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Oct 14, 2023Liked by Will Leitch

Thank you so much for this.

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My name is Humpty, pronounced with a Umpty.

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All the rappers in the top 10, please allow me to bump thee.

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I like to rhyme, I like my beats funky

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I am spunky. I like my oatmeal lumpy.

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I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice

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Sending this to my grown son....maybe he'll listen to you, not me.

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It took me a very long time to listen to my mom ... long after I first became a grown son.

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I will replace “despair” with hope!

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Recently I've been thinking about all the great art we'd be deprived of if Martin Scorsese had decided he'd "made it."

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Clarion call! LFG!

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So well written, Will. I know I'm a week behind, but this newsletter really was spot on. I too though life was supposed to get easier the older I got... No way at all. Make the best out of it.

Keep up the great work, it's greatly appreciated.

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Great piece my friend . There certainly is work to be done.

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Thanks, Ms. Kelly! I hope you are well!

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Kurt Cobain once said, "as a musician, I knew I'd made it when Weird Al covered one of my songs."

👍

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