Eat a spicy meatball in celebration of National Meatball Day! While usually associated with either Italian or Swedish cuisine, there are traditional meatballs from all over the globe. Like bola-bola from the Philippines, polpete from Slovenia, and kofta from the Middle East.
Read Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. The influential attention management guru’s latest book goes deep into how society’s current conception of ‘productivity’ is broken. Using case studies and tips, he instructs us how to take it easy without giving up on ambition entirely.
Watch Ricky Stanicky on Amazon Prime. John Cena and Zac Efron star in the latest movie from Peter Farrelly — a man who made gross-out comedies, then won two Oscars, and is now back doing gross-out comedies. It looks equal parts putrid, insipid, and hilarious.
Listen to The Road Back Home by Loreena McKennitt. Perhaps the most iconic name in new-age Celtic music, McKennitt is a Canadian musical treasure. Her enchanting voice and dulcet harp plucking are as mysterious and mystical as ever on her new live record.—QH