two good reads

Rob Tringali/Sports Chrome. Courtesy of The New York Times.

just read david foster wallace’s “Federer as Religious Experience” (footnotes delivering the final heart clench) (recommended by lin-manuel miranda!!!!) and leah reich’s “Letter of Recommendation: Terro Liquid Ant Bait” (surprising winner, was not compelled by title, but it delivers) (“If you don’t suffer from anxiety, an ant infestation is a great substitute”).

more from reich:

There’s no shortage of suggestions on the Internet for how to manage anxieties and ants. Try these herbs! Consider juicing! Get over it! Oh, you mean ants? Try peppermint oil, lemon juice, coffee grounds. Sprinkle cinnamon. Draw chalk lines. Spray Raid and then wonder what’s in Raid and whether you should be inhaling it. Beg the ants to move into your neighbor’s house. None of this works.

speaking of, sleep troubles/racing heart have reached an all-time high, if that is even possible. today i read to kids at the elementary school, immediately terrible at discipline and accidentally let the kids JOG to the library, where we read pigsty, even though the message about cleaning your room is kinda lame (tidy rooms seem like the least important lesson) (or maybe it’s about teamwork?) (“many hooves make light work”), but the pig drawings are pretty cute and we only had 15 minutes. ONWARD.