A lukewarm issue

The 10-year Wuthering Heights rollout; Men of the Year; new and old television; Cirque du Soleil!

The theme of this news update is tepidness. A bunch of stuff happened this week that made me chuckle mildly, smile briefly. But none of it made me mad or glad, really, just kind of sigh with varying degrees of delight. You will never believe what I’m doing next week.

Housekeeping

A reminder that annual subscriptions are 20% off for the month of November, and that the remainder of this month’s posts—including my annual ranking of hot guys and gift guide—will be behind (partial) paywalls. I love writing my Substack but write it at lunch and at night and on Sundays, so I can only keep doing it if it is financially sustainable. Thank you to everyone who has put me on the Culture Rising list 3 or 4 times this month already. Let’s keep me there and show these millennials who’s boss!

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