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No thank you, Nantucket
For the East Coast elite, a summer away in the Hamptons or Nantucket is just a part of life. Like Monaco, Beverly Hills and Mayfair, these places have a reputation for being very, very expensive. But how expensive is that? Give me a number. So I looked up what a week in Nantucket would cost…
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Let us shid
What’s the biggest story in America right now? The Iranian War? Fauci’s testimony? The mid-terms? None of the above. The one story capturing America’s, and the world’s, attention is the Taco Bell Lettuce Disaster. For the uninitiated, Taco Bell is a bottom-tier “Mexican” chain serving “food” in all 50 States. That number could, and perhaps…
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Goodbye Eddie
Was he sacked? Did he walk? These are the questions swirling around after waking up to the news that Eddie Howe, Newcastle United’s manager, announced he will be stepping down. It’s been a tough 18 months for the gaffer. Two seasons ago he’d won the first trophy for the club in 70 years, and qualified…
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GTL
The summer I finished high school, I went to my local Video Ezy (think Blockbuster) and rented out Season 1 of Jersey Shore. It was a transformative experience. To this day, whenever someone says they’re from Jersey, I instantly think of the show, much to the disdain of said resident. It feels like it did…
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Parrot Man
It was busy today at the supermarket. I guess Monday evening is the time that lots of people go to figure out their groceries for the week. Among the crowd was an older gentleman with what I think was a parrot on his shoulder. Like a pirate, but a raggedy one He was asked to…
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Double-Barreled
Picking a name for your child is hard for a number of reasons, not least because you can’t predict the future. You could have lived a totally normal life as an Adolf or a Hannibal, until events took a turn where they became completely unusable. Picking a common name diffuses the risk; no one replies…
