November 2022

I love reward points

I’ve become a big fan of ordering food through phone apps. The restaurants make it so simple, don’t they? The app remembers what you’ve ordered, so if you want the same thing you just hit a button. You can store your payment method in the app, so with a click of a button your order is paid for. When you arrive at the store you just tell the app you’re there and someone comes out to deliver the food for you. It really is amazing.

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Color your world

The band Chicago recorded a one-verse song called “Colour My World”. The number of verses speaks to the impact of each word. The lyrics are almost too simple to be catchy, yet they encapsulate four of life’s essentials: sharing, appreciation, love, and hope.

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TURP procedure, as with all surgeries, can bring complications

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m an 80-year-old male who learned from a much younger male about the tremendous improvement he’s had in his life since undergoing a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) procedure. I hadn’t know he was having a problem and had been through the drug routine that was providing him with limited improvement. Against my aversion of being operated upon, he subsequently convinced me to investigate, and ultimately have the operation.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

“Liberation Day,” by George Saunders (Random House) George Saunders is back with a new collection of short stories that feature his usual dystopian worlds and heartland characters whose lives and language have been fractured by social and economic pressures they barely understand.

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HOROSCOPES

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. EDT today (3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Pisces into Aries. Happy Birthday for Friday, Nov. 4, 2022: The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19)

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