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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 32
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-32/
- Published: 2019-07-23T21:10:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:49.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 32 (July 23, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: gq, the cut, vogue business, adam wray, allison p. davis, michael chabon, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "Joe Torczon wrote his thesis on this pizza restaurant in New Orleans. The family had one restaurant and made so much money they all bought houses and boats. But they did not expand. And I don’t think that lacks ambition; I think it shows great ambition for what’s truly important in life, which is time." - [Tom Sachs on creative leadership and the importance of idealism (Adam Wray for *Vogue Business*)](https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/tom-sachs-artist-design-nike?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "Even as he followed his brother into this trend-driven, icon-imitating world, Abe worked to maintain his standard of idiosyncrasy, of standing out, freely incorporating floral patterns, vintage scarves, and the color pink into the outfits he wore into the heteronormative jaws of seventh grade." - [My Son, The Prince Of Fashion (Michael Chabon for *GQ*)](https://www.gq.com/story/my-son-the-prince-of-fashion?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "I would find out later that most of that day had been carefully calibrated to impress me." - [The Wild Ride at Babe.Net (Allison P. Davis for *The Cut*)](https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/babe-net-aziz-ansari-date-rise-and-fall.html?ref=drewshannon.net)