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Biden Nearly Lost the Election When He Said Oil was Doomed.
Here's What He Should Have Said Instead.
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Donnie Clapp
December 2020
The Bonfire Issue
SARM #13, in which I finally deliver on the whole "frisson" thing...
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The Frisson Issue
Startlingly Awesome & Refreshingly Modest #12...will give you chills.
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Donnie Clapp
November 2020
The Election Issue
I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry.
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Donnie Clapp
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The Coronavirus Issue 2 1⁄2
Well, I guess we need to talk about coronavirus again. I don't wanna, but I gotta. And yes, that's a Naked Gun reference. You're welcome.
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Donnie Clapp
The Zero-Politics Issue
I'm baaaaaaaaack! [Insert sweet guitar riff]
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March 2020
The Coronavirus Issue - Startlingly Awesome and Refreshingly Modest Returns
Well, it’s been six months. A few things have changed. I stopped being Inntopia’s Director of Marketing and am now doing marketing consulting for only…
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Donnie Clapp
October 2019
Vicarious binge eating, reggae monetary policy, and forgetting to flush — Startlingly Awesome #7
The other day, one of my kids came running out into the living room and told us (breathlessly, in his best tattle tale soprano) that the other kid had…
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Donnie Clapp
September 2019
Consumption diets, history is all lies, and funny books - SAARM #6
Almost exactly one year ago, I went on a consumption diet because I was “a faint shadow of what I am capable of.” A consumption diet, which is a term I…
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Donnie Clapp
Startlingly Awesome and Refreshingly Modest - Issue #5
Okay, first, I hope you’re proud of yourself. Because of you, I’ve now done this five times in a row, which it puts it well beyond the realm of…
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Donnie Clapp
Delayed gratification, honey, and mediocrity for the win - Startlingly Awesome #4
Today is Monday, but it’s a holiday, so it counts as a Sunday. I hope your Labor Day weekend was startlingly awesome. Feedback on this newsletter is now…
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Donnie Clapp
August 2019
Sunshine, Cabinet TV, and Journalism is Dead - SAaRM #3
On Saturday, my mother turned 65. As is typical for 65-year-old women, she wanted to go sky diving. So we spent the weekend with her in a rented house…
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Donnie Clapp
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