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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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Power of Social Media

There is no doubt social media is very powerful - Turkish President was able to thwart a coup by posting his video message in twitter. Recently, I was able to use it for my benefit too. I fought with Whirlpool's supervisor (over the phone) to fix my microwave oven but...
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Telework

In our agency, employees are required to come to office only once in a week, so that their computer can get updates from the agency network. Rest of the days they are allowed to work from remote locations (home, hotel, etc.) which is called telework. I think 1/2 days...
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Kurbani

This was the first year when I went to butcher shops for Kurbani of Eid-ul-Azha (Annual religious sacrifice). We deposited $500 to a butcher shop in Pipersville, PA to get a bull of around 1800lbs. That was a Thursday and he told our organizer that he only had big...
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Hosting Company Changed

Just changed my web hosting company. It was a time consuming task. Export from old hosting company and import to the new one using Word Press menu doesn’t really export/import everything. I had to add some widgets and change the default Settings of Permalinks. Also,...
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Surprise!

I know a lady who first fled her country to another country for a better life and then staged a marriage with an American citizen to come and stay in the USA. She described it as a “business deal”. According to her that marriage was never consummated. Later she became...
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