NH Community News Fund: If you care about local news, now is the time for action

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The local news partners in the Granite State News Collaborative have set aside generations of deeply ingrained competition to do our part to keep that infrastructure strong. We may all sit in different newsrooms but we share a common belief: our communities will not survive and thrive without trusted information. 

Homes and Other Black Holes

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Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry penned a book in the 1980s titled Homes and Other Black Holes: The Happy Homeowner’s Guide to Ritual Closing Ceremonies, Newton’s First Law of Furniture Buying, the Lethal Chemicals Man, and Other Perils of the American Dream. The cover depicts a homeowner dumping a wheelbarrow full of money into a demolished foundation. That about covers it. 

Don’t let the holiday ‘Karens’ get you down

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For those unfamiliar, Karen is a slang for an  irritating, entitled, and demanding woman exhibiting obnoxious behavior in public settings. According to Wikipedia, Karen is used as a slang typically for a middle-class white woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. According to a popular meme, Karen sports an asymmetrical bob who is always asking to speak to the manager. 

Chris Sale, spite and ‘one hard luck son of a bitch’

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Speaking of relatives, I’ve long wondered if luck—good or bad—might also be hereditary. To my knowledge, scientists have yet to isolate a “luck” gene, but I’m sure that we can all probably name a few families who seem to have an inordinate amount of luck—horseshoes up the keister—as well as some families who seem downright snakebitten.