Dan Van Note 7/25/25 Dan Van Note 7/25/25

Emptying the Bottle

Emptying the bottle of a skincare product, however basic, is a rare and satisfying sensation…

Dan Van Note 7/18/25 Dan Van Note 7/18/25

Away Game

Different house, different bed, different schedule, different food…

Dan Van Note 7/11/25 Dan Van Note 7/11/25

Why You Deserve Everything You Want

We enter and leave this world innocent…

Dan Van Note 7/4/25 Dan Van Note 7/4/25

California Living

I’m in California this week so I don’t have to write an essay.

Dan Van Note 6/27/25 Dan Van Note 6/27/25

The Big Trip

As everyone knows, today marks the beginning of The Big Trip…

Dan Van Note 6/20/25 Dan Van Note 6/20/25

House Rules

As a guest, the kindest thing you can do is leave…

Dan Van Note 6/13/25 Dan Van Note 6/13/25

Summer Break

Nothing compares to sweet summer…

Dan Van Note 5/30/25 Dan Van Note 5/30/25

Arranging a Meeting

Hello Brenda, Thank you for connecting with me…

Dan Van Note 5/23/25 Dan Van Note 5/23/25

In Memory Of

This three day weekend is a beautiful reminder of all that has passed and all that’s to come…

Dan Van Note 5/16/25 Dan Van Note 5/16/25

Manhattan Flower

This week’s essay isn’t an essay. It’s a song…

Dan Van Note 5/9/25 Dan Van Note 5/9/25

City of Dreams

New York, New York: the city so nice they named it twice…

Dan Van Note 5/2/25 Dan Van Note 5/2/25

Take Me Out

The great thing about learning sports as a kid is that no one really expects you to do well…

Dan Van Note 4/18/25 Dan Van Note 4/18/25

Taking Up Time

Monday’s first all-female 11-minute celebrity cruise to space was the most captivatingly egregious event in recent history…

Dan Van Note 4/11/25 Dan Van Note 4/11/25

Oxymorons That Don’t Actually Mean Anything

International Community…

Dan Van Note 4/4/25 Dan Van Note 4/4/25

A Letter to Our Investors

Dear Investors, You are surely aware that yesterday we saw the largest single-day stock market drop in five years…

Dan Van Note 3/28/25 Dan Van Note 3/28/25

Emojis

Texts to which it’s appropriate to reply, “ 👊🇺🇸🔥”…

Dan Van Note 3/21/25 Dan Van Note 3/21/25

See You Then

To plan is to wish…

Dan Van Note 3/14/25 Dan Van Note 3/14/25

On Hotels

The most important things are cleanliness and sound…

Dan Van Note 3/7/25 Dan Van Note 3/7/25

Summer Dreaming

On Wednesday I walked outside in Wisconsin against snow blowing sideways…

Dan Van Note 2/28/25 Dan Van Note 2/28/25

Storage Full

The state of my computer is not unlike the state of the world, with notifications and sounds and pop-ups constantly reminding me that my storage is running low and that I should free up space if I want to continue…