The Weekly Wrap: November 27, 2022

Tomorrow is, what I like to call, national unsubscribe from emails day. 

I used to say yes to every store, company, or retailer email I could get. I loved the coupons, sale alerts, and new product updates.

Five or so years ago, I was done with it all. Cyber Monday was the last straw. One company sent me over ten messages in a single day. The amount of email I had to wade through to get to what I wanted to read was too much. 

From that point on, I hit unsubscribe on all commercial emails. It's just too easy to find discount codes online these days (thank you, Honey *referral link*). 

Occasionally, I either get added back on to lists or an old company randomly emails me. They always appear on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I am ready to click unsubscribe on every single message. (You can also search "unsubscribe" and find mailing lists that way.)

The side benefit of all this - I spend a lot less money.

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• Jack Kerouac had a way with words. [The Marginalian - reader submission]
• Tactfully handling rudeness at work. [HBR - may be paywalled]
• It's time to teach peer review (and pay those who do it). [The Chronicle of Higher Education - may be paywalled]
• Finding the live Christmas tree type that works best for you. [Real Simple]
• Why don't men take their wife's last name? [WaPo - gift link]
• I did not know you could do this with Gmail addresses. [Lifehacker]
• Turning common ravioli into art. [Above the Fold]

• C is for cookie that online tracks me. [Planet Money]
• Parsing what happened in the midterm elections. [The Run Up]
• The history of the purpose of marriage. [Hidden Brain]
• What we've learned about cooking turkeys. [The Daily]

• I want one! [Nat Geo WILD]
• My in-laws tossed on A Christmas Carol Thanksgiving night. This was the 1984 version headlined by George C. Scott. A quick IMDB check told me it was made as a TV movie. Gotta say, TV movies were much better back then. This may have been "old" but it was very good. The acting was superb, the direction great, and the script was well done. Heck, even the old school CGI held up. It makes me want to start watching a lot more old movies. I used to watch a ton (loved Houseboat and the studio musicals) but I've gotten out of the habit. [Tubi]

• We wanted to keep our dinners easier this week in order to have plenty of room in my in-laws fridge for Thanksgiving. I made sheet pan gnocchi with sausage, peppers, and onions. We opted to use a fantastic sausage (pig kahuna) from a local grocer. It's sweet and changed the entire profile of the dish from Italian to Asian. It was so, so, so good. [PureWow]
• The husband made one of his favorite dishes - scallop pasta with garlic and white wine. It's fewer than ten ingredient and a cinch to make. We add asparagus to sneak a veggie in without having to dirty another dish. [Caroline's Cooking]