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MUST READ: A dying boy’s heart gave life to another dying boy. Twenty-three years later, their families met. - "MUST READ." I don't think I've ever said that here. And how unlikely it is that I'd say it about an article in...the Harvard Gazette. I get the Gazette early
My 10 Favorite Videos 2011 - A Christmas Carol: First day downloads topped 1 million. No. Not really, But it felt that way, in the afternoon, to see that the Amazon download was no longer ranked
My exercise uniform (and yours?): The fleece quarter-zip sweatshirt, running pants, Allbirds - I’m not a model, but I’m going to play one --- just this once --- on the Internet. Since about 1962, my daily uniform has been a starched button-down oxford
My Favorite Things - “The best thing that ever happened to me,” men sometimes say, speaking of their wives. The line hits my hot button hard, and my inner Tourette's wants
My first essential purchase for the new year: Room Humidifiers - Here we go again. Winter. Living/working from home. Not going out much. Not seeing many people. As we start year 3, we’re smarter. We take vitamins and supplements and check our
My Holiday Conundrum: Rolling in the Deep - A newsletter subscriber wrote to tell me that she was on the verge of unsubscribing. She said she came here for cultural recommendations. Instead, she was having to read to read the
myCharge HubPlus Portable Charger External Battery Pack - SHOPPING ON AMAZON: The first business model of this site is Amazon. You start here, buy something there, Butler gets a commission. And not just on the item reviewed. Anything
NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) - The next few months are a perfect storm. Unbreathable air. A spike in Covid-19 as cooler weather has us gathering indoors and idiots get away with refusing to wear masks.
Nespresso Milk Frother - Luxury items scare me. You get along without them, you weaken and get one, suddenly you can’t imagine life without it. Your next thought: There’s more great stuff out there,
NEST Scented Reed Diffusers - I wrote glowingly about Diptyque candles, and you would have thought I was endorsing Trump for President and pushing Palin for Veep. “Diptyque costs $62,” one of you wrote. “Have you
Never Too Hungover: Hangover Prevention Drink - I drink so rarely that, when pressed, I tell a joke. (I am Jewish. I can tell it. If you’re not Jewish, you really can’t --- though you can laugh
New Year’s Weekend Survival Kit - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
New Yorker 2012 Desk Diary - It snowed. In October. The leaves hadn’t even started to turn. But there it was. Snow. With a giant tree toppled across our street as an exclamation point. Snow flips a
Nobody joins a cult. They just forget to leave. How do you get them to leave? - This is the most frightening footage I've seen since January 6. [Alas, a few minutes after I published this piece, Parler was taken down and the link stopped working.] Matthew
NOVEMBER 4, 2020: Three stories for the day after the election - Many of us went to bed – if we went to bed at all --- wondering as much about this as about the outcome: How is it possible, after four
Nutritional Yeast - In something I’m writing that might grow up to be a novel, we’re on Nantucket, where even the new money is less vulgar than it is in the Hamptons. Think:
October -
Oh, no. It’s back. These are my survival tools. - Omicron has my full attention. And --- not to be an alarmist, or anything like that --- it should have yours. We haven’t come this far to die now, or
Omega-3 Complex Softgels - Pascal's Wager reminds us that if you're not sure of the existence of God, it's logically smarter to believe God does exist --- just in case He really
Omni Massage Roller - The week began on a plane, with the child asleep on her mother’s lap for two hours. Then the kid made a 3 AM visit to our bed, further twisting
