Dying for a D-Cup
An Ask E. Jean Classic Dear E. Jean: I'm a 20-year old college student and I've been seriously thinking about getting breast implants. I have nice hips and thighs, but my breasts barely fill an A cup.…
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Query GitHub With SQL
The latest AskGit release (v0.4.2) adds support for SQL queries that can access the GitHub API (v4). (Astute followers will note that GitHub API tables were available in AskGit in “preview”, but were removed…
On Marios and Zeldas, and Nintendo.
Tomorrow, Nintendo is scheduled to announce their latest numbers for the Nintendo Switch business as of June 30, so I thought about reflecting on what Nintendo is at this current time. Looking at them…
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever ALBUM REVIEW
If you thought Billie Eilish’s debut record was unpredictable, you aren’t really prepared for her newest release. Over the last few years, Eilish has exploded into the music landscape as not only an artist…
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Give Me Food or Give Me Death
Photo by Chad Montano on Unsplash Maybe I’m different, but for as long as I can remember, next to the few times I’ve had sex, food — or just the thought of it — brings me immeasurable joy. Let me clarify…
Why have economic development policies been so disappointing?
In 2016, I published a study on the failings of economic development policy. The focus was on Indiana, but the gist of the argument is essentially the same everywhere in the United States. There are a…
Thrift Shopping
Neil Olshey loves to talk about being from New York and his days driving on the 405. He’s a Glamour Market Guy. But as he as continued to prove during his tenure, nobody loves thrift shopping quite like…
[Market Madness] Special News Briefing 001
Fellow Readers, I’ve been kicking the can down what seems to be the longest road ever. Although I like the new monthly recap format, I lose some of the creative freedom I had in the earlier editions. So…
Your Food Doesn't Always Need Black Pepper
I wholeheartedly believe that one of the most common misconceptions people have about food is that salt and black pepper always go together. According to this video essay on PBS’s It’s Okay To Be Smart…
The Mailroom
This story was originally printed in The Drunken Canal in July 2021. I was confident that my plan was working when I heard soft cries and saw some commotion through the window of Bunk 4 just before the…
Links - 8/4/2021
“Hundreds or perhaps thousands of people make their living as professional market forecasters, despite the fact that the median forecast is of no value: wrong on average, positive in good years and bad…
In Jan 6 Case Lolos Pleads Guilty But Says Police Told Him to Come In To Capitol
By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon PodcastSong BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN FEDERAL COURT, August 4 -- On August 4, months after the DC Circuit's decision in US v. Munchel, DDC Judge Amit P. Mehta…
Oh the Places She'll Go
In what was promised to be “the horniest summer of all time,” we’re finding ourselves a bit disappointed. The hype has proven to be more exciting than the execution of dating post-vaxxed n waxed. The most…
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He sat on the elaborately carved wooden chair with the old cushion wedged under his ass as if it was all that kept him balanced precariously between slumping back into ennui and leaping forward into action…
Tokyo Olympics Wrestling Preview
Perhaps we shouldn't discuss wrestling in a travel and history forum, but it's impossible to watch these Tokyo Olympics without admiring the Japanese wrestlers. At this level, there are two wrestling types…
WGC Bets, DK Ownership, NFL + Tools
WGC-St. Jude BETS WAITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!! Before you dig in, get in the DK listener’s league. Still need 500 more people. If we come up short, that’s likely it for the year. Sorry the only RAKE FREE tourney…
This is China
My daughter, who is 23, recently passed her driving test (first time too!). She had the usual difficulties young people in Ireland have with getting insurance. After being quoted some astronomical premiums…
The black dude in Central Park may have been dangerous. Of course Central Park Amy Cooper had no other choice than to call the cops on him!
This is why we can’t have nice things, y’all. I just spent nearly an hour and a half listening to this episode of “Honestly,” which is described as explaining the “real story” about what happened in Central…
Dr. Death and the Shortcomings of the Docudrama
There’s something to the saying that truth is stranger than fiction. Every so often, there’s a news story that is just so strange, so unearthly, sometimes so horrifying, that you can’t imagine a room full…
Whom you're writing to
Hi Everyone, I’ve been thinking about audience in writing lately. The creative process as community-sourced juicing or winemaking? This is a photo of two mixing bowls perched on a stove, full of purple…
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