Sunday Brunch - August 14, 2011

This week's links of my favorite articles:

• Four Days & Roughly Flat - Bronte Capital
• Advertising's Quiet Pitch Man - Fast Company
• More Love Than Hate - Matthew Berry - My favorite fantasy football writer finds love, and he mixes in some recs. Cute article.
• Some Final Words on Mullin - Bruce Jenkins - Chris Mullin was my favorite basketball player growing up. There were times when I practiced shooting left handed just so I could shoot like him. He taught me (vicariously) the satisfaction of making a great pass; something I try to remember every day in my adult life.
• Louie's Brilliant Second Season - Chuck Klosterman at Grantland - My favorite TV show by a mile.
• My Son is My Hero - Ben's Friends Blog - very touching
• Three Ways to Make the U.S. Downgrade Work for You - Kathryn's Conversations
• Got a Coffee, Give an API - Flowing Data
• Medicare Musings - Code Red Blog
• The End and Barry Zito - Chris Jones at Grantland
• Turn an Email Into a Snail Mail - Techcrunch