Welcome

This here bloggy newsletter is where I write about life in the way that only I can write about it in the hopes of bringing people together and offering them a moment of levity during this fleeting time we’re all floating on a spinning blue rock through space together. This collective * bites bottom lip * Joyride, if you will. I know that’s all rather broad, and I’m sorry this is not one of those specific newsletters like the ones for making salads or understanding China. The specific contours of this newsletter are difficult to define, like my waistline.

Who are you?

If you are asking about the self in the Cartesian sense, I don’t think this About Me page is an appropriate place for that level of digression. I will share some biographical information that lets you know I am a real living human. My name is Joe Donatelli, and I am a journalist who lives in Cleveland and has a wife, two children and a dog, all of whom I love dearly but also go to great lengths to avoid when I get up before sunrise to work on this newsletter. Topics vary. I spent six months documenting my attempt to lose 17 pounds, and I moved on to write things that some people find funny and entertaining. The weirder your sense of humor, the more you will come to appreciate what you’ve stumbled into here.

What have you written?

You can read my archive here.