No #198 | December 7th, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Happy 75th birthday Dad! In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🧇Waffles ✍️Writing Gooder 🎧Top Songs 😆Going to the Gym 😎Cool Links 🧇Waffles So I had every intention of writing a deep and philosophical article this week on Jeff Buckley's iconic cover version of the song Hallelujah, but I just couldn't piece it together into a coherent narrative in time, cause... well... Saturday's are...
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No #197 | November 30, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Follow-up on last week's wedding attendance: Dancing with a group of friends to the song Home for a Rest by Spirt of the West is pure chicken soup for the soul😁. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🎵Good Times 👻Stranger Things 🤣Everything is "Experience" 😎Cool Links 🎵Good Times The other day a song came on the radio that I hadn’t heard in a long time: “Good Times” by Tom Cochrane. Side...
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No #196 | November 23, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Went to a friend’s wedding last night. Next week’s newsletter will explore what dancing to ’90s pop songs can teach us about ourselves.🤣🕺 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 👮The Rookie 🤔Escalation of Commitment 🏠Home Decor 🦃Thanksgiving 😎Cool Links 👮The Rookie The Boydhaus has started watching the series The Rookie (and it’s really good!). The primary plot of the show is that a...
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No #195 | November 16, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. We have a local radio station that has already switched to 100% Christmas music and I'm... just... not... ready yet. This song feels more appropriate right now.🤪☔ In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ✅Keep It Simple 🤔The Past - The Future 📱Instagram Generation 😆Yoga 😎Cool Links ✅Keep It Simple I went to see the new The Running Man film last night with my son and brother. This version is...
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No #194 | November 9, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. It's November, which means it's Movember, which means I'm growing a moustache, which means I'm making family uncomfortable while out with them in public. Please donate and support men's health.🥸 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🤖The Terminator 💡Life Lessons 😆Customer Reviews 😎Cool Links 🤖The Terminator Terminator 2. One of the greatest - maybe the greatest? - action films of all...
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No #193 | November 2, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. This is also my annual opportunity to post my absolute favourite meme😆. Great song too. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 💔Heartbreak 🔐Cybersecurity 😆Teenagers 😎Cool Links 💔Heartbreak There’s a song by Wilco called I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. I suspect when Jeff Tweedy wrote it, he wasn’t thinking about sports, but for whatever...
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No #192 | October 26, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. My super cool daughter had her birthday this weekend. I drove her and her friends to/from dinner, and, good news, I now know all the lyrics to The Fate of Ophelia 😆. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ✅Every Single Day 🔊Crowds 🍳Breakfast Lies 🤣Trick or Treat 😎Cool Links ✅Every Single Day So this guy (Jim Pearson) in Marysville, Washington just set the world record for the most...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
No #191 | October 19, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Weather is really cooling down in the pacific northwest. This can mean only one thing😂: In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⚾Bandwagon Baseball 💫Lord of the Rings 🤔Whiteboards 🤣Cage 😎Cool Links ⚾Bandwagon Baseball Nobody does bandwagon baseball quite like I do. The hundred or so regular-season games? Meh. But the playoffs? LET’S FREAKING GO. This year is extra special because two teams...
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No #190 | October 12, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. We were at Costco the other evening and they're selling Christmas advent calendars that are the size of a door👀. We bought 4 of them😂. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🦃Thanksgiving 🤔Coaching ❓That's a Great Question! 😂Giving Thanks 😎Cool Links 🦃Thanksgiving This Monday is Thanksgiving (in Canada!). In my opinion, Thanksgiving is the best holiday. It doesn't have the gift pressures...
2 months ago • 3 min read