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As COVID started to fade into the background of our lives – for me this started roughly in the last half of 2022 – many of the things I had ignored came rushing to the forefront. I was fresh into my recovery for compulsive gambling and was working through its underlying causes. Our family was in the beginning stages of thinking about moving, and one of the options was leaving Minnesota.

My love of Chandler Bing runs deep, probably as deep as love can run for a fictional character. I should first admit that celebrity deaths rarely hit me particularly hard. Maybe I’m numb to them after pre-writing many obituaries for years as a celebrity journalist. Yes, this is something celebrity journalists do….we prepare obituaries for the celebrities… ncG1vNJzZmiin6W2osbZmmWsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXy4tNhmrp5lnKTDprCMnJ%2BappShsrN5waKloA%3D%3D

I. I was yearning before I understood what it meant, before covid-19, before the meme concretely normalized the distant dissatisfaction that I was trying very hard to suppress. I think, in a way, we all were. So in early February, when my friend replied to my Instagram story that she was “yearning to be in my arms once again” followed by several pleading face emojis, I wasn’t very taken aback.

Jim Leonhard, the former all-American safety, defensive coordinator, and interim head coach for the University of Wisconsin football team, is pulling off a savvy move that only an OG of his caliber could finesse. After Leonhard got passed over for the head coaching job by Badgers Athletic Director Chris McIntosh in favor of Luke Fickell — university officials reportedly agreed to a cool $1 million separation agreement. That's a nice chunk of change for a guy who needed an off-season hip surgery and has a wife and children at home to consider while plotting his next move.

Welcome to Is My Kid the Asshole?, a newsletter from science journalist and author Melinda Wenner Moyer, which you can read more about here. If you like it, please subscribe and/or share this post with someone else who would too. Hi everyone, and welcome to my every-other-Friday Dear Melinda column! I’m trying something new today: All of my subscribers (free and paid) will get my essay as well as three of my related tips/strategies. The remaining three strategies will go out only to paid subscribers.

I want to write about why so many women enjoy being spanked, and even find very deep fulfillment in it. Some would suggest the title is an exaggeration, because surely there are some women who do not love it, but I let the title stand because there are so many who do, and because it is rooted so deeply in their femininity and their calling as women. This is why you will find so much literature about marital discipline or spanking in general written by women, including some of the best blogs on the subject, and insightful explanations of the practice.

The nagging wife and other misogynistic tropes have existed long before the internet came into being. One of the earliest references to nagging comes from the Old Testament book of Judges (written approx. 6th C BC) which reads, “Delilah pouted while saying, ‘How can you tell me, I love you when you don’t share your secrets with me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!

TLDR: Do not read this manga. In 5 words, that is what my review tells you. This isn't the hidden gem you think it is. There is a very good reason this is not widely popular. This does not get better after the first 50 or 100 chapters. This is long. It will take a lot of your time. Don't waste your time. If I had seen a review like this, I probably wouldn't have read this and wasted my time, and this is why I am writing this.

Located in central Italy, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea, Abruzzo is one of Italy’s most under-the-radar regions. A third of it is made up of national parks, making it a paradise for nature lovers, hikers, and skiers. Though you won’t find major monuments like the Colosseum, you’ll find impeccably preserved Medieval villages that receive a fraction of the tourists that flock to Tuscany’s hill towns. So if you want to escape the crowds and are interested in slow tourism, Abruzzo might just be the perfect place for you.