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I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing.

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I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing.

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It's been an eventful month: caring for a newborn (and 4 year old), starting a new job, winning some free tickets to our local minor league baseball team. Things are happening and I'm here for it.

I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing. Subscribe here!

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I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing. Subscribe here!

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I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing.

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It's official: I'm ready for spring. Those who know me know I love winter, but above all I love the change of the seasons. The transition to spring-like weather and warmth here in Chicagoland has been fitful at best, but I'm eager for the real thing.

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This newsletter has officially been humming along for one year now. Thanks for subscribing, big thanks for reading, and gargantuan thanks for sharing this with someone else who'd enjoy hearing from me once a month. (Check out the archives here.)

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Much to the chagrin of my wife, I always wait for the day after Thanksgiving to start doing Christmasy things. For me, saving Christmas movies and music and decorations for a distinct, contained time period—Black Friday to New Year’s Eve—makes them all the more special. What Christmasy things do you enjoy?

See you on the other side of Yuletide!

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1. My recent posts

7 Hard-Boiled Lessons from Noir Films Old and New - Film noir has been there, done that.

Librerapy: the life-changing magic of library browsing - Nothing like a kid-free visit to my favorite place.

Media of the moment - Athena, Neil Postman, ’90s submarine thrillers, and more.

Lord of the Rewatch - Stray notes from a Lord of the Rings extended trilogy rewatch.

5 Okee Dokee Brothers songs I’m envious I didn’t write myself - Like Ron Burgundy I’m not even mad, just impressed.

2. From the interwebs

The latest annual Vanity Fair/Billie Eilish interview is out. How Peter Jackson’s AI is remixing The Beatles. An ode to the “prescient obsolescence” of cassette tapes. Ban TikTok.

3. Currently

📖 Haven by Emma Donoghue

📺 Little Women (2019)

🎧 Blood Oranges in the Snow by Over the Rhine

4. Quote

“Every generation patronizes its predecessors for having been so dim, forgetting that soon enough it will be our turn to stand in the corner and feel foolish.” — Edward Dolnick, The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

5. Question

What’s your most memorable moviegoing experience?

— Chad

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Photo: Walking with family to a Lake Michigan beach through some hardcore autumn vibes.

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Earlier this month marked the 16th anniversary of my blog, which means I've been blogging for almost half my life. Those 16 years have consisted of 953 posts across various hosting services, on a variety of topics. I've never been a consistent diarist, but somehow I've managed to write multiple posts a month for many, many years.

The blog abides. Thanks for reading.

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I've had a blast this month working on Cinema Sugar, a new website and social media presence for movie lovers I started with a buddy of mine. September was dedicated to high school movies, and October will feature all things horror 👻 Check it out!

On to the links...

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Hi friends,

Earlier this month I started a new job, my first professional transition in almost seven years. In that time I'd gained a mastery and speed with my tasks that created an efficient and reliable workflow.

In my new position, starting more or less from scratch with everything—work environment, relationships, and responsibilities—forced me to slow down, refresh my assumptions, remain humble, and inhabit a learner's mind. It's hard, but it's good.

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Earlier this month we went on a road trip to Toronto to visit family. It was by far the longest time the 3 year old has spent in the car and he did really well. We resorted to the portable DVD player only in the last two hours on the way home.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the long hours in the driver's seat. The quieter moments allowed for some time to think, without screens or podcasts to distract myself. Here's to more of that.

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We planted some daylilies in our front yard last fall. They just barely started peeking out of the dormant earth in early March and have been growing slowly and resolutely ever since. Our 3 year old likes to check on them and call them "cuties", as in, "Oh, look at the little cuties growing!"

Spring in Chicagoland is mercurial, with dramatic weather shifts and temperature swings. (It snowed again yesterday.) But throughout it all the daylilies have continued to grow, because that's what they do.

Let's be more like daylilies.

Ahoy-hoy!

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