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How to Handle Conflicting Accident Reports in a Bicycle Injury Case

How to Handle Conflicting Accident Reports in a Bicycle Injury Case

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

When accident reports give different accounts of a bicycle crash, the best approach is to preserve all available evidence, identify the inconsistencies, and compare each version with independent proof. Conflicting reports do not automatically invalidate an injury...
When Should You Consider Modifying a Texas Child Custody Order?

When Should You Consider Modifying a Texas Child Custody Order?

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

You should consider modifying a Texas child custody order when a significant change in circumstances affects your child’s well-being, living arrangements, safety, or relationship with either parent. A court-approved custody order is legally binding, but it may...
What Makes Louden Motorcar Services Different From a Regular Auto Repair Shop?

What Makes Louden Motorcar Services Different From a Regular Auto Repair Shop?

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

Louden Motorcar Services offers Dallas drivers professional vehicle maintenance and repair through its Bosch Car Service affiliation. Access to Bosch-associated automotive technology and diagnostic resources can help technicians investigate vehicle problems and...
When Cooling Becomes Costly: Knowing When to Let an Old AC Go

When Cooling Becomes Costly: Knowing When to Let an Old AC Go

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

Hot weather can make a struggling air conditioner impossible to ignore. In Phoenix, where summer temperatures regularly exceed 100°F, dependable cooling is a practical necessity rather than a luxury. Still, a breakdown doesn’t always mean replacement, and an...
Self-Care for Women in Hong Kong: From Workouts to Health Checks

Self-Care for Women in Hong Kong: From Workouts to Health Checks

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

After a long commute, the workout you planned may compete with tiredness, while a health question you keep meaning to raise stays on your to-do list.  Finding time for self-care in Hong Kong can take some planning, especially when your evenings are already full. Start...
5 Handy Power Banks for Creative Days Out and Solo Adventures

5 Handy Power Banks for Creative Days Out and Solo Adventures

by Uncustomary | Oct 21, 2026 | How To

A phone running low can interrupt a photo walk or complicate the trip home.  We researched the best compact power banks for creative days out and short solo adventures, comparing published specifications, compatibility, and buying options rather than running charging...
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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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