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Music

Coming soon

At least Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas is You sounds like they put effort into making it. For the ultimate lazy phoned-in Christmas song that’s popular only because of the artist’s fame, you want Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime.

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Food

It’s the international day for box wine, or as I like to call it, “Cardboardeaux”

It’s September 9th: International Box Wine Day!

You may think of box wine — or as I like to call it, Cardboardeaux — as cheap, terrible and something you had at parties in your university years to feel more grown-up, but:

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The Good Fight

Tweet of the day

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This is from June 12, 2017, but:

  • It’s new to me
  • It might be new to you
  • It’s a brilliant idea
  • It’s what I’m doing if and when the opportunity presents itself
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It Happened to Me

Under the watchful eye of “El Pulpo”!

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I’m sprucing up my home office, starting with a little wall decor, as you can see in the photo above. I’m now working under the watchful eye — and arms — of “El Pulpo” (Spanish for “the octopus”).

Here’s a closer look at El Pulpo:

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El Pulpo is a creation of a local artist, Maykel Medina, who creates gorgeous ocean- and seaside-themed art, all of which you can find at his gallery, Maykel Fine Art, in St. Pete:

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If you like beach themes and artwork you’re not going to find anywhere else, contact Maykel (the gallery is by appointment only)!

He’s got a lot of gorgeous stuff, and he was very friendly and helpful, making sure that El Pulpo was safely wrapped up for us to take it home. I’m sure that El Pulpo won’t be our last purchase there.

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How to be a Grown-Up

It never hurts to have someone else edit your writing

Thanks to Christophe the Insultor for the find!

Here’s your regular reminder that to at least double-check your work, or better yet, have an automated assistant or human editor do it. They could catch things that you might have missed.

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Florida The Current Situation

DipShantis logic

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America The Current Situation

Just in case you thought horse dewormer was going to be as silly as things got…

Tweet from “The Hill”: Brazilian viper venom shows promise as drug to combat COVID.
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