Falling towards Friday, today we revisit Wile E. Coyote from yesterday, and creator Chuck Jones gives us the 9 Road Runner Rules of the Universe.  With the universal order wrapped up, why not spice it up with a review of Tony Chachere’s everything spice.  Throw it on some popcorn and grab a new book from Kelly Link, taking you into another universe with familiar rules and twists; after your mind has been twisted back and forth, hit Spotify for a playlist by Mind Journal.  We can’t think of a better way to start the weekend.

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Every once in a while, we stumble a crossed a story when looking for another story.  Today we bring the story of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote and what Vox Media calls The 9 unbreakable rules of the Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner universe.  After doing a search to find an image of the Coyote falling off another cliff for a story we reported on earlier in the week, we found this story and had to write about it.  The story is almost 10 years old, but come on, the cartoon must be 50 years old.  This story is as timeless as the "toons" it talks about.

If you grew up with Bugs Bunny & Friends, the rules make sense, and you can think back on the cartoons and confirm the rules.  If you didn't grow up during the golden age of cartoons, use this list to figure out what the next do-nothing, performative leader in your area might be up to.  Always remember, gravity can be our worst enemy!

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Here's a link to one of our favorite spices; we found this at our local grocery store 20 years ago and have been putting it on everything ever since.  This is one of those spicey spices we discovered in our 20s when we first started cooking food like we were grown-ups.  the Spruce Eats, one of our favorite "foodie" websites, writes up the review.  Initially from Louisiana and created by the first chef introduced into the Louisiana Hall of Fame, it is the perfect blend of pepper spicey and Cajun flavorful.  Available at most grocery stores, it’s worth a try.

If you remember going to the public library over the summer as a kid, you probably remember reading all kinds of books.  In this story from The Atlantic, writer Jason Heller talks about a new book by author Kelly Link that takes a standard fairy tale structure and throws some new weird stuff at it.  Take a familiar environment and remix the story; it's been argued repeatedly that all the words, songs, and scenes have already been written, heard, and performed.  All we can do is take what we see, hear, and feel and mix it up. 

White Cat, Black Dog

Kelly Link writes her character into the fairy tale, and the character named Emma can’t figure out if it’s real or how to get out of it.  Grabbing influences from Goldilocks, and Everything, Everywhere… this story can go all over the place in a fun and circus-bizarre way.

A new discovery, a website selling products to help you journal, wrapped around a personal development website with great content and now music.  MindJournal.com sells all the products you would imagine are sold by a company that promotes; self-help and the healing powers of journaling.  In addition to the products, you can use plenty of free resources, videos, and emails to improve your experience.  Today we received an email that pointed us to the Spotify Playlists they have created to help you journal.

Ooops, might be a repeat.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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