Weekly Notes #1

An unexpected brunch guest, who liked my crepe more than even I did.

Lots of good, diverse reading, re-reading, watching, and cooking this week:

• If you've ever looked at art and thought, "Really? I could do that," PBS will school you.
• On that note, two New York Times writers share views on what it takes to qualify as an art critic.
• Entrepreneur says all current self-help boils down to these four topics.
• Which wine pairs with which back-to-school crisis?
• FiveThirtyEight Science says maybe the key to massive creativity is to stop trying to be creative.
• I'm shocked again, reading in Jezebel how an author got very different responses to her manuscript when she submitted it under a man's name.
• Made a killer recipe for Buffalo Tempeh from The Post-Punk Kitchen.