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“can you explain this gap on ur resume” it was then that Jesus carried me

If you had the opportunity to be mentored by someone you really respected would you turn it down? I wouldn't. That's one of the reasons I read books.

Played Wordle for the first time today and I promise not to post this every day, but… Wordle 212 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Book bans are back, Emma Sarappo writes. Here are 14 frequently challenged titles to pick up. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

PSA: don’t remove your nail polish w/100% acetone in a steamy bathroom with a candle lit. Lost all my hand and arm hairs and burned my finger tips. That shit was some scientific phenomena & I never heard sounds like that come outta me in all my 33 years

Just a reminder that if you're in a place that does daylight saving, your times are no longer "standard time" (EST, CST, etc.) and are now "daylight time" (EDT, CDT).

"Flexible Remote work - we don't care where or when you work as long as the job gets done" ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅

Jesus: “Show me your funniest joke.” Babylon Bee: "I have no funniest joke." Jesus: "You are right in saying, ‘I have no funniest joke,' for you only have one joke, and the one you have is not funny."

we’re cancelling each other over salaries for job listings today. post the salaries for your job listings

I posted my engagement on the internet and got emails from two separate companies about wedding tuxedos. Not sure what in the shady marketing is going on here, but I don't like it.

The future is those bras that clasp at the front.

Anyone hiring freelance writers? I might need yet another gig just to pay for a wedding photographer, cause chile…

NEW POST: I used to hate cooking. But when I gave it another try, it did more for me than fill my stomach. shannonsometimes.com/quarantine-dia…

Texas Gov. Abbott says the Uvalde shooter "shot and killed — horrifically, incomprehensibly — 14 students and... a teacher." It's NOT incomprehensible, though. 20 children and 6 adults were killed at Sandy Hook, nearly a decade ago. There have been 3,500+ mass shootings since.

The millennial urge to pull the waiter to the side and say, “I noticed you didn’t card me. Is there a reason?”

Is anyone still out there? 👀 My top books of the year post is always the most popular one on my blog, and this year's list is out—on a new platform, Ghost! Would love for you to join me: shannon-sometimes.ghost.io/my-top-10-book…

NEW: I surprised myself by choosing a word of the year. I made one of those semi-snarky "ins and outs" lists, too. And, of course, I give you a list of books. I'm nothing if not consistent. Read here → shannon-sometimes.ghost.io/ins-outs-word-…

I didn't exactly commit to Nonfiction November (I read 4 nonfiction, 2 fiction), but that didn't stop me from publishing a list of nonfiction book recs in honor of it. A select few of my nonfiction faves: shannonsometimes.com/12-nonfiction-…