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# This Week - Mar 11, 2016
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2016-03-11/
- Published: 2016-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:47.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, adrienne lafrance, apple, apple.com, heather havrilesky, jeff gardinier, jeff gordinier, julia felsenthal, lesley arfin, meaghan o'connell, the atlantic, the cut, the new york times, this week, tim cook, tom usher, vice, vogue, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> For an activity that’s so mundane, email seems to be infused with an extraordinary amount of dread and guilt. Several studies have linked frequent email-checking with higher levels of anxiety. One study found that constant email-checkers also had heart activity that suggested higher levels of cortisol, a hormone associated with stress—until they were banned from their inboxes.  
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> — [The Triumph of Email (Adrienne LaFrance for The Atlantic)](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/what-comes-after-email/422625/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Right now, the first meal of the day in Los Angeles is arguably one of the most interesting and satisfying meals, of any sort, in the United States. If the nation has a capital of breakfast R&D, this could be it.  
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> — [Los Angeles: City of Breakfast (Jeff Gordinier for The New York Times)](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/dining/los-angeles-restaurants-breakfast.html?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Hello. Tell me about you. @jonnysun: I’m @jonnysun! On Twitter I suppose I write very loosely through the perspective of an alien trying to learn his way around being a human.  
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> — [What It’s Really Like to Be a Popular ‘Weird Twitter’ Personality (Tom Usher for Vice)](http://www.vice.com/en%5Fuk/read/joke-twitter-celebrities-endhoos-jonnysun-dubstep4dads-keetpotato-ruinedpicnic?ref=drewshannon.net)

> If you’re cold: Take a bath. If you’re sad: Take a bath. If you’re trying to drink less or eat less or send needy texts less but are so panicked that your shoulders are at your ears and you can’t stop worrying you said a weird thing in an email and your friend is trying to think of a kind way to tell you she never wants to talk to you again: Take a bath.  
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> — [Baths: The Key to Surviving February (Meaghan O'Connell for The Cut)](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/02/baths-the-key-to-surviving-february.html?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Maybe he was so afraid of being a bad person that when he was finally given permission by death, he was allowed the freedom to be himself. I really identify with that. I’m not selling meth. I’m not killing anybody; that’s not Mickey’s agenda. That’s not Gus’s agenda, but there’s something that Mickey does: She knows the difference between right and wrong, and sometimes she’ll make the wrong choice on purpose. Maybe the consequences for her aren’t so black and white. Maybe that’s the truth with Gus. I’m so sick of seeing the nerdy white boy as the hero to the crazy girl. I lived in that fantasy for so long, the Cinderella complex. I think Gus probably has that fantasy, too. I think he really loves the idea of being needed, being able to fix somebody. There’s a lot of anger behind that.  
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> — [Lesley Arfin Talks Love, On-Screen and Off (Julia Felsenthal for Vogue)](http://www.vogue.com/13403037/lesley-arfin-love-interview/?ref=drewshannon.net)