Brand design elements like fonts and logos send a message to readers about what to expect from your publication. Plus, it’s fun to express yourself by customizing your Substack’s color palette and uploading design touches like logos. This post walks you through the basics of managing the visual identity for your Substack. To change the font and background color of your Substack, go to your Settings page, scroll to Site Design, and click Customize.

Kakiage are really popular in Japan, they look like little crispy onion bhajis, and there’s a reason for that, as I’ve recently found out. Kakiage means 'mixed frying' - not such a poetic name! Some say it originates from the word kakimazeru meaning 'mixing up'. Little fried nests of vegetables, these have been described as pancakes. That's a little misleading, as they’re not usually flat and should have some airy volume to them.

​ Daniel Hannan promising in 2015 that the UK would stay in the Single Market. We didn’t, of courseConservatives once pretended to be tough minded. Leftists might fall for communism and other insane utopian schemes. Bleeding-heart liberals might babble sentimental dross about the inherent goodness in all people. Conservatives knew better. They understood the truth of Kant’s warning that “out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

Davita owns the largest network of dialysis clinics in the U.S. The company caught my eye because Berkshire Hathaway owns 34.4% of shares and trades for less than ten times 2020’s (pre-pandemic) free cash flow. Upon further inspection, Davita has a lot of the characteristics I look for in a business: Simple, predictable, and profitable Replication mode Duopoly Non-cyclical Consistent share repurchaser Low valuation Dialysis artificially removes toxins, fluids and salt from the blood of patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

These are some big realizations that have come after years of me & folks in my life trying to figure out what we NEED to make life WORTH living. What are the things that will make us want to wake up every morning? What will make us WANT to be ALIVE instead of just “get by” each day? What will make us WANT to move thru the pain or grief just so we could also experience joy?