Hello and welcome to Let’s Remember A Guy, a possibly regular feature in which we hit pause on the ceaseless MMA carousel of weekly fighting events to reflect on some figure from the sport’s past. This is not meant to imply that they are dead, retired, a good (or bad) person, or really anything else. It’s just an opportunity to remember a fighter who may or may not be all that well-known or understood by newer fans, while also giving those us who do remember him/her the chance to go, oh yeah I remember that guy.

How is it already August?! As the first day of school rapidly approaches here in Los Angeles — which, ugh, too soon IMO! — I have started back-to-school shopping for my three children. There’s a Groundhog Day feel to this annual expenditure. I find myself reaching for the same tried-and-true items we bought last year. It’s in that spirit that I wanted to do a second iteration of the SMT multiples spreadsheet, this one devoted to kids and school supplies.

Explore interactive map America is seeing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years. While most people will live to 78, some Americans are likely to die more than a decade earlier if they happen to be born in a handful of other counties in the US. Average lifespan has generally been increasing over the last 40 years as advances in medicine, social factors, and quality of life have helped people live longer, however, many Americans have not seen this benefit.

“He had [music] pouring out of him. He couldn’t stop and didn’t want to stop.”I recently interviewed Hoagy Bix Carmichael for the Carmichael Clan USA’s quarterly newsletter about growing up as the son of one of the most successful and recognizable songwriters of the 20th century, Hoagy Carmichael. We talked about his dad, his dad’s music, and the unique accomplishments in Hoagy Bix’s own life.  To say that Hoagy Bix Carmichael grew up around some of the most recognizable names of Hollywood’s Golden Age would be an understatement.

You’re reading Wait, Really? — a newsletter unpacking what's in the culture, with a feminist spin. Want to get it in your inbox? Sign up below. Like most teenage girls, there was an ever-shifting hierarchy to my adolescent friendships. One of the ways I could discern my place in that hierarchy was through lip gloss. Yes, lip gloss. Hear me out: Girls you’d share your lip gloss with — these were your real friends.