<commit_before>---
layout: post
title: What A Week
date: 2016-11-11
summary: Prior to Tuesday night the article I was most excited about sharing this week was a McSweeney's piece on Cookie Monster's existential crisis. But after Tuesday night my Trello board took on a heavier theme...
categories: articles
---
Prior to Tuesday night the article I was most excited about sharing this week was a <a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cookie-monster-searches-deep-within-himself-and-asks-is-me-really-monster" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cookie-monster-searches-deep-within-himself-and-asks-is-me-really-monster'); return false;" target="_blank">McSweeney's piece on Cookie Monster's existential crisis</a>. But after Tuesday night my Trello board took on a heavier theme. There are still some non-political articles on there (for instance: a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychoanalytic-excavation/201106/whats-the-infinitely-irritating-cialis-bathtubs" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychoanalytic-excavation/201106/whats-the-infinitely-irritating-cialis-bathtubs'); return false;">rant piece on the Cialis ad</a>) so please don't run away scared if you've read too many doom and gloom articles. If you do want to be more particular about your reading options you can use my labeling system in Trello to avoid or search for certain types of articles (i.e. light blue = articles related to politics). Anyways, without any further ado, here are this week's selections.

<iframe src="https://trello.com/b/YhcLhdQ7.html" width="800" height="400" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<h3>Trello Board Rundown</h3>

<h4>Current Events I'm Tracking</h4>

<a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/'); return false;">Esquire: How do you get <NAME> to leave your party?</a>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/insider/the-world-series-sports-page-that-wasnt.html?_r=0" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/insider/the-world-series-sports-page-that-wasnt.html?_r=0'); return false;">New York Times: The World Series sports page that wasn't</a>

<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3064955/pockets-next-frontier-solving-the-internets-clickbait-problem" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.fastcompany.com/3064955/pockets-next-frontier-solving-the-internets-clickbait-problem'); return false;">Fast Company: Pocket's next frontier: solving the internet's clickbait problem</a>

<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/getting-rid-of-the-electoral-college-dream-on-democrats/" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/getting-rid-of-the-electoral-college-dream-on-democrats/'); return false;">Washington Post: Getting rid of the electoral college? Dream on, Democrats</a>

<h4>Step Into Someone Else's Shoes</h4>

<a href="http://www.extracrispy.com/food/1379/black-and-white-cookies-helped-me-find-balance-during-chemo" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.extracrispy.com/food/1379/black-and-white-cookies-helped-me-find-balance-during-chemo'); return false;">Extra Crispy: Black and white cookies helped me find balance during chemo</a>

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/middleeast/bulletproof-bmw-isis-snipers/index.html" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/middleeast/bulletproof-bmw-isis-snipers/index.html'); return false;">CNN: Man in a bulletproof BMW saves 70 people from ISIS snipers</a>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/magazine/an-american-in-a-strange-land.html" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/magazine/an-american-in-a-strange-land.html'); return false;">New York Times Magazine: An American in a strange land</a>

<h4>A New Way to Think About Things</h4>

<a href="https://theringer.com/seattle-light-rail-ballot-measure-st3-56915860865#.cq7ktiy7u" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://theringer.com/seattle-light-rail-ballot-measure-st3-56915860865#.cq7ktiy7u'); return false;">The Ringer: The great gridlock groundswell</a>

<a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18002545/kawhi-leonard-strobe-light-training-nba" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18002545/kawhi-leonard-strobe-light-training-nba'); return false;">ESPN: How do <NAME> -- and <NAME> -- train their brains? Strobe lights (yes, really)</a><commit_msg>Update 2016-11-11-what-a-week.md<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: What A Week
date: 2016-11-11
summary: Prior to Tuesday night the article I was most excited about sharing this week was a McSweeney's piece on Cookie Monster's existential crisis. But after Tuesday night my Trello board took on a heavier theme...
categories: articles
---
Prior to Tuesday night the article I was most excited about sharing this week was a <a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cookie-monster-searches-deep-within-himself-and-asks-is-me-really-monster" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cookie-monster-searches-deep-within-himself-and-asks-is-me-really-monster'); window.open(this.href,'_blank'); return false;" target="_blank">McSweeney's piece on Cookie Monster's existential crisis</a>. But after Tuesday night my Trello board took on a heavier theme. There are still some non-political articles on there (for instance: a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychoanalytic-excavation/201106/whats-the-infinitely-irritating-cialis-bathtubs" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychoanalytic-excavation/201106/whats-the-infinitely-irritating-cialis-bathtubs'); return false;">rant piece on the Cialis ad</a>) so please don't run away scared if you've read too many doom and gloom articles. If you do want to be more particular about your reading options you can use my labeling system in Trello to avoid or search for certain types of articles (i.e. light blue = articles related to politics). Anyways, without any further ado, here are this week's selections.

<iframe src="https://trello.com/b/YhcLhdQ7.html" width="800" height="400" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<h3>Trello Board Rundown</h3>

<h4>Current Events I'm Tracking</h4>

<a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/'); return false;">Esquire: How do you get David Duke to leave your party?</a>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/insider/the-world-series-sports-page-that-wasnt.html?_r=0" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/insider/the-world-series-sports-page-that-wasnt.html?_r=0'); return false;">New York Times: The World Series sports page that wasn't</a>

<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3064955/pockets-next-frontier-solving-the-internets-clickbait-problem" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.fastcompany.com/3064955/pockets-next-frontier-solving-the-internets-clickbait-problem'); return false;">Fast Company: Pocket's next frontier: solving the internet's clickbait problem</a>

<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/getting-rid-of-the-electoral-college-dream-on-democrats/" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/getting-rid-of-the-electoral-college-dream-on-democrats/'); return false;">Washington Post: Getting rid of the electoral college? Dream on, Democrats</a>

<h4>Step Into Someone Else's Shoes</h4>

<a href="http://www.extracrispy.com/food/1379/black-and-white-cookies-helped-me-find-balance-during-chemo" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.extracrispy.com/food/1379/black-and-white-cookies-helped-me-find-balance-during-chemo'); return false;">Extra Crispy: Black and white cookies helped me find balance during chemo</a>

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/middleeast/bulletproof-bmw-isis-snipers/index.html" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/middleeast/bulletproof-bmw-isis-snipers/index.html'); return false;">CNN: Man in a bulletproof BMW saves 70 people from ISIS snipers</a>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/magazine/an-american-in-a-strange-land.html" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/magazine/an-american-in-a-strange-land.html'); return false;">New York Times Magazine: An American in a strange land</a>

<h4>A New Way to Think About Things</h4>

<a href="https://theringer.com/seattle-light-rail-ballot-measure-st3-56915860865#.cq7ktiy7u" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://theringer.com/seattle-light-rail-ballot-measure-st3-56915860865#.cq7ktiy7u'); return false;">The Ringer: The great gridlock groundswell</a>

<a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18002545/kawhi-leonard-strobe-light-training-nba" target="_blank" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18002545/kawhi-leonard-strobe-light-training-nba'); return false;">ESPN: How do <NAME> -- and <NAME> -- train their brains? Strobe lights (yes, really)</a>
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