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# This Week - Apr 01, 2016
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2016-04-01/
- Published: 2016-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:46.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, alec baldwin, gq, jake phelps, james nord, juliet bennett rylah, laist, lauren larson, medium, skateboarding, california sunday, this week, willy staley, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> It's like what his friend, fellow actor Ken Page, once told Baldwin—that New York is a river, while L.A. is a lake: New York has a current that pulls you in some direction. Where L.A. has none. So you have to row your boat in LA.  
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> — [Alec Baldwin Is Moving To L.A., So Leave Him Alone (Juliet Bennett Rylah for LAist)](http://laist.com/2016/03/31/new%5Fneighbor%5Falec%5Fbaldwin.php?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Of all the remarkable facts about Phelps, perhaps the most impressive is this: He’s not dead.  
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> — [Thrashed (Willy Staley for The California Sunday Magazine)](https://story.californiasunday.com/jake-phelps-thrasher?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Is Twitter good for anything? Or is it just a giant garbage heap of aging millennials clamoring for validation?  
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> — [How to Get 1 Million Twitter Followers—By Any Means Necessary (Lauren Larson for GQ)](http://www.gq.com/story/joe-mande-one-million-twitter-followers?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Inside or outside of the office, when asked how you are, do not answer “busy”. Boring people are busy. Good people are excited.  
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> — [You’re hired, but first, some rules (James Nord for Medium)](https://medium.com/swlh/you-re-hired-but-first-some-rules-6fdf94e64098?ref=drewshannon.net#.hvpcg1dix)