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Everything Is An Emergency By Bess Stillman I'm Bess Stillman: ER doctor, writer, and wife to Jake Seliger, who is currently dying of SCC of the tongue. I write about the challenges of being corporeal. Here you'll find essays on life, death, cancer, love, health & healthcare. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaOx0qyqraGcobqiug%3D%3D

The UConn Huskies and Purdue Boilermakers play tonight in the matchup that the college basketball world has been waiting to see all season. It’s the first time that both teams enter a championship game 5-0 against the spread, and UConn is a remarkable 11-0 ATS over the last two NCAA tournaments. The Huskies have not only been winning games, but covering them with ease, and the betting public certainly thinks they’ll do that again tonight against Zach Edey & Co.

Wait ... did I say “Halloween”? I meant ... er ... Fall Festival ... um ... Trunk-or-Treat ... eh ... Harvest Festival. What are we calling it again? Halloween is like Voldemort in Harry Potter. It’s the holiday whose name is not to be spoken in Christian circles. Well, except if we can't say the holiday’s name, they probably can't use a Harry Potter re… ncG1vNJzZmivkaexs7vBnpuop6JjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89omZ6rpGKwsL%2FTrqSeq12bvLN506GcZpuYqr%2BktIyhmKWkn6yypro%3D

RELATED: Three funny SFW porn TV spots via Canada. Most of us will never get a chance to work on a porn assignment. No matter, look at these ads and drool longingly. Mesmerizingly brilliant spot for the German erotic TV channel’s child lock feature. Boobs become a bird, penis becomes a bear. “You’ll See It, Your Kids Won’t”. It’s perfect! Print ads from the campaign below. Ad agency: Kempertrautmann, Hamburg.

Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of ManuscriptsEleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts Originally published Dec. 2022 Because I find it so generous when other writers and editors do this, I am sharing some thoughts on how we (yes, this applies to me, as well) can make our writing more appealing to editors and agents—and, just as importantly, how we can make our writing simply better, stronger, and more effective in general.

Hey FAANG FIRE, Mint.com is shutting down and migrating users to Credit Karma in early 2024, with an unclear feature migration plan. As someone who uses/has tested dozens of tools, here is my take if you are looking for a replacement. Executive Summary: Top Free Tool: Empower. If you are looking for a free alternative to track your overall net worth Empower (formerly Personal Capital) is my recommendation. Great investment tools and net worth tracking, more lack luster if you want granular spend tracking, and budgeting.

I didn’t keep officially tally, so I can’t say exactly where 2023 fell in terms of how many live music events I made it out too, how many I reviewed and how many I skipped and then regretted. On feeling alone, though, this was a good year. That’s especially true for fans of Regional Mexican and Latin music, who saw some of the biggest names roll through town. That’s both the established acts (Los Tigre del Norte, Banda MS) and the up and comers (Peso Pluma played Chukchansi Park as an opener weeks before he really blew up).

This visit wasn’t planned, but when the time came, I knew the salad bar at Burg Steakhouse would be my introduction to their menu. Why? Well, I’ll get into that in a bit. Burg Steakhouse is a family owned and operated restaurant in Gatlinburg. In a place with some larger chains and tourist-driven eateries, this is a refreshing—and much desired—option for a meal. They’ve only been open for a few years, so I can be excused (hopefully?

One of the projects the Sickos Committee on Substack will explore during this off-season is one where we will do a dive into the internet archives to find out the seemingly lost history of College Football teams who we used to have playing on Saturdays in the fall. We will explore universities and colleges who used to have football but then decided for … ncG1vNJzZmirmZi4sL%2FCqKSmoaSpsqZ60q6ZrKyRmLhvr86mZqlnkprAtXnSnpisp55ivKd5wKWjZqyZorJuss6rZKybmKS8rb%2BMnG%2Bf