Joe Donatelli

Smoking is cool again

Yet another debt we all owe to the famous

Nov 25 • 

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The Awesome Power of Sitting in Your Car Before You Go Inside

Listen.

Nov 21 • 

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Thank you, Paul McCartney

Bearing witness to the best who ever did it

Nov 16 • 

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What if the Point Isn’t Balance?

It's triage

Nov 8 • 

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The one time I bought a burrito from a vending machine for America

I once purchased a giant beer from a vending machine in a Japanese national park, and I thought, “Why don’t we have this in the United States?

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

Rake the leaves

You just gotta

Oct 19 • 

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Thank you, Dave Barry

In a moment that crystallized why we’re all so lucky he started a Substack, Dave Barry searched for his name on Google this summer, and Google AI told…

Oct 10 • 

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How to face 50

From a guy about to put 49 in the rearview mirror.

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

Arguing peaked in 1998

I’m far from the only person who went to college and discovered the real education takes place outside the classroom.

Sep 23 • 

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Of course we have to figure out AI

Who else was going to do it?

Sep 7 • 

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Coffee in the morning

To conquer the world, one must conquer the day

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

Two guys complain about work in 2029

The year is 2029, and AI is completely embedded into the workplace.

Aug 23 • 

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