# A Little Bit Better

Come as you are, leave just a little bit better. Better informed, better feeling, better prepared, better able to see the other side. Context, opinions, and humor. It's like having Donnie over to dinner once a week, but he doesn't drink your bourbon 🥃.

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## [Biden Nearly Lost the Election When He Said Oil was Doomed.](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/what-biden-should-have-said)

_2021-11-04 · Donnie Clapp_

Here's What He Should Have Said Instead.

## [The Bonfire Issue](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/the-bonfire-issue)

_2020-12-15 · Donnie Clapp_

SARM #13, in which I finally deliver on the whole "frisson" thing...

## [The Frisson Issue](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/the-frisson-issue)

_2020-12-12 · Donnie Clapp_

Startlingly Awesome & Refreshingly Modest #12...will give you chills.

## [The Election Issue](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/the-election-issue)

_2020-11-23 · Donnie Clapp_

I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry.

## [The Coronavirus Issue 2 1⁄2](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/well-i-guess-we-need-to-talk-about)

_2020-11-20 · Donnie Clapp_

Well, I guess we need to talk about coronavirus again. I don't wanna, but I gotta. And yes, that's a Naked Gun reference. You're welcome.

## [The Zero-Politics Issue](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/the-zero-politics-issue)

_2020-11-19 · Donnie Clapp_

I'm baaaaaaaaack! \[Insert sweet guitar riff\]

## [The Coronavirus Issue - Startlingly Awesome and Refreshingly Modest Returns](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/the-coronavirus-issue-startlingly-awesome-and-refreshingly-modest-returns-234877)

_2020-03-21 · Donnie Clapp_

Well, it’s been six months.

## [Vicarious binge eating, reggae monetary policy, and forgetting to flush — Startlingly Awesome #7](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/vicarious-binge-eating-reggae-monetary-policy-and-forgetting-to-flush-startlingly-awesome-7-199651)

_2019-10-07 · Donnie Clapp_

The other day, one of my kids came running out into the living room and told us (breathlessly, in his best tattle tale soprano) that the other kid had forgotten to flush after a bathroom session of the more lengthy persuasion.

## [Consumption diets, history is all lies, and funny books - SAARM #6](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/consumption-diets-history-is-all-lies-and-funny-books-saarm-6-198557)

_2019-09-16 · Donnie Clapp_

Almost exactly one year ago, I went on a consumption diet because I was “a faint shadow of what I am capable of.”

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## [Startlingly Awesome and Refreshingly Modest - Issue #5](https://startlinglyawesome.substack.com/p/startlingly-awesome-and-refreshingly-modest-issue-5-197565)

_2019-09-09 · Donnie Clapp_

Okay, first, I hope you’re proud of yourself.