvl nor can I mix cocktails. Came to FL from OH by way of an ex, stayed because the idea of returning home and starting from scratch again was too much for me to handle. Worked out pretty good, just celebrated 16 years with my better better half last month.
Came by way of Edsubbies, followed to the Seventh Circle, and eventually here. Just reinforces the idea from last week - even though the current megaphone may stop working, if the voice is worth listening folks will find a way to hear it. I dunno if I have a favorite segment, but the scripts/third person narratives are always good laughs or interesting ways to process the current world. There's so much good, I feel like it's downplaying any of the great content you provide, Scott.
What would I like to see more of? Maybe more a suggestion, kinda playing into this theme of ask the audience - might work for subscription drives, but set up some random drawing for a guest recipe, and either the winner can prepare, discuss, and photo, or send you the deets to see if you do nana's recipe justice. Might be a fun way to learn more about the community one member at a time.
Hi, I'm Angie. I'm a mid-twenties law student from Colorado, camping out in the Midwest for school. (Yes, I will be scurrying back to Colorado as soon as possible -- no offense to the Midwest.) My dad sent me this newsletter; specifically, the "I Still Hear You Roar" issue. I'm not a parent, but before law school I worked as a nanny and the director of a children's summer camp, so I feel like I've moved around in the parent-adjacent space for a long time. I think the newsletters about your kids and parenting and hanging on by your fingernails but still love every minute (mostly) are your best work, and they are the issues I read the most. I also really, really enjoy the issues like "Boyhood in Seven Costumes" and "Five Parents You Meet at a Birthday Party." They provide the kind of tears-on-my-face-belly-laugh that I desperately need during law school. Thank you for continuing to write them!
Also, for those of you who don't know, I'll offer a quick bio of my own:
I'm Scott, an architect by day and writer by nights/weekends/any time I can be. I'm originally from Ohio, and after a decade living in New York City after college, I've now lived in my current home of Louisville, Kentucky for almost eight years. I'm married with two kids (ages 7 and 6) and two dogs (ages 12 and maybe 1-2?). I started writing online in 2014 for Every Day Should Be Saturday, a now-defunct college football blog that a number of people have already mentioned in their comments, and I also do frequent freelance writing for Decider.
I launched what would become The Action Cookbook Newsletter in 2019, first to support a short-lived podcast project ("The Seventh Circle", whose DNA remains in me having seven items in each Friday Newsletter), but then as a place to write with more creative freedom and diversity of subject than I'd had in work for others.
I have a very short memory for things I write, as I noted in the post, but last year's Christmas epic, "All of the Other Reindeer" (https://actioncookbook.substack.com/p/theotherreindeer) is probably my proudest achievement.
Hello Scott. Fellow 40ish dad. Lived for 20 years in and around Boston but recently moved back to my Upstate NY hometown with my wife and kids. I work in tech despite not being a tech person and I have been following you since the EDSBS days. I think yours was the first subscriber based newsletter I paid money for.
I try your recipes and cocktails now and again but ho early am here for the Olaf content.
Oh and I’m most excited to talk about weird regional foods
I will be your best friend or your mortal enemy depending on *which specific* upstate new york hot dog style you like
welp. Hofmann for lyfe here.
I totally forgot about that blog, and can’t wait to go back and reread it. A new family tradition is born.
I'm Mike, a lawyer (surprise!) Originally from NJ who also lived in NYC for a decade, then got married and had kids, had to quit my lawyer job for my mental health and moved to SW VA (not Southern WV) where my wife is from about 8 years ago. Also Two kids (9 and 6) who only refer to me by my first name.
Found this after following Scott on Twitter, probably after reading a weird thing he wrote on EDSBS. I have not intentionally watched a football game in almost ten years, but enjoy the culture around it.
I'm a weird classics dork, so I'm re-reading Beowulf now and that's maybe the most interesting thing about me.
My name is Diego Montoya. You killed my father. (You know the rest.)
I stand by it.
I'm Blanx. I have always been here.
I'm from metro Detroit, a lawyer by trade, a recreational haruspex by avocation. I started out with EDSBS back when it was number replies, then just never left.
I enjoy the "jazz" format of the newsletter. Meaning, there's a general structure (ish), and things that are regular, but that you're not afraid to follow a tangent to where it leads. Basically, I'm in favor of writing that pleases the writer, as that's generally the stuff that is the most compelling.
Also, the food.
Hi, I'm Roy and live in Berkshire, UK. I came across your newsletter by chance when I recently joined Substack and you came up in a search for who to follow. I'm a nuclear scientist by day and an artist by night. I've also written a couple of children's books and have my first novel in the pipeline. Why did I find you? Because I am a coeliac and I have started another Substack publication called The Coeliac Scientist ( https://theceliacscientist.substack.com ) where I want to talk about the disease, review places to eat and provide my recipes. I love your newsletter and it has inspired me to keep writing and engaging with the community. Keep up the good work!
I write Release and Gather, a slice-of-life space where I share my experiences like:
- being a newcomer in a rural town in Mississippi where most people are culturally very different from me
- parenting out-of-the-nest, young adult children--and in this season helping one of them as he works on his recovery in a long-term residential rehabilitation program
- donating stem cells this summer for my brother’s recovery from AML (apparently I have damn good cells that are performing beautifully despite my age and lack of gym experience)
- monthly collections of what I’m cooking, reading, and noticing
I think that’s why I enjoy your posts--you give us a glimpse into your life but also share some really cool recipes. The first post that drew me in was on the best parenting advice you’ve ever gotten. And I stayed.
Don’t change a thing--keep surprising us with whatever you want to throw at us because we’re here for your authentic voice. In a world full of people trying to mimic what everyone else is doing, just being you will stick every time.
Hi Holly, so cool about donating stem cells....what a gift.
Indeed, Melissa! My cells are old and I haven’t taken the best care of them, but somehow they were a perfect 12/12 match for him AND have surpassed his medical team’s expectations. A true gift!
Such a beautiful thing to be able to do.
I'm Brian, corporate communications professional and recovering journalist. Originally from Kentucky, proud UK graduate, living in Michigan. Been reading since the EDSBS days (the eggs for breakfast piece remains one of the best things I've ever read) and I'm always here for more unhinged fiction.
Also we're seeing a football game together this weekend.
The eggs post was so surreal. I literally wrote that in a half hour from conception to "hey, there's a new post in the CMS if you want to check it out", and two days later I was seeing actual famous people share it on Twitter.
(For the uninitiated: https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2017/4/18/15342030/i-ate-three-eggs-every-single-morning-for-a-week-heres-what-happened)
Someone told me later that that was the top-performing post on SBNation for weeks.
The best part is closing with "For more information on eggs, visit the American Egg Board’s informative website."
Someone on Twitter accused it of being spon-con based solely on that line. Which, if that were the case, props to the Egg Board for taking a risk.
Just went to read it and spit-laughed at that line. Even though I knew it was coming.
Also, I am very much looking forward to the football game this weekend, and I have the benefit of having no personal stake in the game.
Okay, since you mentioned the football game, I'll chime in here.
Hi! I'm Tempe. I'm from Georgia, but live in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. Mom of one 10 year old boy drummer/gamer/karate kid and wife to a Boston College alum/New Englander who refuses to move further north than DC.
Came by way of the Twitter Fullcast crowd, of which I'd best be described as a "sometimes listener/always lurker." Only been reading for a little under a year - I think the submission that hooked me was "Who ate the food off the counter" (https://actioncookbook.substack.com/p/who-ate-the-food-off-of-the-counter) - so I guess I'm a big fan of pets AND food.
I am very excited to hang with y'all this weekend, even if the low temp is going to be 19 freaking degrees. I AM NOT BUILT FOR THIS; we will need to smuggle in some brown liquor.
Thanks for letting me be a part of this wonderful ACBN family.
Hello. I'm Maria. Confusing bc it's pronounced Mariah. So that's an indication of how it's all gone since.
I'm a mom, wife, writer, and avid Pats fan in Orleans, MA. I'm originally from San Diego, but moved here for the weather and friendly people.
I love your angle on life -- just the right blend of snarky honesty and tender-loving eye-rolling with regards to all things parenting, sports, food, and culture. Keep up the good work. We need people like you who take the time to craft life in prose.
I'm an ex-Pat life fan? Just saying hi and being silly. I have 3 sons.
Hi-Diddily-Ho, commentariat-arino.
My name is Betsy, and I'm a veterinarian who doesn't take care of animals based in Harrisburg PA. I grew up in Johnstown PA, and I did my undergrad at Notre Dame. I spent far too long in school, and along the way, lived in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Blacksburg VA, and Indianapolis before ending up in Harrisburg. My wife and I have three dogs and a cat, and relish being the Fun Aunts to our increasing hoard of nieces and nephews.
The Jeopardy prompt is actually an apt one, as I was a one day champion back in 2012 (I also won an episode of a short lived series called Sports Jeopardy with Dan Patrick). Fun fact: those "meet the contestant" questions are supposed to be planned in advance, but evidently Alex Trebek had the latitude to freestyle and ask whatever he wanted. Anyways, that's how I ended up pissing off PETA.
I was a long time EDSBS reader, and I grew up with a corgi, so I think my primary introduction to your work was through Holly. The dogs drew me in, but I stay for the thoughtful writing and the recipes in particular.
Hey! I'm also from Johnstown, PA! With us, and Scott's work in our hometown, I think we need to pressure him to make a western PA delicacy, like haluski or pierogi or gobs. (Apologies if any of those have been in the newsletter and I can't remember.)
Pierogi, once, though it was a while ago and I could definitely do better. I've had a "Haluski?" note in my planning document for a while, though...
Altoona-style pizza
I am going to be driving through Altoona on Wednesday evening and I might just be tempted to go seek it out.
hello fellow Harrisburger and Jeopardy alumna (Teen Tournament 2012 here)!
It is a small, small internet.
Holy shit, that is an especially small internet.
Weird question: are you part of the Notre Dame alumni group that occasionally volunteers at the food bank? If you are, there's a decent chance we've met IRL
I have not yet, but that's on my agenda for things to do in 2023; I work for DOH, so COVID response has taken up the overwhelming majority of life for the last several years (aspiring for some sort of normalcy next year). I feel like it's inevitable for our paths to cross.
I will definitely be keeping an eye out for Notre Dame alumni named Betsy in the future! (:
I feel you on the COVID response thing; I'm a food banker (previously in youth programs, now on the policy side, also moonlighting as a volunteer coordinator since COVID started, which is how I know the Notre Dame alumni. Incidentally they're one of my favorite volunteer groups because they're all incredibly nice and talk football with me) and it's been a WILD last couple of years. In some ways it's worse on our side of things now than it was during lockdown because inflation is putting such a strain on people and on our ability to supply things, but people aren't paying attention to that kind of need anymore.
I feel that acutely as well. The societal issues that made early COVID so fucking awful are still there, only more so, combined with the sentiment that if we just insist that things are back to normal than they will be. I'm heartened to hear that the Notre Dame group is a good group, and I will 100% talk football with you. My brother in law would describe himself as an obnoxiously Pitt guy, so I'm well primed. :)
Hello! Abby here from northern Kentucky/Cincinnati (originally Cleveland). I'm a structural engineer (sorry Scott, we're natural enemies) who does primarily analysis of existing and/or damaged residential structures. I'm a lazy but excitable birdwatcher, and mostly known around here as Toaster the cat's human. I started following you a couple years ago on Twitter based on a recommendation from my little brother, who loves corgis and sports. I'll be honest, I was hooked by the "Holly Meets a Horse" photo. I'm a big fan of Ohio Content, especially Cleveland sports history, as someone who has never quite lived up to her inheritance of a multi-generational love of all things Cleveland Sports - like, I was never 100% clear as a child why we hated Art Modell (may he burn in hell), but I knew we did. And at risk of being cringily earnest, I also really enjoy your parenting and "getting older" type writing, as I'm about 10 years younger than you and feeling like I haven't, and can't yet, put down roots - I've moved around a lot since graduating from college and am currently waiting for Residency Match in March to see where my husband's training will take us. It's nice to see/read about your adventures as a Real Adult with your own House and Family and Career but also that you're still figuring stuff out. Oh and Olaf. Don't tell Holly but he's my favorite dog on the internet.
I have no quarrel with the structural engineer.
[whispers] the mechanical engineer, however
Mech E here. The problem with your building is that it doesn't move. We can help with that.
Have you considered making some kind of mixed use development/battle zord?
okay *this* kind of mechanical engineering sounds fun, not just the ones who tell me I need to lower another ceiling for their ductwork
As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so I guess we're friends now
Holly and the Horse. Classic photo.
I'm a nonprofit arts organization administrator slash writer slash performer in Philadelphia. My oldest friend introduced me to ACBN some years ago and I haven't looked back. I'm mostly here for the food and drink and dogs, but also love a good essay.
Your friend sounds cool
Hey wait a second
Hi everyone! This is Matt, I grew up in Southern Maine, went to college on the banks of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie and now live in Western Massachusetts for the past 10 years. I’ve been married for 17 years and we have two kids, dancing 12 year old girl (that happens to have Down syndrome) and a 9 year old boy who’s hockey and lacrosse goalie when not practicing his yo-yo tricks.
Scott’s tweets would get sent into my timeline so much that I clearly needed to follow and it’s was one of my better internet decisions to date. I was honored that one of my recipes was featured in the Friday Newsletter during the lockdown (dirty rice and I hereby apologize to the Louisiana folk after seeing the LSU tailgate photos, I promise to do better next time)
Looking forward to more recipes and Holly/Olaf content in the future
Are you a Marist alum? (I am underwriting the luxury existence of a student at the other school in Poughkeepsie so my metaphorical ears perked up at that)
If that other school is Vassar, I saw They Might Be Giants perform there my sophomore year. I somehow packed 6 people into my Geo Prizm and we had a decent Marist contingent at the show.
It is indeed Vassar - I'm trying to think if there's a more "liberal arts college life" story than 6 to a Prizm to see TMBG but I'm not sure there is.
I feel like “have you been to a TMBG show” would actually be an informative poll question for this newsletter 😂
I am a Red Fox alum!
I'm Nate from Atlanta. Dog-parent of Mando the bull terrier and Edie the beagle-mix. Software engineer by day, aspiring powerlifter by night. I fell into the Action Cookbook orbit from the EDSBS days and loved the intersection of food, sports, and day jobs. Although I'm not a parent, I've used the parent-specific newsletters as examples of why my friends should subscribe to this newsletter. Personally, love anything Kentuckiana Hot Loin (and its many iterations) and Olaf (Holly is THE superstar, but the smooth-brain, adrenaline-and-instinct nature of Olaf is something that I identify with). Although the one newsletter that had me cackle out loud was the "Peloton at the end of the world" story.
Also, a request! I'm a teetotaler by choice, so I'd love to get some mocktail recommendations or recipes for squares like me.
Mocktail content is a great idea (January, perhaps?)
Better than your Damp January idea from this year
Damp January was ahead of its time
I'd be excited to see this. More options for the booze-free times would be great.
I know someone with a pile of mocktail ideas and recipes, considering this my invite to send
Please do!
Have you tried any non-alcoholic spirits? A lot of the newer NA gins and whatnot are quite good.
I have not, but I get promoted posts on Instagram a lot.
You'll probably get more now. I mentioned something to my wife the other day, didn't even search it anywhere, and it showed up in my promoted posts the next day. This is fine.
I've really enjoyed everything about Seedlip except the price
Square here. I agree.
It was Olaf.
Somehow, twitter’s algorithm matched me with your posts and then I saw one of the pics of his amazing vacuous stare. I would fight a chainsaw for him.
I’m Gerald, a lawyer in southern Kentucky who walks a delicate line between fostering animals and being a hoarder.
Just officially joined the sub stack this weekend, so excited to be here.
Welcome! I'm glad you're here.
I am Fathah; university student; I write at introvertedstoryteller.substack.com Somehow chanced upon your newsletter, started reading to see what other write about; continued reading because it's nice to read. Used to play soccer; but not anymore.
the beautiful game!
Like Scott, I'm a forty-something dad of two, but unlike Scott I'm not in lvl nor can I mix cocktails. Came to FL from OH by way of an ex, stayed because the idea of returning home and starting from scratch again was too much for me to handle. Worked out pretty good, just celebrated 16 years with my better better half last month.
Came by way of Edsubbies, followed to the Seventh Circle, and eventually here. Just reinforces the idea from last week - even though the current megaphone may stop working, if the voice is worth listening folks will find a way to hear it. I dunno if I have a favorite segment, but the scripts/third person narratives are always good laughs or interesting ways to process the current world. There's so much good, I feel like it's downplaying any of the great content you provide, Scott.
What would I like to see more of? Maybe more a suggestion, kinda playing into this theme of ask the audience - might work for subscription drives, but set up some random drawing for a guest recipe, and either the winner can prepare, discuss, and photo, or send you the deets to see if you do nana's recipe justice. Might be a fun way to learn more about the community one member at a time.
Hi, I'm Angie. I'm a mid-twenties law student from Colorado, camping out in the Midwest for school. (Yes, I will be scurrying back to Colorado as soon as possible -- no offense to the Midwest.) My dad sent me this newsletter; specifically, the "I Still Hear You Roar" issue. I'm not a parent, but before law school I worked as a nanny and the director of a children's summer camp, so I feel like I've moved around in the parent-adjacent space for a long time. I think the newsletters about your kids and parenting and hanging on by your fingernails but still love every minute (mostly) are your best work, and they are the issues I read the most. I also really, really enjoy the issues like "Boyhood in Seven Costumes" and "Five Parents You Meet at a Birthday Party." They provide the kind of tears-on-my-face-belly-laugh that I desperately need during law school. Thank you for continuing to write them!
Thank you! I was just thinking of that newsletter this weekend, as my daughter asked us what her first word was. We told her it was "ROAR".
As an outdoor-loving Midwesterner, no offense could possibly be taken.