Hi! We are Jay, Josey, + Collin and we are three friends, writers, creators, husbands, fathers, entrepreneurs, and busy people who think it’s important to be as involved as you can in the world around you, but also believe that people deserve to take a damn break every once in a while. That’s why we started this newsletter. Each week, we’ll give you some words on a few of our favorite things you may have missed. That way, you can miss out without completely missing out.
Oh, we don’t have an editor for this newsletter so if you find a typo or something just like.. be cool.
A WELLNESS THING FROM JOSEY
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A MUSIC THING FROM JAY
I listen to a lot of music.. It’s *~ KiNdA mY tHiNg ~*.
Every so often someone will ask a question along the lines of “What are you Top 10 favorite albums?” It’s almost an impossible answer to give. I feel like you should break it down by genre instead of overall because there are so many phenomenal albums to choose from, but recently my little brother asked me that exact question. I wanted to give him an off-the-top-of-the-head answer and I tried to vary the genres a bit.
Here’s the list in no particular order:
You might be able to tell the Blues are my favorite genre, but I would say that hip-hop is my most listened to genre and this list would have likely gotten a lot more heavy in that aspect had I kept going. It feels incomplete to me without Jack White or the Beastie Boys making an appearance, and I’m sure there is an album I missed that I will kick myself for leaving out, but here we are.
“Top 10” is not nearly enough.
A MOVIE/SHOW THING FROM JAY
This past Monday - May 11, 2020 - the world lost one of the funniest people to ever grace the screen.
Jerry Stiller aka Frank Costanza aka Arthur Spooner passed away from natural causes less than a month before his 93rd birthday.
His son - Ben Stiller - broke the news on social media which led to a much-deserved outpour of support from pretty much every person who had ever worked with Jerry on set or gotten a laugh from him on their favorite show.
We have so many things hilarious moments to thank Jerry Stiller for and I am going to link them down below starting with my personal favorite back-and-forth scene between Stiller and Kevin James. It’s quick, simple, and aggressively hilarious.
It’s a masterpiece.
A TRAVEL THING FROM JOSEY
Maybe you're stuck in a city right now, maybe you're rethinking living in one all together, or maybe you just love an A-Frame and fresh air.
Here's a short list put together by Field Mag rounding up the very best A-Frames on AirBNB.
SOMETHING ELSE FROM JAY
One of my favorite movies - Moonrise Kingdom - celebrated it's sixth anniversary of opening at the Cannes Film Festival recently and I want to talk about it. I love this movie so much I even got a tattoo of Suzy wearing the raven costume from the "what kind of bird are you?" scene.
First, I'll drop the trailer and synopsis so you can get reacquainted:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore -- and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Moonrise Kingdom is laced with subtle humor, elegance, and dark tones throughout while never straying from the themes at its core of being young and yearning for love, adventure, and escape.
Sam is awkward, and skinny while Suzy is cool, and wears eye-liner and while they don't seem to fit on the surface they are a perfect match to help eachother navigate through their first authority-defying escapade fueled by love and confusion.
At one point Suzy mentions love, and while Sam seems happy about it he responds with "you don't know what you're talking about" which is very apropos for a couple of 12 year olds who just ran away from home in the name of it.
They each live in their own versions of oppression and are constantly filled with the urge to breakaway. They hatch their plan through a series of handwritten letters which detail their daily - and hilarious - struggles before they finally ask "Where?" and "When?"
There are no characters that stand out more or connect with the viewer in a deeper way than Sam and Suzy - played by Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward - even though the rest of the main cast is filled with a few of the biggest names in cinema - Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Jason Schwartzman.
I'm going to stop talking so you can go watch it right now. You can rent it on Prime Video, Youtube, or other places I’m sure.
In the meantime, I’ll be out back. I’m going to find a tree to chop down.
SOMETHING ELSE FROM JOSEY
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SOMETHING ELSE FROM COLLIN
We also lost Fred Willard recently, so I’d just like to pay tribute to the man.
This one is a somber one so it’s okay to cry.. May he layeth on high.
Folks, I asked you to ask me questions so I could impart some wisdom/advice/knowledge/correct opinions.
As always, y’all didn’t fail to deliver. Here are your questions and my answers.
Q: @lesterknopf on Twitter asked “What’s the superior pasta shape?”
A: Wow, where to even start. As many of you know, I am at least half Greek, as my mom was born and adopted in Athens by first generation Greek immigrants, so I know my pasta. Thus, I grew up stuffing all manner of pasta into my gullet and can tell you with absolute certainty that the best pasta type is: Farfalle.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, but Collin, you dumb bastard, ravioli and tortellini are sitting right there, able to be stuffed with anything, thus making them the obvious choice due to their versatility, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But the fact that you called me a dumb bastard angered me I decided that although that is correct, it would not be fair because stuffed pasta isn’t the pasta’s natural birth state, so it’s out. Farfalle, or butterfly pasta, is the correct choice for a few reasons. One: it looks cool. Two: it's flat and easy to skewer. 3. “Farfalle” is a great name. 4. This is my newsletter and I say so.
Q: @dinkdjh on Twitter asked “What was your favorite fad that has come and gone?”
A: Jorts. Technically they haven’t ever really come nor gone, but I don’t care. I don’t care. Jorts. The groin protection of actual jeans, with the comfort and freedom of underwear. Jorts.
Q: @dinkdjh on Twitter also asked a follow up question “What is the WORST pasta shape?”
A: Loving all the pasta related questions. Thank you for asking. The worst pasta shape is, without question, Ziti. It’s just an oversized Penne. Sorry but I won’t apologize for speaking the truth. There is no value to Ziti. Get that toddler-looking ass pasta out of my face please.
Q: @APotterX1 on Twitter asked “How did you find out skittles are scented and not flavored?”
A: Uh, I ate them??? And I have taste buds??? I have had this argument so many times and so often that Skittles themselves tweeted at me that I was wrong. I, of course, am not. So once again a giant corporation is caught with scented egg on their face because they tried to challenge me. Do this little experiment: start to type “Skittles scented” into google search and instantly you can see they have tried to subvert the truth by inventing Skittles scented CANDLES to disrupt your search. But the truth will set you free, and if you don’t fall for Skittles dirty tactics, you can find other skittles-truthers who have confirmed: Skittles are scented differently, to trick your senses.
Ok, great questions this week. Let’s do more pasta stuff next week.
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