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What Should You Do if You Are Hit by an Uber Driver as a Pedestrian?

What Should You Do if You Are Hit by an Uber Driver as a Pedestrian?

by Uncustomary | Oct 25, 2026 | How To

If an Uber driver hits you while you are walking, prioritize medical care, report the collision, document the scene, and preserve evidence that identifies the driver and establishes what happened. You may be able to pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost...
SUSTEAS Electric Indoor Grill: Making Everyday Home Cooking Easier

SUSTEAS Electric Indoor Grill: Making Everyday Home Cooking Easier

by Uncustomary | Oct 22, 2026 | How To

Home cooking doesn’t need to be complicated to be enjoyable. Between work, school runs, family commitments and the general chaos of a busy week, many households are simply looking for ways to get a decent meal on the table without spending the whole evening in the...
The Trouble Beneath the Grass: When Your Sprinklers Need Attention

The Trouble Beneath the Grass: When Your Sprinklers Need Attention

by Uncustomary | Oct 22, 2026 | How To

A healthy-looking lawn can conceal irrigation problems. In Palm Harbor, warm weather, frequent rain, and sandy soils can make inconsistent watering especially noticeable. A few missed patches or wet corners may be early signs of a faulty sprinkler, not simply thirsty...
How to Handle the Two Days Nobody Plans For on a Vacation

How to Handle the Two Days Nobody Plans For on a Vacation

by Uncustomary | Oct 22, 2026 | How To

I used to plan trips in two-hour blocks. Spreadsheet tabs. Restaurant reservations six weeks out. Then a tropical storm parked itself over the one island I’d flown 3,000 miles to see, and every hour on that spreadsheet went poof. What saved the trip wasn’t...
How AI Is Quietly Rewriting the Job of a California Injury Lawyer

How AI Is Quietly Rewriting the Job of a California Injury Lawyer

by Uncustomary | Oct 22, 2026 | How To

A few years ago, a paralegal I know in Los Angeles spent three straight days matching 4,000 pages of medical records to dates of treatment. She did it with a highlighter and a legal pad. Last spring, an AI tool did the same sort first pass in about 90 minutes, flagged...
Best Family Law Attorneys in Rockland County for Complex Cases

Best Family Law Attorneys in Rockland County for Complex Cases

by Uncustomary | Oct 22, 2026 | How To

Complex family law cases can involve more than divorce. Disputes over child custody, property division, spousal support, and business assets can make the legal process difficult to manage. Choosing an attorney with relevant experience can help you understand your...
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There is a department store for mythical creatures There is a department store for mythical creatures in Columbia, Maryland & it could be demolished. 👽

It's called DoodleHATCH + I discovered it in 2020, loved it so much I started volunteering, + STILL haven't seen everything inside. 👀

Unicorns 🦄 Guinea pigs 🐖 A giant's bed 🛏️ An intergalactic space station 🛸 Free books 📕 Handmade clothes 🧵 Workshops ✂️

An entire former grocery store filled with things people dreamed up and actually built.

⚠️ Now developer Columbia Concepts is seeking zoning approval to redevelop the Long Reach Village Center. 

That puts DoodleHATCH, the Maryland Fashion Institute, a makerspace, local businesses, and a 140-foot community mural at risk. 🚜🥺

🧑‍🎨 Founder Lee Andersen and her nonprofit ManneqART have another vision: preserve these resources and create an 🎨 arts & culture center called The REALM. 👏

They're working toward 5,000 petition signatures and gathering emails of support. ✍️

Lee told me personally that showing this level of public opposition could significantly influence whether the developer gets approval. It's not a guaranteed win, but your voice matters. 📣

✍️ Howard County residents 18+: 

Visit 📍DoodleHATCH to sign the petition in person.

💌 Everyone else: 

Email Lilou@DoodleHATCH.com to oppose the Columbia Concepts zoning proposal and support The REALM. 

Emails support the campaign but aren't the same as petition signatures.

📌⚠️ I've made it ridiculously easy with email templates and instructions at Uncustomary.org/DoodleHatch

🖼️ And if you're nearby, GO VISIT. 

Bring your kids, your friends, or your adult self who'd like to push buttons and groom a unicorn.

We need more places like this. And we have a chance to help keep this one. 🌈

#SaveDoodleHATCH #ColumbiaMD #HowardCounty #SupportLocalArt
Imagine having this much range. 🌀🎭 #Wholesome #Wh Imagine having this much range. 🌀🎭

#Wholesome #Wholesomememes #Cosplay #FunnyScreenshots #FunnyTexts
We need to be reminded of the simple things more o We need to be reminded of the simple things more often than we need to be taught them. 📌

You know where the moon is. 🌙 Tilt your head up and look. 👀

💫 And keep being the manic pixie dream babe you are because you never know who you're inspiring and reminding to look at the moon just by being your weird self. 🦄

🎵 Lyrics by @biffy_clyro

#manicpixiedreamgirl #beyourownmuse #merrimentmaking #beyou #inspiration
Lisa Frank folders: 🎒 protecting academic integrit Lisa Frank folders: 🎒 protecting academic integrity and concealing neurological symptoms since circa 1994. 😅

🗒️ I was an extremely enthusiastic student with a surprisingly elaborate system for hiding how much I was struggling.

Which is a pretty good introduction to the rest of my childhood, actually. 🩷🧡💛💚🩵💜

📖 From “Congratulations! Here's More Work!,” an essay in The 1 in 10,000 Girl. Read the full story at the link in my bio.
Happy Stress Awareness Day! 😵‍💫 ☮️ Check out Reli Happy Stress Awareness Day! 😵‍💫

☮️ Check out Relieve Anxiety 101 for hundreds of resources (for all types of learning!)

#stressawareness #anxietyawareness #anxietyisreal #mentalhealthsupport #feelgood
👩🏻‍⚕️ I went to a gynecologist who asked me a ques 👩🏻‍⚕️ I went to a gynecologist who asked me a question I couldn't answer...

She wanted to know whether what I was feeling was pressure or pain. 

I had spent decades dealing with pain, years going to doctors, and felt worse after surgeries that were supposed to make me feel better. 🩺

I assumed it was pressure. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But what if everything I thought was pressure was actually pain and I was just used to this as my new baseline?

That question in that appointment became my inspiration for the opening in my book. ❤️‍🩹 The essay is aptly titled "Pressure Or Pain?" and I start trying to untangble some of the things I've accepted as normal, just because they were a part of my life for so long. And whether I've been doing that with the rest of my life as well. 🤦🏻‍♀️

📖 “Pain or Pleasure” is part of The 1 in 10,000 Girl, my collection of 52 essays about a statistically improbable life.

You can read it now --🔗 in my bio

#InstagramAuthors #AuthorsOfInstagram #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllnesses #ChronicWarrior
Being a human can be super hard. Let's make it mor Being a human can be super hard. Let's make it more fun.

🍌🦄🌈 There is SO much stuff inside this merriment museum. 

#feelgoodfriday #mentalhealth #havemorefun #stayweird #dopaminehit
🧸 If I had a toy shop, it would look like the Tatt 🧸 If I had a toy shop, it would look like the Tatted Toy Guys shop in 📍 Elizabethtown, PA.

🌈 White shelves, organized by section, bins for digging. Colorful nostalgic explosion. 

@thetattedtoyguys 

#vintagetoys #90skid #90stoys #90sthrowback #carebear
📣 Most people only root for you at the beginning w 📣 Most people only root for you at the beginning when you start or the end when you finish but you don’t need the cheering then you need it in the messy middles. 

You don’t come to me for advice on the good days. You come because things feel heavy, hopeless, and exhausting + you need someone who actually gets it. Someone who’s been there &  still wakes up every day and says, ‘Okay, here we go'. 😮‍💨

You don’t need a teacher who’s naturally cheerful, never been cracked open by trauma, & has joy come easy. 🚫

You want someone who’s wrestled with depression, self-destruction,  12 mental health diagnoses, cancer scares & chronic pain ... and still learned how to make a life full of color, fun, & weirdness. 🍌🦄

Happiness has never been handed to me. Every piece of joy I live is the result of trial, error, therapy, treatment, rituals, mischief, & relentless curiosity. 🧪 That means every tool I share with you is one I’ve had to fight for myself.

If you see me playful, expressive, free, creative, or confident, I want you to know that wasn’t magic. It was work. And if I can learn it, you can too. That’s why my work exists. 👑
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