If you work at a startup you need to read this right now — “Can you join the meeting at 1:00 today?” It’s never a good sign when the CMO is dropping into a meeting at the last minute. I knew that the sales were not as hoped, so I anticipated changes coming down the line. I also knew that the projects I was…

I was lonely. But not as lonely as I would have imagined. — In the photo, I’m wearing a green parka, sunglasses and standing on a ladder. It’s a sunny day, and my face, chest, and shoulders are framed by an oval opening in the sandstone. The photographer is already in the cliff dwelling, taking a photo of me moments before I scramble inside. In the photo, I’m smiling. It was the last normal day. When I saw that image ten months later, in December, I said, oh that was the last day that I was happy. We laughed, but it’s kind of true. That was the last day Bandolier National Monument was open before it closed thanks to COVID-19.

Friends, it has been a year. A YEAR! — This time last year, I was planning a ROAD TRIP of all things, having recently returned from LONDON, which feels like a memory from the distant universe we now call “the before times.” Despite all the craziness, Sara and I did achieve some significant milestones in the last twelve months. …

The Mothman is a creature that is half-man, half-bird that terrorized Point Pleasant, a small city in West Virginia in 1966–1967. One night, this creature chased teenagers driving through the dark forest, scaring them half to death and kicking off a rash of sightings. The Mothman story has a little bit of everything: a monster that stalks the night, UFO sightings, men in black, the death of a local journalist investigating the reports, and a catastrophic bridge collapse.

What Lyft teaches us about the failings of the economy, politics, and culture I worked at Lyft from 2011 to 2013. At a time when the State of California is trying to force Lyft and Uber to pay drivers like full-time workers, gig-economy companies are finally getting a well-deserved critique. …

The House in Between Review — Warning: spoilers The House in Between is a documentary about a haunted house in a southern suburb in the United States. The owner is so frightened that she no longer sleeps there at night. Unlike most haunted houses, this home has been studied for almost 10 years by a ghost-hunting team who has security cameras monitoring the home 24–7. Despite this, the cause of stuff moving around, swinging chandeliers, flickering ceiling lights, and even mysterious bright lights in the hallway remain unexplained.

Most of the advice new meditators hear is garbage. — In a time when the coronavirus has transformed American life, meditation — or the suggestion one should meditate — has taken on a new life. …