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Sep 9, 2025

The End of a Hollywood Love Story

Gin and Betrayal in LA

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Jan 17, 2025

The Cat and I Discuss My ADHD

What's in this box?

The Cat and I Discuss My ADHD

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Dec 3, 2022

Nobody Cares About Your Package & Artificial Unintelligence

Two Stories — Technology and Christmas Grinchiness

Nobody Cares About Your Package & Artificial Unintelligence

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Oct 4, 2023

Dear First-Time Moms-Mother Nature is Preparing You For a Life of No Dignity

But there is an upside

Dear First-Time Moms-Mother Nature is Preparing You For a Life of No Dignity

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Dec 9, 2025

10 Holiday Candle Scents for the Grinch in Your Life

Candle fragrances nobody asked for, but the market is ready for

10 Holiday Candle Scents for the Grinch in Your Life

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Sep 22, 2025

Two Cats, One Mission

Keeping Merle out of my bed

Two Cats, One Mission

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Jul 26, 2025

Catcher in the Rye Revisited: Why Holden Caulfield Still Matters

Salinger didn’t write a spoiled brat. He wrote a boy on the edge. And we’re still misreading him.

Catcher in the Rye Revisited: Why Holden Caulfield Still Matters

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Jul 22, 2025

My Cynical Take on the Internet’s Response to Astronomer’s Coldplay Cuddling Scandal

A public affair rocks Astronomer’s C-suite, and the fallout reveals a double standard as old as Silicon Valley

My Cynical Take on the Internet’s Response to Astronomer’s Coldplay Cuddling Scandal

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Jul 17, 2025

Would You Just Let Me HELP YOU?

He pays for cable he hasn’t watched in 18 months and I am not okay

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Jul 16, 2025

Nobody Wants to Read Your S**t

The only people reading your stuff are doom-scrolling on the toilet — and they already forgot your name

Pineapple floating in a pool.

CJ Sterling

CJ Sterling

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Writer, journalist. Commentary: Washington Post, Economist, Daily Beast, New York Times, Seattle Times, Crosscut, The Stranger. 22.5 million views, Quora.

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