McDonald’s Corporation Headquarters Used to Have a Suede Waterbed Think Tank

...mail room, where rock music blasts from a radio, the cafeteria, where free coffee and nickel Cokes are available to all, employees, and “the tank” where’ with a reservation any McDonald’s clerk, secretary or executive, can escape to relax, write, or recharge their energies. Entered through a hatch and hallway maze, the tank has total silence, indirect lighting, temperature controls, soft beanbag chairs, and an area for pacing. Up a few steps and t...

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Book Review: The Urban Bestiary

...s. Imagine you had a friend who was a naturalist who could explain the mysteries of the familiar yet unfamiliar wildlife which flit and shuffle through your backyard over a nice cup of coffee. Someone who could offer you an introduction to their world, and a chance to see your own world in a new light. This would be that book....

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Cook With Internet Shaquille

...frugal and to the point cooking videos covering everything from hummus to coffee. https://youtu.be/MWveIltRyYc I’m partial to his take downs of expensive pre-made meals such as smoothy purveyor Daily Harvest, https://youtu.be/2GQmlZHNA28 and Scam Like Me, Get Blue Apron for Free. https://youtu.be/osv72OeCpR0 He’s also got some solid advice on how to make a restaurant quality burrito at home. So let that YouTube algorithm lead you down the Interne...

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Saturday Tweets: The Chapel Perilous

...during and one after suffering from the Spanish Flu. Make a simple sifter coffee roaster “Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb on warnings over systemic risks from global pandemics Museums reveal their creepiest objects in Twitter battle It Came From the ’70s: The Story of Your Grandma’s Weird Couch The Bread Influencers Flock of sheep visit empty McDonald’s restaurant during lockdown Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid coronavirus outbreak Co...

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