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Death Becomes Her: The After-Party Edition

Final farewell

Rewrite your final farewell, reclaim the narrative, and throw one hell of an after party. Newsflash: You’re going to die.  And unlike running into your annoying neighbor at the grocery store, you can’t duck behind a display of Triscuits to avoid it. So how do you want to go out? Quietly buried while your family […]

This Is a Cry for Yelp

A woman, her house, and the items that finally have something to say. Yelp claims to connect people with businesses through honest reviews. But real talk? Half of them sound like they were written by someone in a paper tiara, pajama pants, and Crocs, vlogging from aisle 9 of Walmart. It got me thinking—if they […]

Extreme Senior Bingo: The Grit, the Glory, and the Battle for the Prize

At first glance it appears to be innocent enough, just a group of seniors gathered and tucked under rec room tables. But peel back the layers of blankets, ointment, and liver spots, and you’ll find they’re waging a silent war with the emotional arc of a Scorsese film—compete with grudges, glory, and arthritic grasps for […]

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