The first monthly issue of this blog will be posted in about three weeks. Here’s what you can expect:

The monthly issues will be longer than the weekly issues. And they will look and feel more like a magazine than a newsletter. That’s because magazines are designed to be used differently than newsletters. A newsletter is meant to be read entirely, from beginning to end. A magazine is meant to be scanned and then read selectively.

As I said above, I will not be covering current events, per se, but I will be including links to things I’ve read and watched that I’m hoping will interest, inform, and entertain you. Each issue will also include one longish essay from yours truly – sometimes a “work-in-progress” chapter from one of the books I’m attempting to finish. Of the three unfinished books that I’ve made a priority, one is about my struggles to create charitable foundations that do less harm than good, another is an amateur’s guide to art collecting, and the third is a history of the development of Rancho Santana, the resort my partners and I have been developing on the west coast of Nicaragua for 26 years.

I’m feeling good about this change and excited about turning this blog into something you can read at your leisure and feel that the time you put into reading it is more than worth your while.

Viewer Discretion Advised! 

It’s horrifying (but entertaining) to see that some college students are dumb as rocks. These clips were undoubtedly cherry-picked… but still.

The latest update from FunLimon, our community center in Nicaragua… 

* The Rancho Santana team Football Club makes history
* New A/C training program offers cool career opportunities
* A new Professional Development Program

Click here to read about the center’s recent accomplishments and projects.

A New Interpretation of a Radiohead Classic 

JM sent this clip of Postmodern Jukebox (he knows I’m a big fan) performing “Creep,” featuring Effie Passero (who I’d never heard before) putting out a unique and somewhat more theatrical interpretation of this great classic.

Sweet! 

Click here to watch this surprise reunion between six-year-old best friends. (As you know, I’m a sucker for sentimental stuff like this.)

Rancho Santana in the News 

“A Central American Paradise with Surfing, Hiking, and Farm-to-Table Cuisine” 

Another positive magazine review of our resort in Nicaragua. After 40 years of earning a living by publishing ideas, it gives me great pleasure to have built something in brick and mortar that gives so much pleasure to so many people. Click here.

The Mind-Blowing Scale of the Milky Way 

This is very cool!

I first ran into this guy, who goes by the name Epic Spaceman, in this video, where he explains the scale of the Milky Way by shrinking himself down to the size of an atom.

Central American Modernism, the book that Suzanne Snider and I wrote and published two years ago, is still getting “noticed” by smaller art publications

This is from Palm Beach ArtsPaper.

Ed. Note: Readers of this blog get a 40% discount off the $259 list price of Central American Modernism. That makes your cost $150 (which includes free shipping in the USA). To order your copy, go to Centralamericanmodernism.com and enter the discount code msave40.

More From My Social Media Crush Elle Cordova 

I haven’t shared Elle Cordova’s videos with you for a while. Click here and here to enjoy two really good ones.

The Stars Aligned 

I haven’t checked to verify this because I want to believe it’s true.