<![CDATA[The Grand Resign: Pop Culture ]]>https://thegrandresign.com/s/pop-culturehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PlOw!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F588e80f0-44da-48d5-8ee4-1fbb6c57a763_512x512.pngThe Grand Resign: Pop Culture https://thegrandresign.com/s/pop-cultureSubstackMon, 26 Oct 2026 09:26:33 GMT<![CDATA[Small Town FasTrak]]>https://thegrandresign.com/p/small-town-fastrakhttps://thegrandresign.com/p/small-town-fastrakTue, 07 Jul 2026 12:29:09 GMT

There’s a saying among my more condescending New York friends: West Coast nice, East Coast kind.

There’s a lot to unpack.

Having spent half the year since moving to a small town in California figuring out whether the corn dog line at the Tuesday farmer’s market is worth the wait and the other half figuring out which grocery store checkout line is fastest …

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]]><![CDATA[CDs as Cultural Ritual]]>https://thegrandresign.com/p/cds-as-cultural-ritualhttps://thegrandresign.com/p/cds-as-cultural-ritualFri, 03 Jul 2026 23:17:41 GMTThere’s a fun parlor game played by Gen Xers when they come across fellow Economy-Plus travelers

(ed. Here I’m not specifically picking on the Reality Bites cohort. Though I should note my application for honorary membership has been pending since I first read Steven Soderbergh’s media diet journal. And not for nothing I still find hilarious the bit in W…

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