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August 3, 1492: Christopher Columbus, a master sailor/navigator, left Spain on history's most consequential voyage of discovery. Five hundred years later, August 3, 1992: Richard Gilbert, an amateur yachtsman from Wilmette, Illinois, set a course in Columbus's wake on what turned out to be his voyage of discovery. Columbus had a fleet of three ships, 90 men, was backed by Queen Isabella of Spain. He'd spent eight years following her and King Ferdinand around Spain pitching his idea, called "

Today is the fourth anniversary of Gregg Allman’s death. Below is a personal reminiscence I wrote for Billboard in the immediate aftermath. Here’s a curated playlist of some of my favorite Gregg songs to listen to as you read. This is a word of mouth operation. If you enjoy it, please share and please subscribe! Share The news of Gregg Allman’s death got me listening to his music on repeat.

, who writes the Bestselling newsletter , hosts one of the most active chats on Substack. She regularly gets hundreds of replies within minutes of sharing the latest pop culture news. Hunter tells us:The Hung Up chat feels like the roped-off VIP section of a nightclub, or the group chat of all the kids who got cellphones early. It’s a rapid-fire conversation of memes, hot takes, unpopular opinions, ruthless inside jokes, and earned (and sometimes unearned) shade.

In my book "Runhundred" there is a chapter about the song "Come Healing" by Leonard Cohen. The chapter is called: Forgiving Myself and Others It was the last chapter I wrote for Runhundred, and these words only found their way into the book very late on. In the end, however, it became one of the most important chapters because it explains in a very unconventional and compact way what happened to me at Western States, particularly between the aid stations Devil's Thumb and Cal-1.

By Ray Hanania Free/Comedy/Wednesday April 10, 2024 Bret Ernst is one of the nation's most unique standup comedians when it comes to satirizing American politics. Most American standup comics and TV talk show hosts dominate their sets by targeting one political side and bashing a political figure in a partisan political rant creating a boring and predictable performance that shows a lack of talent. Ernst is different and he lampoons everyone, all sides, and slams those who tend to focus their satire and criticism only on President Joe Biden or former President Donald J.

Sometimes I think back to when I lived in Syracuse, New York, and I just laugh. The “snowiest city in America” is where I went to college, and where I experienced my (very brutal) introduction to East Coast winters. There, I would trudge through the snow to get to classes by day, and head out to the bars dressed in a skirt with no tights by night. After I graduated, I moved to New York City where my lessons in winter continued – snowy commutes, bomb cyclones, going out but with tights this time because age/widsom, etc.

It was New Year’s Day and I had stayed in bed until past midday. This was due to the previous night being my first foray into the Going-Out-On-New-Year’s-Eve World. There had been two great parties, which ended with me drinking one too many Martinis in an Ina Garten-sized glass, while picking pork bits out of the roasting pan on the host’s stove. Needless to say, it was a late night. So the next day, when Robert walked into the bedroom, cookbook outstretched, and said, “How about we make Slumgullion?

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this might sound bad, but i like the "goth girl who spit on you". it is not because i would enjoy getting spat on, i would not, so i would SLAP HER! and get ANGRY! force her to apologise, then make her suck my COCK! she would enjoy this of course.. maybe this is because i have always had to bicker with parents; freud continues to pester me it seems.. idk maybe this is self own.