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ef="https://readmedium.com/what-is-laziness-a7be4d63289c"> <div> <div> <h2>What Is Laziness?</h2> <div><h3>This</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*BwpubT7xyiKdluHjbPU25g.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d9b1">From <a href="undefined">Matthew Thiele</a></p><div id="b599" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/6-incredible-secrets-for-balancing-grad-school-with-a-full-time-job-7ae4bbd45543"> <div> <div> <h2>6 Incredible Secrets for Balancing Grad School With a Full-Time Job</h2> <div><h3>You won’t believe how effective these are</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ulRZa8qPSRGHfPRMZiH4Hw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7896">From <a href="undefined">Matthew Thiele</a></p><div id="7cf6" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/student-mastermind-humiliates-witless-english-professor-1c5d65c80b8a"> <div> <div> <h2>Student Mastermind Humiliates Witless English Professor</h2> <div><h3>I had a reasonable expectation that you would never read my work</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*VPmY3bnIs5N8mUfsV-6hEg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="a7ec">In the category of <b>EXIT</b></p><p id="354f">From <a href="undefined">Lauren Salkin</a></p><div id="c300" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/expiration-day-gifts-for-the-soon-to-be-departed-aa733aba7a9d"> <div> <div> <h2>Expiration Day Gifts: For The Soon-To-Be Departed</h2> <div><h3>We put the “fun” in defunct</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*m1zITVBzF0Tkpi93WZ_nmg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1f08">From <a href="undefined">Alex Cooper</a></p><div id="4d78" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/exits-and-reexits-be1e5d666172"> <div> <div> <h2>Exits and Reexits</h2> <div><h3>That’s not a word, is it?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MIkj06bwRBFsIHpl)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ccfd">From <a href="undefined">Brooke Ramey Nelson</a></p><div id="db98" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-day-i-became-a-beach-stalker-8df50e6a1de4"> <div> <div> <h2>The Day I Became a Beach Stalker</h2> <div><h3>And when my victims exited, stage left, they had no idea I was snooping on them</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Iw3eIRWPbSSSJolcXtqYfQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="55de">From <a href="undefined">Steve Wyatt</a></p><div id="0609" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-night-i-didnt-embarrass-myself-in-bed-277b277755dc"> <div> <div> <h2>The Night I Didn’t Embarrass Myself IN Bed</h2> <div><h3>The true story I couldn’t hide from any longer</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wIBAFUOFL-dG5NdWmxLllA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="258b">From <a href="undefined">Chris Eno McMahon</a></p><div id="9ffb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/man-confesses-to-murders-he-didnt-commit-only-to-avoid-playing-monopoly-5d4f0c7b0c5f"> <div> <div> <h2>Man Confesses to Murders He Didn’t Commit Only to Avoid Playing Monopoly</h2> <div><h3>Months of wrongful imprisonment reportedly “brutal, but worth it”</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*uQcNuwS4y4RGzqJW)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2766">From <a href="undefined">Philip S. Naudus</a></p><div id="756c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-defeat-dark-psychology-and-mind-control-fe74a240982a"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Defeat Dark Psychology and Mind Control</h2> <div><h3>Secrets behind the covert operation that saved the world</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*C66nVPH1mCfuqNbALL-kPw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d624">In the category of <b>LIFE</b>. Incredibly, not the attractive and prolifically generative topic we might have hoped for. But Marla made the most of her entries, by making them both MWC AND BINGO entries. Two for one every time!</p><p id="79ea">From <a href="undefined">Gary Chapin</a></p><div id="2557" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/six-things-we-dont-quite-understand-about-dinosaurs-cf78b27b611"> <div> <div> <h2>Dinosaurs Don’t Fart, and Five Other Things You Didn’t Know</h2> <div><h3>There may be more but let’s start he

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re</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*xudpBKyCVhRK9MizNDKa-Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d727">From <a href="undefined">Marla Bishop</a></p><div id="5eec" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/going-to-get-netflucked-now-ee8f3e39f087"> <div> <div> <h2>Going To Get Netflucked Now</h2> <div><h3>Yep, my teen has gone AWOL again</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SrKFcjfQQnv9PE2i)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1bca">Also from <a href="undefined">Marla Bishop</a></p><div id="ccba" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/travelling-post-pandemic-while-elderly-f74d848e1fe6"> <div> <div> <h2>Travelling Post-Pandemic While Elderly?</h2> <div><h3>Caveat Temptor!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9907">From <a href="undefined">Marilyn Flower</a></p><div id="248a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/perhaps-it-doesnt-matter-that-i-still-don-t-know-the-meaning-of-life-36f76a6a7703"> <div> <div> <h2>Perhaps it Doesn’t Matter that I Still Don’t Know the Meaning of Life</h2> <div><h3>Or how much more of it I have left to live</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*jML51ynu7P0hAzuO)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6200">From <a href="undefined">Matthew Thiele</a></p><div id="7e6a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/should-i-shave-my-head-to-show-off-my-skull-tattoo-9c5effaaab18"> <div> <div> <h2>Should I Shave My Head to Show off My Skull Tattoo?</h2> <div><h3>It hasn’t always been easy wearing this monument to awesomeness</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*hE1hgQ1uTppci3ndGBn8ew.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="3bdb">And in the category of <b>CLAUSTROPHOBIA</b>.</p><p id="e577">From <a href="undefined">a grain of infinity</a></p><div id="f6cd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/community-695233f4d59a"> <div> <div> <h2>It’s a Clown Car In Here</h2> <div><h3>A mouthful of rant</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*9pMsZVIKAxARnNIc_UMwQw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="0989">From <a href="undefined">Chris Eno McMahon</a></p><div id="f7e4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/can-someone-let-me-out-of-this-magic-lamp-please-27038ef51db0"> <div> <div> <h2>Can Someone Let Me Out of This Magic Lamp, Please?</h2> <div><h3>It doesn’t smell great in here</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*uJW9J-Pu_L-dMYeVzAbEIQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d091">From <a href="undefined">Marilyn Flower</a></p><div id="9f97" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/confessions-of-a-life-long-bibliophilic-claustrophobic-lazy-lady-12d266bb7f20"> <div> <div> <h2>Confessions of a Life-Long Bibliophilic Claustrophobic Lazy Lady</h2> <div><h3>Looking to turn over a new page in the new year</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*4ognc8oP9gPQ27_p)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="a658">Watch for the announcement of the winners soon! And the judging panel this month is <a href="undefined">Gary Chapin</a>, <a href="undefined">Baskerville Old Face</a> and myself. If you’d like to be a judge on a future judge panel, just let me know. Judges must recuse themselves from judging in any category they write into and have no voice in the selection of the grand prize winner. Grand prize winners are selected from amongst the 4 category winners.</p><p id="3179">Apologies if I missed anyone’s entries, but please let me know if you are reading this and wondering why your entry isn’t listed. Late night editing is my specialty and bleary eyes don’t always serve me well. Happy to correct any errors on my part!</p><p id="4278">Meantime, here’s the December contest announcement.</p><div id="faae" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-december-mwc-767c4a420edb"> <div> <div> <h2>The December MWC</h2> <div><h3>That Pays the Big Bucks</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*oW6G_P0DbxG_ygsz4D42CA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8e82"><b><i>S<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaptainSusanB">usan B.</a> is an entrepreneur, writer, editor, poet and ship captain. Come find her in the <a href="https://dropsandbuckets.wixsite.com/thegardenofneuro/">Garden</a>.</i></b></p></article></body>

Let’s Do This Again, Shall We?

The November MWC Entries

And the Winner Is — To Be Announced by December 15th

Photo by Irena Carpaccio on Unsplash

An amazing turnout of writers participated in the November MWC contest.

The category of LAZINESS was the most popular category to write in. Obviously, Medium missed the mark in finding the best categories for their big money junket.

From Smillew Rahcuef

From Alex Steullet

From Payton Burdette

From Holly J See

From Andrew Rodwin, Emoji Trapper

From Lon Shapiro

From Susan Bostian

From Marla Bishop

From Drew Patty

From Matthew Thiele

From Matthew Thiele

In the category of EXIT

From Lauren Salkin

From Alex Cooper

From Brooke Ramey Nelson

From Steve Wyatt

From Chris Eno McMahon

From Philip S. Naudus

In the category of LIFE. Incredibly, not the attractive and prolifically generative topic we might have hoped for. But Marla made the most of her entries, by making them both MWC AND BINGO entries. Two for one every time!

From Gary Chapin

From Marla Bishop

Also from Marla Bishop

From Marilyn Flower

From Matthew Thiele

And in the category of CLAUSTROPHOBIA.

From a grain of infinity

From Chris Eno McMahon

From Marilyn Flower

Watch for the announcement of the winners soon! And the judging panel this month is Gary Chapin, Baskerville Old Face and myself. If you’d like to be a judge on a future judge panel, just let me know. Judges must recuse themselves from judging in any category they write into and have no voice in the selection of the grand prize winner. Grand prize winners are selected from amongst the 4 category winners.

Apologies if I missed anyone’s entries, but please let me know if you are reading this and wondering why your entry isn’t listed. Late night editing is my specialty and bleary eyes don’t always serve me well. Happy to correct any errors on my part!

Meantime, here’s the December contest announcement.

Susan B. is an entrepreneur, writer, editor, poet and ship captain. Come find her in the Garden.

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