Against a backdrop of spruce trees at the far end of a small beach, a large boulder squats at the edge of the bay. Its top half is dry and pale. The lower half is damp and dirty-bronze. It’s too big to be jostled by the tides. In the foreground of this photo, dozens of smaller stones lie half-buried in sand. Beyond the boulder, a dead spruce has been partially uprooted. Its bare branches look brittle against the other, still upright, lushly-needled trees. From the photo, it’s impossible t...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
I’m on a miniature riverboat or a Chinese junk, or a wooden houseboat with a paddle wheel. I’m captain and crew. The inlet is crowded with vessels from earlier ages of sea-going vessels: hollowed out canoes, reed boats, a schooner, a pinnace. There’s an old dock and a pier and it’s crowded with vendors hawking their wares, but I can’t tell what they’re selling, and I don’t care. I have to take a piss, desperately. There’s nothing more important than that. As my boat floats clo...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
Dad answered and put me on speakerphone, then placed a plastic plate divided into five colored sections in front of mom at their kitchen table and said, it’s Laura, time for your morning medicines; I said, Mom, pick up the biggest oval white pill in the center of the plate and she said, “which one?” and I said the biggest oval white pill in the center of the plate, and she said, “I didn’t know it was my job to take it,” and I heard her lift the glass of iced water, so I read aloud...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
Buying baby socks and three onesies and one newborn outfit on the way to the appointment where the fetal doppler told us you were dead, the same newborn outfit I now see in the box on the closet floor every day when I drag out a sweater. My parents driving across five states to stay with our four-year-old who would have been your sibling, his hand waving out the car window when they drove him to preschool the morning we left for the hospital, as if waving you goodbye. Canceling the baby books...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
The Start of It A friend of D’s wife G says there’s been a bad accident. “That’s all I know,” she says, “except that it happened on Rte. 15 and Laurel Road.” She lowers her voice as if she doesn’t want to be overheard. “D is in surgery right now as I’m telling you this. G is at the hospital. Their kids are on their way.” A Bit of It Hours later, a posted photo of the accident site on Facebook shows one car destroyed, the front end crushed, the rest damaged by fire. D’s...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
I’ve been hanging around a lot of elderly folks recently, very elderly, and I don’t know what to say to them. I am so much younger. The techs put me on a completely different treadmill way off in the corner (at one point I am actually running), and on totally different resistance settings on the cardio-bike. “I don’t feel like I belong here,” I told my wife after the first day, as she picked me up outside the medical center. (I am not allowed to drive for a month.) I sat in the pass...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
The memory comes fast and furious like an Alabama storm. How I used to drive you to the trailer park past Plantation Hills so you could fuck men for 35 dollars a pop, migrant workers that lived two too many to a bedroom. Were you even 18 then? You’d give me 10 dollars to drive you; 20 if I said no and really meant it. A couple quick shooters and you could have enough to last the weekend. The best rocks were dense. Ribbed like slickrock, the moon rocks you buy at the hippy store, the ones me...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
The picture takes up most of the wall opposite my boyfriend’s bed. A photograph of white camellias in a crystal vase. I sit with my arms around my knees, naked under the duvet, watching the image through the conservation glass. He is downstairs making breakfast. When it’s ready he will call me down and seat me in the sun in the small courtyard between his house and studio, where he’s set a table for one: crisp white cloth, spotless silver cutlery. He’ll serve me orange juice, granola ...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever clocked out of a waitress shift on a night when everything went right instead of wrong and at the exact moment you’re pulling out of the parking spot you performed laborious geometry to fit into someone yells “I love your truck!” and you drive home with the windows down blasting Tori Amos and you find that you don’t care, not even a little, if you’re hitting the notes because it’s a warm, wet night in deep spring and every frog in the world si...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
I am supporting the ghost of Jackie’s body and doing math. How many drinks has she had? Three? Four? We are curved together over the lip of the trash can as she empties her stomach. Her bile smells sweet and acrid, the desiccated remnants of a mango-pineapple mixer. A cup of ice water sits, sweating and futile, on the floor by her feet. Her skin is shiny and leached of color, amplified by the artificial lights in the windowless bar bathroom. Earlier there was a man, tall and insistent. Men ...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
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This annual ICF product directory showcases the latest evolution of products from accessories to waterproofing, and virtually everything in between: bracing and bucking, forms, foams, and footings. It’s all organized by category and includes company contact information. Don’t hesitate to call for more information, and let them know you saw the product in ICF Builder Magazine.| ICF Builder Magazine
Charles Seo, IGT’s Senior Director of Commercial Strategy - Asia, discusses his unique career journey and why he sees himself| IAG
It’s understandable that political observers, academics and members of the public in greenfield jurisdictions would express caution around the legalization| IAG
Siobhan Lane, Light & Wonder’s highly experienced CEO of Gaming, speaks to Inside Asian Gaming about the company’s ongoing transformation| IAG
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In the fast-paced world that is the Asian gaming industry, it’s easy to overlook the goings on of smaller jurisdictions| IAG
From street vendor to gaming tycoon, Galaxy Entertainment Group founder Dr Lui Che Woo concluded his splendid journey of 95| IAG
Glenn Huybrecht, Light & Wonder’s Managing Director, Asia, discusses his journey from Belgium to Asia and into the region’s fast-paced| IAG
Economist Dr Andrew Russell delves into the form and nature of casino regulation in Australia and some of the problems| IAG
The Advent of Artificial Intelligence… and the Farewell of Print Media!| Bariatric Times
besity is a major healthcare problem in the United States (US) and other countries across the globe. Obesity rates have reached pandemic proportions and resulted in increased healthcare costs. Obesity-related health conditions, such as hypertension, sleep apnea, Type 2 diabetes, and many others also result in additional healthcare expenditures. It is estimated that in the US alone, almost $900 billion, or a total of 16 to 18 percent of healthcare expenditures, will be attributed to obesity an...| Bariatric Times
How Do Postoperative Bariatric Patients Stay on Task with Nutrition Goals and Physical Activity to Prevent Weight Regain?| Bariatric Times
Interviews with Andrew Wheeler, MD, and Thomas Shin, MD, PhD| Bariatric Times
Google Trends in Bariatric Surgery: A Disconnect Between Public Interest and Surgery Performed| Bariatric Times
Are We Missing Another Opportunity?| Bariatric Times
Robert Cox and Matt Bliss did a thoughtful renovation of their 1920s home to turn it into a comfortable space for their young family.| WALTER Magazine
