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I’ve had the good fortune of visiting a number of Maryland Fried Chicken locations, which have declined from around 250 in the 1970s to 29 by my rough reckoning today. That’s soon to be 28. With the news of the looming closure of the Winter Garden, Florida, location, I decided to take a look at what’s left of this chain. After 57 years, Maryland Fried Chicken location in Winter Garden, Florida, is closing

My goal in 2024 is to add 25 paying subscribers each month — if you get value out of this newsletter, and believe in supporting people to do meaningful work that they love, please consider upgrading! And if you can’t do that just yet, hit the ❤️ button above to spread cheer. Thanks! What is on the top ofZillow’s list of hottest housing markets for 2024? Buffalo. But the surprises don’t stop there.

Hold on to your butts, because it’s a big damn week here at the Practical Magic Newsletter. We’ll start with the biggie: I’m delighted to unveil my SUPER TOP SECRET ASTROLOGY PROJECT: Witches Get Stuff Done — my newest coaching offering — is officially open to book for the month of April! Astrology meets coaching in this 1:1 session, designed to help you work with your birth chart and the upcoming astrology — like the eclipses and looming Mercury retrograde — in real, concrete ways.

You may find the concept of vertical solar puzzling: why opt for an orientation that generates less energy? At first glance, it might appear illogical. However, there are compelling reasons for this approach, and I'm convinced that we'll start seeing an uptick in the prevalence of vertical solar installations. This post aims to shed light on the rationale behind this trend. This article is an extended version of a thread I posted recently onX/Twitter, which garnered significant attention.

The date is October 1st, 2024. You’re in your gooncave. You put on your VR headset and fire up GoonoShop v1.0. This software runs a text-to-video machine learning model which generates photorealistic porn clips, streaming a barrage of e-girl ass directly into your eyeballs. The prompt inputs for the text-to-video model are generated by a language model hooked up to a reinforcement learning algorithm. As the clips zoom past, you can press a number between 1 and 5 on your keyboard to rate the experience.

Lower-proof January is behind us. Welcome to full-proof February. We’ll start with a simple, delicious, three-ingredient variation on the Manhattan. If you have the ingredients on hand, you can make this boozy, enticing drink in a minute or two. It will warm up even the coldest winter night. The drink is the Rob Roy, and it’s just a Manhattan — but with Scotch instead of rye whiskey. Yes, it’s really that simple.

Roy Wood (he’ll be 77 before Thanksgiving) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, particularly successful in the 1960s and ‘70s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO, with Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan) and his own Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands. Altogether he had more than 20 singles in the UK Singles Chart under various guises, including three UK #1 hits.

I was planning to send out a newsletter on a completely different topic today, but yesterday my husband Marco and I had to say goodbye to our sweet, beloved dog Pepita and quite frankly any other subject now seems trite. To say that we loved this dog is a massive understatement—she was a crucial member of our family and the absolute best companion. She was literally born in Marco’s house a few months before I met him and when I moved into this house in January 2021, we quickly formed an unshakeable bond.

[This profile contains discussion of abuse and sexual assault.] Season 3 By the premiere, Chuck has taken over Bass Industries. Inspired by the movie Wall Street, Daman decided to outfit season three Chuck in Gordon Gecko–like banker’s collars, paisley ties, suspenders, cuff links, and monogrammed pinkie rings (“Gossip Girl Style with Eric Daman”). Let’s take his opening look as an example: a blue-striped banker’s collar shirt, red suspenders, and blue paisley tie.