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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 21
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-21/
- Published: 2019-04-16T14:15:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:41.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 21 (April 16, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: bleacher report, california sunday, the cut, the new york times, abigail disney, david margolick, davy rothbart, modest operations, newsletter, tyler dunne, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

No long intro this week, but have a great one!

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "It’s as if she knew something I was only beginning to understand: We’re all amateurs at just about everything, and most of us will stay amateurs. But that only matters if you let it." - [The Believer (Davy Rothbart for *California Sunday*)](https://story.californiasunday.com/elizabeth-swaney?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "Lacking famous owners, a prestige address, a brand-name architect or coverage in tabloid real estate blotters, 48-50 West 69th Street has thus far been a study in inconspicuous consumption. But it reflects extravagance of a different sort." - [That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone (David Margolick for *The New York Times*)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/nyregion/gentrification-one-percent-manhattan.html?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "There had to be a breaking point. An incident, an argument, a loss, a moment that doomed the football marriage of Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy." - [What Happened in Green Bay (Tyler Dunne for *Bleacher Report*)](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2828649-what-happened-in-green-bay?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "It wasn’t just the plane, but it’s not a small thing when you don’t have to be patient or be around other people. It creates this notion that you’re a little bit better than they are. And for the past 40 years, everything in American culture has been reinforcing that belief. We say, 'Job creators, entrepreneurs, these are the people who make America great.' So there are people walking around with substantial wealth who think that they have it because they’re better. It’s fundamental to remember that you’re just a member of the human race, like everybody else, and there’s nothing about your money that makes you better than anyone else. If you don’t know that and you have money, it’s the road to hell, no matter how much stuff you have around you." - [What It’s Like to Grow Up With More Money Than You’ll Ever Spend (Abigail Disney for *The Cut*)](https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money-than-shell-ever-spend.html?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "Plenty has already been written about Esquire’s cover story (see The New York Times, Salon, and The Guardian, to name a few). Most of them revolve around how we talk about race, gender, and privilege in today’s society, which are beyond the scope of Put This On. On a more clothing related topic, I think Esquire’s cover reveals something deeper about the state of men’s style publishing — and how two very different men are reshaping the two biggest titles." - [How Two Men are Reshaping Men's Style Media (Derek Guy for *Put This On*)](https://putthison.com/how-two-men-are-reshaping-mens-style-media/?ref=drewshannon.net)