Things I Like(d) #01: Céline Dion 🎤

The web never forgets.
But I do.

That's why I'm spending the next year revisiting the ⭐ 's ❤️'s and 👍's I've doled out since the web went social back in the early 00's.

You can expect this e-blast-from-the-past to cover a wide variety of topics—everything from music to urban planning to typography—and paint a picture of how my taste has (or hasn’t) changed over the years.

In that spirit, I’m dedicating Issue #1 to Céline Dion and an exploration of why we like what we like.

I hate Celine...or do I? 💗
In 2007, writer Carl Wilson set out to see if he could turn himself into a true, chest-thumping Céline Dion fan. He first shared his "journey to the end of taste" in this article before it was recounted in his book "Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste."

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People Who Like Céline Dion Are People, Too 🙀
Seven years later, people were still talking about it...going so far as to suggest the book "could make you a better person."

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The Secret of Taste: Why We Like What We Like 🤫
There's less Céline involved in this article from 2016—but that's made up for with references to beer, baby names and Portlandia sketches.

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Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?🧼
!SPOILER ALERT! It's the aldehydes.

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Next week: Tacos! 🌮