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Unpleasant Stay

Unpleasant Stay

by | 20 Sep 2025

I was looking for a simple and reasonably priced hotel in Wildwood since we planned to spend most of our time outside the room anyway. The Pink Champagne Motel came up as the second most affordable option, and I liked that the room included a small kitchenette. The...

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When Thoughts Aren’t Private

by | 17 Sep 2025

I just watched the first episode (“Joan Is Awful”) of the seventh season of Black Mirror on Netflix. It was incredibly dark. The story follows how a poor, everyday family falls victim to corporate greed. The premise was chillingly simple: you pay more money for the...

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The Curious Case of Children’s Motrin Costs

The Curious Case of Children’s Motrin Costs

by | 25 Jun 2024

I recently needed to purchase Children’s Motrin, which I had bought from Walmart a few days ago for $7.68. However, since Walmart is a bit far from my location, I decided to compare prices online at Rite Aid and CVS. To my surprise, Rite Aid listed it for $8.79, while...

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Money Well Spent

I bought two dahlia plants with 2/3 small flowers last summer from Walmart. After planting them in my front yard I was pleasantly surprised to see so many beautiful flowers during summer and fall. However, I didn’t know that they had bulbs underneath the plants, so...
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Obnoxious Driver

Around noon on Saturday 13 July 2019 I was driving towards Queens, NYC on Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) and little before exit 23 (still in Brooklyn) I was trying to go to the right lane but a car came too fast and too close to mine in the right lane, so I went...
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Graduation Party

On Saturday 02 July 2022, we celebrated important milestones of our children. We had four graduates this year in our family - one graduated from kindergarten, two from elementary schools, and the oldest one among them from middle school. Kids were free to spend as...
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Silent Treatment

We have a comedian at our workplace. One day, during the beginning of my carrier in this place, I asked him if I could check my e-mail from my work computer. He responded, “Go crazy, just keep the pants on”. I didn’t laugh, so he said it again. I just smiled and went...
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ভুল

ভুল বিশ্বাসঘাতকের মুখ দেখতে কেমন হয় আমি ঠিক জানি না কিন্তু কেন যেন মনে হয় দেখতে সুন্দরই হয়। এরা মিষ্টি মিষ্টি কথা বলে আবার মাঝে মাঝে বলে "আমি মিথ্যা বলি না"। বার বছর একসঙ্গে থাকলেও এদের চেনা যায় না আমার তো মনে হয় বারশ বছরেও চেনা যাবে না যদি না এরা নিজেদের স্বরূপ...
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