Another week in the books, and we ran in under the wire today, down to less than three weeks left on the 100-day marathon.  Today it is our pleasure to bring stories touching everything from Chicago TV to theories about time and letters to a younger you.  We continue our search for anything that will make you chuckle while reading and finish with mystery links and music.  Happy Monday, Eve!

The idea of conceptualizing time as a spiral came from one of Nik Goke’s blog posts, and Nik took the concept from another author, Julia Cameron, who wrote The Artists Way.  In the post, Nik talks about a time spiral and highlights ideas; we can experience the ups and downs of life multiple times and in various ways.  It might be the same mountain, but the path we take up and down it might be different. 

In another section, forgiveness adds more color to the concepts.  Goke cites author Yancey Strickler for this section, who describes the time spiral and says our awareness of challenges that may return can allow for growth without perfection.  This is similar to the concept that the journey is more important than the destination. 

The only thing Goke doesn’t address in the theory of time is what happens when you put it in a bottle.  For that, we need to find Jim Croce!

Axios asked readers to vote on the best Chicago TV show.  This looked like a fun poll, but the data was light.  The winner of the survey was ER, and on the surface, we wouldn’t argue, but that’s the thing, Axios didn’t include any of the other vote-getters.  Good Times was mentioned, but that’s it?  OK, Google, whatcha got?

Chicago TV Shows: (H4)

Wikipedia wins again; here are a few of our favorites:

Our winner is Married… with Children, which defined the 90s for us.  We also have to [With a] Shout Out to Christina Applegate, who was recently diagnosed with MS.  Her strength and courage to finish out the last season of Dead to Me after being diagnosed inspires us.

Ruth Whippman of The New York Times wrote a piece that further explores a topic we touched on yesterday, unconditional love.  Her thoughts and opinions on the subject are covered with more research than our smaller piece about Hot Dogs.  Whippman starts her story by talking about her boys and learning to play the piano; our interest was past the parenting when Whippman’s research takes her to a German psychoanalyst named Erich Fromm in 1934.  Fromm used the term unwavering love to separate the love of a mother and child from that of a father who requires more of an “earned” love. 

One of the challenges with a term like unconditional love, or just the term love, is that it’s responsible for too many things.  Don’t we love hot dogs as frequently as we do our spouse, children, pets, and iPhones?  We have also decided that you can love someone while, at the same time, not liking them.  You know what we speak if you have raised kids or been married for more than ten minutes.

Whippman ends her piece with an honest reflection on needs and overcorrection; it is thought-provoking and why it ended up in the today With A Shout newsletter.  We will end it the same way we ended the Hot Dog piece, love is free, but it doesn’t pay the rent, you need a job, and ALL jobs come with conditions. 

In our quest to find things that we think will make you LAUGH OUT LOUD, we found a set of clips from the show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifinakis. It’s hard not to laugh, and we hope you do!

Seth Godin wrote on his blog today a letter he originally sent to a young friend.  In the letter, Godin imparts his wisdom politely and cleverly.  The suggestions aren’t new, but the way Godin puts them together and associates them is always enjoyable to read.  Godin is also a master of word efficiency. 

If you think about it, you probably spend as much time looking at the person in the mirror daily as you do anyone else.  The person in the mirror is your biggest fan and loudest critic.  Any time spent getting right with that person is time well spent!

Phoebe Bridgers is new to our radar; this is a beautiful cover of Radio Head and a great settle after all the laughter Zack gave us earlier in the letter.  Thanks, Phoebe.

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