We hope as you enjoy your Fourth of July Weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around the web. Check them out, but don’t miss Hulafrog’s Guide to the Downingtown Good Neighbor Day Fourth of July celebration.
- “A Walk’s Long End”, by William Browning from SB Nation.
Jim Hammes with his first wife and daughter.–via Jane Ryan. - “James T. Hammes embezzled $8.7 million from an Ohio-based Pepsi distributor, and then he went on the run. Or rather on the hike—he took off on the Appalachian Trail for six years.”
- “Ariana Huffington’s Improbable, Insatiable Content Machine“, by David Segal, from the New York Times Magazine.
- “She did more than anyone else to invent the Internet news business. After a decade, despite setbacks, she is still setting the pace.”
- “Honey, Lets Quit Our Day Jobs and Startup That Little Vape Shop We’ve Always Talked About“, by David Henne, from McSweeney’s.
- “It’s a tired old cliché, I know. “Couple leaves behind successful careers in petroleum engineering to open vape shop.” Classic pie-in-the-sky fantasy romanticized by Hollywood for ages. But I get a crazy feeling that we can actually do this, you know?”
As always, please feel free to comment with responses to the Covered Bridge stories or suggestions of your own.
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