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Writers of the Future Volume 41; The Best New SF & Fantasy Short Stories of the Year
The Ultimate Commute Escape: Getting Lost in the Future (While Avoiding the Present) Hello, fellow readers and audiobook lovers! Let’s have a quick moment of honesty. I absolutely cannot be in the car without a story playing. It is a non-negotiable rule of my life. Why? Because the car is my temple of solitude. It is the only place on Earth where the dog isn’t aggressively demanding attention or a treat, and “The Husband” isn’t wandering from room to room asking, “Hey, where is the remote?” “( Spoiler alert: It’s exactly where it was yesterday, babe. )”What’s for dinner?” (Ummmm it’s 9am. I have NO IDEA!) So, when I click that seatbelt into place, I am not just driving to the grocery store—I am escaping. My Five-Star Genre Mashup Now, my reading tastes are a bit of a chaotic cocktail. My top five genres are romance, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, and suspense—basically, anything that keeps my heart rate slightly elevated. If…
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What Impacts the Cost of Infrastructure Projects
Explore the key factors that affect infrastructure project costs, from materials and labor to regulations, with practical insights for each.
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The Orchid: Nature’s Most Beautiful Drama Queen (And How to Please Her)
My green thumb is AWAKE!! My plants are happy little guys, growing like crazy, EXCEPT of course The GG Cactus (remember my Mom’s cactus? The one that grows EVERYWHERE but Idaho?) Everyone else including my orchid plants are thriving. I know! I KNOW! Orchids are the high-maintenance divas of the botanical world. They don’t just “grow.” They negotiate. They don’t just “wilt.” They throw elaborate, silent tantrums because you dared to look at them wrong on a Tuesday, or because the draft from the hallway was exactly two degrees too cool. However mine are blooming with amazing regularity. I’m THRILLED! Now, while owning an orchid is less like gardening and more like hosting a volatile, aristocratic houseguest who refuses to leave but demands the finest linens. If you throw a classic, waterlogged plastic pot at a creature this refined, she won’t just die—she will judge you on her way out. Enter the BUYMAX Ceramic Orchid Planter. It is the ultimate…
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DIY vs. Professional Pool Care: What To Know
Learn the differences between DIY and professional pool care, including time, cost, and maintenance challenges, so you can choose what works best for you.
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Adulting 101: Why Life Insurance is Easier (and Cheaper) Than Training My Puppy
When you woke up this morning and think HEY! I need life insurance? I didn’t. Nope, I woke up to Mr. Walter the 4 month old Great Bernese throwing up. Seriously, does anything get a person out of bed faster? Let’s be honest, no one wakes up, stretches and thinks “You know what sounds incredibly thrilling? Shopping for life insurance!” AND if you do, well, ummm yeah, I got nothin’. I’m sorry? My Mom associated getting life insurance as a jinx. The ultimate buzzkill, existential dread, complicated paperwork, and most importantly coming face-to-face with her own mortality. She truly felt that getting life insurance put a date on her death. She thought life insurance was a jinx and she would die as soon as the insurance went into effect. When my Mom did pass away it was upto me to take care of all the expenses. SO NOT COOL MOTHER!! Yes, shopping for insurance might feel like the ultimate “adulting”…
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Garage Door Repairs: What You Can and Can’t DIY
Garage door repairs sort of feel like some of those things you can add to your weekend to-do list and get it done. But sometimes, you can’t DIY those fixes.
