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"We beat boys": Dolls vs guys on the pickleball court
Winning
 • Emily Burnett
No one's asking, but I have rules for ice cream parlors
Heavily influenced by simply amoral ice cream experiences
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Massage karma finally caught up with me over in Georgia
Plus, features of Eastern v Western massages
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The (maybe unnecessary) Heimlich maneuver
That one time a guy was choking and I did something
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Got a puppy. For 3 days.
Finally at peace with some of my unpopular life choices
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SFTR: The accidentally life-changing concert in Rome (featuring my seatmate)
Stories from the Road: Not on my list of plans: stumbling my way into a life-changing concert
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The nicest thing volume 1: a commercial aircraft to myself
Pity taken on a pathetic person (me) in a sling
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More to Your Life
More to Your Life
Sort-of funny essays. No preaching, only stories and self-deprecation. Childhood deprivation, embarrassing injuries, bad jobs, our human foibles, family stuff, AND MORE.
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Author website: emilyburnett.me
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