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In place of our normal Wow, I thought I’d follow up on the Pope’s announcement with a sort of deeper dive into what it all means. What did the Pope Francis just do for gay couples? On Monday, Pope Francis announced that priests and deacons have the right to bless gay married couples. This has never previously been allowed by the Vatican. That’s not to say priests might not have done it *wink wink*.

This blog is written for men, talking directly to men. Men who have an interest in women (whether heterosexual or bisexual). Even more specifically, the men who say that they want a strong, independent woman. The men who find powerful, determined women sexy. The men who write on forums that they are looking for women who pay their own way, won’t ‘rinse them’ and have their own careers and minds.

Hello! This week’s awesome indie bookstores where you can pre-order Come Together are: More Than Words Bookshop + More in Moorhead, MN, Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg, OH, and The Book Burrow in Pflugerville, TX. (Pflugerville so pfun to say.) As I’m finishing up my undergrad, I’ve questioned more and more what I’d like to focus in on as a career. I know you’re not a therapist, but I think the work you do is fascinating.

So you want to go play professional volleyball? If you’re an aspiring NCAA or Canadian USports athlete who wants to go play professionally overseas, you would be better served to think about how you came to play at the college you are at.  If you were recruited- you know what kind of a process it was! Maybe years of relationship building, calls, texts, in-person visits, tournaments with coaches scouting you, sending video, looking at different options, and finally deciding.

A few months ago, the electronic producer Zerb was looking to step outside of his comfort zone. After cooking up a beat in his studio, he found some vocals online by the Kenyan artist Sofiya Nzau that he really liked. There was one issue. Zerb had no idea what Nzau was singing. After briefly connecting over Instagram, he found out that Nzau was singing the beautiful melody in Kikuyu, a local Kenyan language.

Back in March, I was visited by the ghost of Sounder and instructed to recap the originalL Word. My plan was to cover one episode per week, but then I got COVID and couldn’t do anything except sleep and feel anxious for 6 weeks. Rest assured, though, I take this SERIOUSLY. In addition to being a longtime L Word commentator, I’m a boring lesbian who lov… ncG1vNJzZmilkZmxuq%2FOrqmtZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe9KomZuhnpx6orrDZq6arJOdtq%2BzjK2fnmWcYsSwvsNmp5qqpA%3D%3D

Hey all, Today I wanted to share some findings from an analysis I conducted on comedian Matt Rife’s social media presence. Matt is widely regarded as the best stand-up comic currently leveraging social media to grow his real life audience, and has had one of the fastest rises in global name recognition in my lifetime. At the time of writing this, he currently has 33+ million followers across his TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter profiles.

The digital landscape has long been dominated by the tranquil hues of blue - a subtle nod to trust and reliability in an unchartered territory. From the pioneering platforms such as MSN Messenger, Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, blue was the unifying thread, the common denominator among these groundbreakers. It was no accident. Blue, universally regarded as a symbol of trustworthiness and dependability, draws its roots from our natural world, echoing the unwavering presence of the sky and the sea.

I got a lot of questions about sodium citrate after posting my foolproof fondue recipe last week. So this week I’m going to dive into the ins and outs of sodium citrate! Below is the chemical formula for sodium citrate, I’m sure you’ve noticed that it spells nacho… which is also my personal favorite way to use it: in ooey gooey, smooth nacho cheese. What is it? Sodium Citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid.