Friday 7/23/21
Celebrate National Gorgeous Grandma and National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. The second most popular flavor in America. (the first...Chocolate.)
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Today (10:37p) is the full moon, known as the Buck Moon. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Algonquin tribes of the northeastern United States called July’s moon the Buck Moon because it appears at the time of year when male deer regrow their antlers to be bigger than the year before.
The moon is also known as the Thunder Moon due to the frequent thunderstorms that are common in summer.
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Prince Harry reportedly gave Buckingham Palace a “heads-up” that he was writing a “wholly truthful” memoir, but did not ask the Queen’s permission to pen the book.
The Duke of Sussex is said to be getting in the neighborhood of $20 million for the tell-all, expected to be published by Penguin Random House late next year.
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Someone asked people online for the pettiest reason they've rejected someone, and the highlights include
1. She had the same name as my mom.
2. He held his knife like a pen.
3. She kept putting ellipses everywhere in texts. (I do this....all the time)
4. She had a "Live Love Laugh" sign on her living room wall.
5. He didn't use pillowcases. He owned them but never actually put them on.
6. I didn't like all the spelling mistakes she was making.
7. He refused to eat any kind of vegetable at the age of 25.
8. Every time I asked what she would like to do, it was an annoying "I don't knowwwwww."
9. I broke up with my 8th grade boyfriend right before Christmas so I wouldn't have to buy him a gift.
10. He dropped something and said "whoopsie!"
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Is the necktie dead? Now that men have tasted freedom from the necktie—and have seen their colleagues, clients, and bosses doing the same—how can they ever go back to working with their necks encumbered?
Ties will continue to be worn on the most formal occasions, and as quirky accoutrements for the self-consciously old-fashioned or whimsical. In other words, neckties are the new bow ties.
Men’s fashion will always have a place for “prudence and sober judgment,” even if it’s not necessarily the workplace. Ties will continue to make appearances at weddings, graduations, funerals, trials, and ceremonial events, as well as anywhere that strict dress codes still hold sway, whether in country clubs or on cruise ships. It's a good long read, check it out here.
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