It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Diogenes
We've all been there: lured by the siren call of a fast-food ad, only to be met with a reality that falls short of the promise. But what happens when that disappointment crosses the line into deception? Enter the recent class action lawsuit filed against Arby's Restaurant Group in the Eastern District of New York.
Why can’t there be a great movie or series made from the Dinotopia franchise? It seems like a natural idea: here’s a New York Times bestselling illustrated book with an extravagant premise, a deep prehistory, and plenty of dinosaurs.
It’s not easy to create an adaptation of the first two books that preserves the utopian appeal of the world, but also introduces enough conflict to make it work as a three-act drama for adults.
Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like if I had a wife. No, I don’t want to enter into a same-sex romantic relationship. I’d like to keep my husband. But I also sometimes dream about having a wife, as well. Someone to share the work load. Someone to take care of all the things I don’t want to have to manage any more.
I remember identifying with the concept of sister wives years ago when I edited a book by a family that practiced polygamy.
This is this months free post, if you want to read more from Played on Paper, please subscribe using the link below.
If I was to ask you ‘What is Kai Havertz’s best position at Chelsea?’, those of you who didn’t instantly reply ‘sat on the bench’ would struggle to give me an answer.
He isn’t able to separate himself effectively from defenders to be a reliable number nine, but he doesn’t have the technical skillset or dribbling ability to play as a traditional number 10.
Noah here. If the name Punnet rings a bell, it’s probably from high school biology class. Punnet Squares are the four-box diagrams that were used to explain dominant and recessive genes. They look something like this:
The guy behind them was named Reginald Punnett. He was a British geneticist and professor and, of interest to me, the inventor of a breed of auto-sexing chickens. It turns out it’s hard to discern the sex of chickens at birth, which is obviously important if you’re raising the birds and want to focus on egg-layers.