A flounder looks like a hallucination of a fish. His body is flat as a pancake, his head is permanently tilted to one side, and instead of having one eye on each side of his head, both eyes are tightly packed on one side. This anatomy, strange as it may be, is one of evolution’s … Read more
After more than six months of grueling negotiations, David Ellison thought he was about to make the deal of a lifetime: the acquisition of Paramount, the century-old Hollywood studio. Ellison received word Tuesday morning in Los Angeles from an adviser to Shari Redstone, the heiress who controls the media group behind classics, including The godfather, … Read more
“Strava sniping” isn’t a new concept, but I only recently discovered it. It involves going for a run with the sole purpose of knocking down PBs that other exercisers near you share on the popular fitness app. This is a level of competitiveness (read: pettiness) I can get behind, so I fired up the app … Read more