“I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the carpets from the mud on my boots but to keep the cat piss off my soles. I can tell you the problem with her cable service was that her cats chewed through the wiring. That I had to move a mummified cat behind the television to replace the jumper.” Lauren Hough: I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America.

+ I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon. “There’s a certain novelty, after decades at a legacy media company, in playing for the team that’s winning big.”