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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that captain Vincent Kompany will be out for four to six weeks.
The 30-year-old suffered knee ligament damage during last week's win away at Crystal Palace and after being assessed by the club's medical staff, as well as the highly-regarded Dr Ramon Cugat in Barcelona, the Belgian now looks set for an extended period on the sidelines.
"Dr Cugat confirmed what the doctors here said," Guardiola said. "It is a ligament problem. He will be four to six weeks out."
Guardiola ruled out using Yaya Toure in a defensive role, saying he plans to use the Ivorian in positions higher up the pitch to maximise his impact.
The City boss says he has plenty of defensive options at his disposal to deal with Kompany's absence.
"Yaya can play in many positions but I think we have other options to play there at centre-back. He played there in Barcelona once, the Champions League final against Manchester United, because we have a lot of problems there. We didn't have players. He played amazing.
"Yaya will play in more attacking positions – to decide the last pass, to score goals, for our build up in the last third of the pitch. Maybe it can happen but I have other options. Fernandinho can play there, Sagna can play there. We cannot forget at Crystal Palace after one month and a half injured, Bacary played his first game at centre-back and played awesome. So we have other options."
Meanwhile, Guardiola confirmed Sergio Aguero is a doubt for the trip to Burnley on Saturday.
The Argentine took a blow to the foot in the game with Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday – and Guardiola says he will be monitored during training on Friday afternoon before making a decision about his involvement at Turf Moor.
"Sergio finish the game not injured but he has a problem in his foot," Guardiola said. "Today he has training at 4 o'clock and we will know exactly his condition and the condition of the other players.
"We played the last game not far away and we have tomorrow a game at 12.30. So I am going to wait to see their condition, Pablo Zabaleta as well."


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For everybody it's 13damage.. obvious
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Kenny+Timber+Fury only does 6 damage. It nets you a life difference of 18... yet it still only does 6 damage. Can be a crucial difference if you need to KO your opponent, for example.
Is Right.It Only Adds 18 Life Not Damage
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W hat was once a manageable undertaking, reading is now a mind-numbing decision between hundreds of thousands of blog posts, ebooks and podcasts — most of which are poorly done, fake, wrong and/or just downright useless.
Because I read a lot — like a lot, a lot — as well as curate a weekly newsletter of the best things I read each week, I'm often asked what my favorite blogs are.
@LaurenHolliday_ Hi! Do you have a list of your favorite blogs? You always share such great content and I'm looking for more things to read!
— Marissa Vessels (@marissavessels) July 6, 2017
So I scrolled through my Pocket to see what blogs popped up the most and developed this comprehensive list of my "favorite" blogs.
My list covers a wide spectrum of topics (as I love to read about a lot of different things so I can connect dots faster) and all are trustworthy (according to me).
This list is in no particular order, and as I'm sure I missed some noteworthy blogs, please do leave recommendations in the comments below, along with why it's a phenomenal blog and who would enjoy reading it.
Here are the categories I cover:
- Best Blogs for Entrepreneurs
- Best Marketing Blogs
- Best SEO Blogs
- Best Social Media Blogs
- Best Copywriting Blogs
- Best Career Blogs
- Best Personal Development (Lifestyle) Blogs
- Best Productivity Blogs
- Best Popular Online Publications
- Best Freelancing Blogs
- Best UX Blogs
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Growth Lab
Growth Lab teaches SMBs how to start, build and grow their businesses through ACTIONABLE, step-by-step, meaty blog posts. And when I say meaty, some are 30-40 minute reads.
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Fave posts:
- How to market your company without alienating your customers*
- How I self-published my book and sold 180,000 copies
- The anatomy of a six-figure email course
Trend Watching
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Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- Peer Armies
- Sympathetic Pricing
- The F-Factor
- The Future of Customer Experience
- 5 Trends for 2017
- The Future of Luxury
- 2016: Back from the Dead
OkDork features in-depth guides and strategies, based on proven frameworks and past experiences. You'll learn things like: how to start a business, marketing, and more.
Who owns it?
Noah Kagan
Fave posts:
- Peek inside Intercom's Multi-million Dollar SaaS Growth Strategy
- Time Management Tips of Insanely Busy People
- A (Proven) Freelancer's Guide to Growing Your Business
First Round Review
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- The [Adjective] [Number] Things You Need to Know About Clickbait
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- Why Most Startups Don't Get Press
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Product Habits
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- Why the Next Generation of SaaS Will Look Like Facebook
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- How to Handle an Angry Customer Service Complaint on Social Media
- The Power of Testimonials (And How We Get Great Ones)
- How our startup almost died
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Shopify's Blog
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- How to Write a Blog Post (That Actually Gets Read)
- The Definitive Guide to Dropshipping with AliExpress
- How We Built Generated $922.16 in Revenue in 3 Days
- How I Built an Online T-Shirt Business and Made $1,248.90 in 3 Weeks
- How to Write a Marketing Plan
- Selling Your Shopify Store: How One Entrepreneur Cashed Out and Made $81K
Four Hour Work Week
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Fave posts:
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- How to Gather 100,000 Emails in One Week
- How I Built a #1-Ranked Podcast With 60M+ Downloads
Nathan Barry
Nathan writes meaty posts about design and marketing. Do you want to become a better designer? Or build audiences and sell products? You'll learn both on this blog.
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Nathan Barry
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- How to hack your passion
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Proft Well or Price Intelligently's blog is the best blog on pricing strategies for entrepreneurs.
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- Why Tinder's charging older users more, and why it makes perfect sense
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- Diversify Your Income: All my Ideas for Making Money Online (By your's truly)
- Former Google career coach shares a trick for figuring out what to do with your life
- How to Work From Home and Get Stuff Done (By your's truly)
Best Marketing Blogs
Sumo publishes the same type of actionable content as Kagan's other site: OkDork.
Who owns it?
Noah Kagan
Fave posts:
- How to Get Thousands of Leads from Quora in Five Months
- The Cold Sales Email Bible (With Templates)
- How Tony Robbins Generates 1,000,000 Website Visitors Per Month
- How Shopify Increased Revenue 90% in 365 Days
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- The Blogging Tactic No One Is Talking About: Optimizing the Past
- Topic Clusters: The Next Evolution of SEO
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Fave Posts:
- How we made $1 million for Moz (formerly SEOmoz)
- How we increased the conversion rate of Voices.com by over 400%
- How we helped to grow a crowdsourced learning platform
- Conversion for mobile: how we helped grow a FinTech company by 470%
- Conversion Killers: The Definitive Guide
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Fave posts:
- How to Increase Conversions by Being Completely Unoriginal
- Google Analytics 101: How To Configure Google Analytics To Get Actionable Data
- A Step By Step Guide To Building Customer Journey Maps
- The Advanced Guide to Emotional Persuasion
Matthew Barby
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- How to Write for Top Tier Publications
- Zero to One Million: an SEO Campaign Blueprint
- Hacking Competitive Pricing Analysis with Scraping
- 25 Growth Hacking Techniques for your Startup
This is HubSpot's Medium publication that shares stories, insights and ideas to help readers grow their businesses.
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Fave Posts:
- How to be Good at Marketing
- How I Built a $100M+ Sales Channel By Challenging the Status Quo
- Building on Slack Saved Our Startup
Andrew Chen
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- Psych'd: A new user psychology framework for increasing funnel conversion
- What 671 million push notifications say about how people spend their day
- There's only a few ways to scale user growth, and here's the list
DigitalMarketer is the premier online community for digital marketing professionals. It's a place where you can learn how to market like a pro, connect with industry experts, and get the strategies and tools you need to grow and scale your business to new heights.
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Brian Balfour writes detailed essays on growth and user acquisition to help you build a growth machine.
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- How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert
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- This 8-Page Website Generated Six-Figures in its First 8 Months
- This Entrepreneur Makes $3M/Year Helping People Use His Brother's Software
- 90 of the Biggest Earners on Patreon (And What They're Selling)
Backlinko teaches readers how to rank higher in Google and increase traffic. This is *the* most actionable, in-depth blog on SEO out there.
Who owns it?
Brian Dean
Fave posts:
- Video SEO: The Definitive Guide
- SEO Tools: The Complete List (2017 Update)
- 201 Powerful SEO Tips (That Actually Work)
- How a Brand New Blog Generated 17,584 Visitors In One Day
- We Analyzed 1 Million Google Search Results…
Ahrefs Blog
Ahrefs teaches readers advanced marketing and SEO tactics. You'll find detailed tutorials, case studies and opinion pieces from marketing practitioners and industry experts alike.
Who owns it?
Fave posts:
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- Growth Hacking Tactics That Every Startup Needs To Know*
- How a Viral Loop on LinkedIn Got Me 76k Email Subscribers in 1 Month
- 200+ Actionable SEO Tips In One 'Noob Friendly' Guide
- How long does it take to rank in Google? (A study by Ahrefs)
- How To Do Keyword Research in 2017 — Ahrefs' Guide
- How to Become a Marketing Manager*
Moz Blog
Similar to Ahrefs blog, the Moz blog will teach you everything you need to know about marketing and SEO.
Who owns it?
Fave posts:
- The Homepage is Dead: A Story of Website Personalization
- The Art of Concision: How to Effectively Make Your Point in Fewer Words
- [Case Study] How We Ranked #1 for a High-Volume Keyword in Under 3 Months
- A Content Strategy Template You Can Build On
Best Social Media Blogs
Jon Loomer
Jon Loomer's blog is all about Facebook ads — for the *advanced* Facebook marketer.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- How to Create a Basic Evergreen Facebook Ad Campaign
- Example: Facebook Ad Targeting and Results
- My 15 Facebook Ad Campaigns
AdEspresso's Blog
Hootsuite's AdEspresso has a badass "academy" that not only features meaty posts about Facebook ads but also insightful, in-depth guides and resources.
Who owns it?
Fave posts:
- The Definitive Guide to Content Curation
- Facebook Ads Case Study: The Million Dollar Indiegogo Campaign
- 7 Ways Psychology Can Make Your Facebook Ads Unforgettable
- We Analyzed 37,259 Facebook Ads. Here's What We Learned.
Social Media Examiner
SME's mission is to help readers navigate the constantly changing social media jungle. It features original, comprehensive articles, expert interviews, original research, and the news you need to improve your social media marketing.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- How to Find Social Media Micro-influencers for Your Small Business
- How to Research Your Competitors on Instagram
- How to Improve Your Facebook Ads With Customer Reviews
- How to Repurpose Videos Into Many Forms of Valuable Content
Best Copywriting Blogs
Kopywriting Kourse
One of the absolute best copywriting — excuse me, kopywriting — blogs you'll read.
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Fave Posts:
- Advertorials: How To Write Them & Why They're Awesome
- Copywriting Headlines That Sell (with Templates & Swipe File)
- Elevator Pitch Generator w/ Examples & Templates
- Copywriter Salary Range: Entry Level to Successful Freelancer
Copyhackers teaches its readers how to boost conversions with words that drive people to take action. It will teach you to write copy that you're proud to show off on your portfolio.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- The Ultimate Guide to No-Pain Copywriting
- I used cold emails to 14x my freelance copywriting business.
Copyblogger teaches readers how to create killer online content. Not bland, corporate crap created to fill up space. Valuable information that attracts attention, drives traffic and grows your business.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- 21 Juicy Prompts that Inspire Fascinating Content
- Copywriting 101
- How to Nail the Opening of Your Blog Post
- How to Think About Google
- How to Decide Which Content to Sell and What to Give Away for Free
Best Career Blogs
Quartz at Work
Quartz at Work is a guide to being a better manager, building a career, and navigating the modern workplace.
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99U is an online publication for smart creatives — designers, writers, entrepreneurs, marketers, etc. It kind-of reminds of Paul Jarvis.
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Fave Posts:
- Nobody Cares How Hard You Work
- You Don't Need to Learn to Code and Other Truths About the Future of Careers
- The 4 Types of Productivity Styles
- The Careers Crossroads Checklist
- How to Fight Through Intellectual Discomfort
- The Danger of Making a Backup Plan
Harvard Business Review (HBR)
HBR helps you navigate all your workplace conundrums. From abusive bosses to staying focused in the office and the future of work, HBR covers it all.
Who owns it?
Harvard Business Publishing
Fave Posts:
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- Why your late twenties is the worst time of your life
- Why you should have at least two careers
- The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained
- How to improve your business writing
- Your digital year in review
TED has even more phenomenal content hidden on its ideas' blog. The posts are classic TED — just like the videos but written — for us people who prefer to read instead.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- What 2,000 deaths can teach us about living a good life
- 7 lessons about finding the work you were meant to do
freeCodeCamp writes the meatiest blog posts about development, design and data science. Not interested in those topics? Me neither, but I still LOVE reading this blog.
Who owns it?
Fave posts:
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- What I learned from reviewing 50 portfolios on Reddit in 3 crazy days.
- I wanted to see how far I could push myself creatively. So I redesigned Instagram.
- How to interview a company
- How to talk about your side-projects
- How I convinced an employer to take a chance on me and pay me to learn to code.
- You in 6 seconds: how to write a résumé that employers will actually read
- How to not set a bunch of money on fire
- Resumes Suck: Here's the data
I Will Teach You to be Rich
Ramit Sethi turned his bestselling book into a hugely popular blog. On it, he shares proven tactics for salary negotiation, interviewing and getting rich.
Who owns it?
Fave posts:
- Salary negotiation: How to negotiate better than 99% of people
- Secret scents of success
- How to find your Dream Job
- How to be popular
- Ultimate Guide to Getting a Raise & Boosting Your Salary
- How to write an introduction email that works (with scripts)
The Firehose Project
Firehose's blog teaches developers how to land a job and learn how to code… the right way. I also find some of its posts totally relatable as a non-developer.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- Here's What You Can Learn in 10 Minutes
- 29 behaviors that will make you an unstoppable programmer
- The Wrong Way to Learn to Code
- The Only Thing Between You and a New Job as a Junior Web Developer
Best Personal Development Blogs (Lifestyle Blogs)
Marc and Angel Hack Life
The goal of this blog is to give readers the tools to identify and transform the limiting beliefs that keep you stuck. The blog offers more than 800 articles on happiness, productivity, emotional intelligence, relationships and self-improvement.
Who owns it?
Marc and Angel Chernoff
Fave Posts:
- 7 Things You Have to Stop Believing to Live a Successful Life On Your Own Terms
- 20 Ways to Accidentally Ruin the Next 20 Years of Your Life
- An Open Letter to Those Who Are Overwhelmed (and Not Sure What to Do Next)
Mark Manson
There's no sugarcoating with Mark Manson. That's why I love his blog. He covers everything from happiness to dating to habits and self-knowledge.
Who owns it?
Fave Posts:
- 1,500 People Give All The Relationship Advice You'll Ever Need
- Find What You Love And Let It Kill You
- How to be More Productive by Working Less
- What's the Problem With Men?
Brain Pickings
Brain Pickings is a one-woman labor of love — a subjective lens on what matters in the world and why. Mostly, it's a record of Maria Popova's own becoming as a person — intellectually, creatively, spiritually — and an inquiry into how to live and what it means to lead a good life.
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Fave Posts:
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- Givers, Takers, and Matchers: The Surprising Psychology of Success
- A Technique for Producing Ideas
- Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
Science of Us
Science of Us is a smart but playful window into the latest science on human behavior, with the goal of enlightening, entertaining and providing useful information that can be applied to everyday life.
Who owns it?
New York Magazine
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- Do you have any idea what other people think of you?
- A psychologist explains how to revive a dead friendship
- How to be better in bed: 5 science-backed tips
- Why everything always takes longer than you think
- The best way to follow your dreams is by keeping your day job
- How to make yourself work when you really don't feel like it
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is probably the only person — besides Jason Fried — who can get away with writing such ridiculously popular short posts. The man really makes you think and question the norm.
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- Let's stop calling them soft skills
- Falling down the quality abyss
- The interim strategy
- Make three lists
The Players' Tribune
The Players' Tribune is written by professional athletes. Don't write them off if you're not into sports. I'm totally not into sports, but I find the content just completely motivating.
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Signal v. Noise
"Strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business, and tech. By the makers (and friends) of Basecamp. Since 1999."
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- Does that matter?
- Reconsider
Wait but Why
Wait but Why is hilarious and, most of the time, pretty damn insightful. It's also eerily on-point. Tim says what we're all thinking. The blog isn't about one specific topic, and it's known for its signature stick figure comics.
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Thrive Global
Thrive Global's mission is to end the stress and burnout epidemic by offering companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance well-being, performance, and purpose, and create a healthier relationship with technology.
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Conan admitted his dislike of Roker during a game segment entitled "Plead the Fifth." During this game, Conan was asked three questions and could only refuse to answer one of them.
When asked which celebrity Conan most disliked interviewing in his long career as a talk show host, he instantly paused and thought for a moment. After a few seconds, O'Brien admitted that Al Roker was just "too fake" and that he didn't enjoy interviewing him. Conan went on to say that Roker is "too happy all the time."
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
In Search of My Soulmate - Bachelors No. 5
"Come on," my friend Wanda urged. "Fill out the form and I'll send them in. You never know. We could just meet somebody."
So--we'd fallen to this, joining a dating service.
"How come we get to sign up for free?" Didn't sound right to me!
Wanda ruffled the papers. "Not many women've signed up yet and he said if we signed up fast, he'd waive the fee."
Tongue between my teeth, I studied the papers.Not much there, but what the heck. I wasn't doing so good man-hunting on my own and this might just be the start of something wonderful.
"Okay. It says to describe myself. Do I say pretty? Average? Okay?"
Wanda chewed on her pen. "I'm going to say average for me."
"Me too! Saying I'm pretty makes me feel sort of funny—like I'm vain or something."
I checked the next box. "Okay. Am I voluptuous?" I arched my back, striking a pose.
Wanda, who was voluptuous, laughed. "I don't think so. Say average there too."
Okay, I marked my way down. Average. Average. Average. So I was average.
We signed our names and Wanda threw them in the mail. Within a short time, the prospective applicant referral forms arrived in the mail.
Dating Service Date No. 1: Referral form indicated he was 34 years old, a construction worker, divorced, one child, handsome. Okay. Sounds good. He called and we agreed to meet for lunch at a local Mexican restaurant.
I arrived, trepidation causing my knees to shake. What was I going to say to a perfect stranger? And would I even recognize him. He was supposed to be wearing a blue T-shirt, tall and dark blonde hair. I saw him right off. Okay-not quite what I envisioned. We introduced ourselves and I sat down.
"Do you have a problem paying for your own lunch?" he asked.
"Uh….uh, no," I stammered. "Good idea actually. Just a friendly lunch and then we don't owe anything to each other."
He smiled, seeming relieved.
The waitress arrived, I placed my order. He only asked for a glass of water. Strange.
During a stilted conversation, my food and his water arrived. After the waitress left, he pulled out a sack lunch and began eating.
I glanced around the café, somewhat ill at ease.
"I'm short on money most of the time. Child support and living costs," he explained.
So why was he trying to date? Wasn't like I was going to pay all the time.
Lunch over – date over – referral over.
Dating Service Date No. 2: His form said handsome, 39 years old, divorced and liked to travel. Didn't sound bad. At 32 myself, 39 was an acceptable age. He called and we agreed to meet for lunch at the same Mexican restaurant where I'd met No. 1.
He said he'd be wearing a red shirt. Now there was a red shirt, but the guy was 60 if he was a day—and handsome was stretching that word like spandex on a Suma wrestler's butt.
He must have sensed my perusal because he caught my eye, waved me over, teeth jutting like old ivory pegs. Dragging my feet, cursing my luck, I stumbled to the table.
He pulled out a chair. "Wow," he gushed, wiping his florid face. "I hit the jackpot with you."
Oh goody!
I pasted a smile on my face and sat down, thankful that I was only going to lose an hour of my life.
The waitress arrived, took our orders and left.I so wanted to go with her.
"I don't know about you," he snickered, trying to hold my hand. "But I don't need to look any further. I've found my woman."
My fake smile slumped, my stomach lurched.
The food arrived, I stared at my plate, wishing I was anywhere but here.
He took a bite, coughed and sputtered, spewing food. "Hot."
Another bite. His already red face flushed purple, sweat popped out on his forehead. He grabbed for the cloth napkin, blew his nose and then wiped his face, neck and underarms with the dainty white square.
I lost what little appetite I had.
"Your application said you were 40?" I said it like a question. "You seem. . .older."
He grimaced. "I'm 58. I was afraid if I gave my real age, all I'd get were fat old women. I'm not looking for fat old women. You're just what I wanted."
He wiped his neck again. I imagined I could see smears of snot sliming his exposed neckline. "When I get home, I'm calling the service and tell them to forget sending me more applications. I'm happy with you."
Lunch seemed interminable but eventually it ended. I grabbed the bill and paid for both. No way I was going to owe this guy anything.
"I'll call you," he said as I ran from the room.
Date No. 2 – Over - dead.
Dating Service Date No. 3: 37. Chef in a downtown restaurant. Handsome, shy. Okay, I liked the word "shy."
He actually picked me up and we drove to a nice restaurant. I wouldn't have described him as handsome but looks aren't everything.
"Why are you using a dating service," he asked. "You're too pretty."
"I don't consider myself pretty," I said. "I'm average."
"My daughter filled out my application," he explained, hand brushing his bald pate. "She thinks I'm handsome and she wants me to be happy."
"I think that's absolutely wonderful."
Dinner was really nice. He was considerate, a good conversationalist, and I enjoyed the meal. I actually liked this guy. So there were some decent men out there.
He drove me home and patted my hand. "You're too pretty for me."
"Wha…?" I was flabbergasted. Too pretty? What kind of a remark was that?
He never called back. I was sort of disappointed.
Date No. 3 – No, but I was kind of sorry.
Dating Service Date No. 4: Rugged, owns his plumbing business. Divorced. 35. Okay, the age was good—if it was true and rugged was good. Brought to mind guys like Mark Wahlberg—but I was wary.
He called and wanted to meet that night. It was a weeknight and I had my three year old son to contend with. He said no problem, bring him over and we can visit at my place for awhile. Get to know each other. Okay, sounded like a plan.
We drove to his place, my angelic three year old excited and happy about being included. We stopped in front of a reasonably nice condo. Not bad.
I knocked on the door and it flew open almost immediately.
"Come in," he said.
It took a few moments for my eyes to adjust to the difference in light. When they did, I'm sure my mouth dropped open. Rugged? This guy said he was rugged? Heck, I could take him on a bad day. He hunched over me like a big spider waiting for the fly. I could smell the musky scent of sweaty body odor. Murky eyes glistened behind pop bottle lenses, sandy brown hair stood on end in little tufts. Sorry, but this guy was truly…creepy.
My sweet baby boy took it upon himself to go crazy. He ran to the coffee table and climbed on, jumping and screaming as he flew from the sofa to a chair, to the next chair, back on the coffee table. Threw the centerpiece to the floor (unbreakable thankfully), started stomping on the table and warbling a full throated battle cry, throwing out his little arms and generally going bananas. I watched, stupefied. What was happening? My little angel who never caused me any concern was going frickin nuts.
I grabbed him up. "Uh," I said. "He's never acted this way before."
Spider man hunched over me even more, his blurry eyes widened even larger. "No problem. He isn't hurting anything."
"No, no, really. We have to go." I practically ran out the door to the safety of my car.
Little guy regarded me with a large amount of concern. He knew he was in so much trouble.
I leaned over, gave him a big kiss. "I love you, sweet baby."
He looked at me like I'd gone crazy. I bought him an ice-cream cone on the way home.
Date No. 4 – Hell no.
"Okay, Wanda, that's it. I'm done with this stuff."
"Why? You've only gone out with four?"
Yeah, but I don't like the unexpected—and from future referrals, I didn't think it was going to get any better. I was doing as well on my own. At least I had an idea in advance what I was getting. If the guy turned out to be a jerk, wasn't anybody's fault but mine.
Dating Service dates – done! (Note – I did let Wanda meet Spider Man—couldn't let that one pass by.)
9 comments:
- Maeve said...
OMG! I think you'd be better off getting a dog or a cat. The choices would be MUCH better and SAFER.
- September 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Historical Writer/Editor said...
oh my goodness! You need to put these vignettes into a book form. Very funny! -laura
- September 23, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Mariposa Cruz said...
Your dating service adventures remind me of a singles book night I recently attended. One balding Tony Orlando, a stoned surfer dude and a poster child for anger issues. I totally agree with Laura-some of the worst experiences make for the best writing!
- September 25, 2010 at 10:05 PM
- P.L. Parker said...
LOL - love the comments. Thanks for stopping by.
- September 27, 2010 at 6:47 PM
- Lynne Roberts said...
Oh, this is my biggest fear. I've been contemplating returning to the dating scene... but honestly, now that I'm not in highschool or in the club scene, where are the *cough* mature men to be found?
- September 29, 2010 at 8:46 PM
- Sandra Crowley said...
I agree with Maeve, try a pet. They take more care than a boyfriend but they're less trouble. However, your experiences provided the smile I needed for today. Thanks for sharing.
I love your header--way cool.
All the best to you.
- September 30, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Caroline Clemmons said...
This was so funny--and so like a lot of people describe. You should put them into a book. Too good not to make permanent!
- September 30, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Mary Ricksen said...
You found Mr. Right! Because you are beautiful and deserve the best Patsy!
Love your blog site, you know the time travel stuff always grabs me.
- September 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- P.L. Parker said...
Thanks for all your wonderful comments. Hopefully by this weekend I can post my soulmate chapter. Just want to make sure it is what I want it to be. Mostly done.
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Guide to mold test & investigation reports:
This article provides a sample site inspection and mold test report, explains what to look for in a valid and useful mold report, describes invalid and not-very useful mold reports to avoid, and helps you interpret your mold lab report.
We also provide a MASTER INDEX to this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need.
A professional site investigation for mold, allergens, or other bioaerosols or indoor air problems and a mold test lab report can produce a lot of information. In fact it could sound overwhelming.
The mold investigation or mold test report must allow us to answer some key questions (listed below). If it doesn't the cost of the mold test or mold inspection may be close to having been wasted.
At left: an example of a airborne mold investigation "air test" report that left the client with questions . [Click to enlarge any image]
A competent report should identify, right up front, what is important and what needs to be done. It should support these opinions with competent detail and professional, reliable lab work.
Still we are constantly being asked "What does my mold report mean? Do these numbers indicate a mold problem?"
Quality building investigation reports also include professional photo documentation of the investigator's observations at the inspection site as well as microscopic findings in the mold test laboratory.
Clients of mold inspectors should be very welcome to call to discuss the investigator's findings and to ask for a reasonable amount of further explanation or guidance without incurring additional cost. For a discussion of valid and not very valid mold test lab reports for mold exposure, also see MOLD LAB REPORTS
If you see a large area of mold in a building a simple lab test can confirm that it is or is not a harmful (versus cosmetic) mold. And a carefully-collected sample of settled dust or other types of mold screening samples have some use in a rough building screen for evidence of hidden problematic mold.
But a "bare bones" mold-lab report which simply offers some counts or numbers or culture results, when provided by an investigator who was supposed to have performed a "screening inspection" for mold, but who did not also perform a thorough visual inspection of the building is not a good value.
A superficial mold test risks leaving the client with ambiguous results, or even if the test suggests that a problem mold is present, the client has no idea where the problem is, if any, and what to do about it. If you suspect that there is an indoor air problem in the building involving mold or allergens, you need to know the following:
The mold report must be useful: In other words, in exchange for being paid a substantial professional fee to investigate a building, a mold investigator should provide accurate and useful diagnostic and prescriptive information to his or her client, and should include not only an identification of problematic mold, but an indication of where the problem is, how big it is, and what work is needed to remove it - a mold remediation plan.
An ethical mold or environmental investigator should interview the client carefully before the inspection to assist in deciding if such a costly inspection and test process is really appropriate and cost-justified. In cases where there are not occupants at special risk of mold-related illness or respiratory illness, and where there is no building leak history, and where no substantial mold is visible nor suspected, a costly mold investigation may not be appropriate.
MOLD ACTION GUIDE guides you through a series of steps to deal with mold, including the decision of when expert inspection and testing are needed.
We get a lot of calls from people asking us to help them interpret their "mold inspection report."
What we often learn is that there was no actual mold inspection. The "inspector" simply collected some test samples, sent them to a mold test lab, and returned the mold lab test report to the client with no supporting explanation or interpretation. That sort of "mold inspection" is not very helpful as no one can really interpret what the report means.
Adding difficulty to interpreting a mold lab test report is the usual practice by the mold test "expert" of omitting any description of the mold test conditions. Was testing passive - did the inspector tiptoe into a room and collect a tape or air or culture sample? Or was testing aggressive - were rooms occupied by active people, were fans running, were windows open or shut?
Without knowing more about these site conditions, without an actual detailed visual site inspection for causes of or evidence of mold, without taking a site history and client history, and adding that the level of airborne particles in buildings varies enormously from minute to minute depending on these conditions, interpreting your "mold lab test report" is a slippery problem.
Was the site inspection and testing performed by an expert? One of our clients received the mold report shown here.
This poor little mold lab report had some neat graphs but it also had
The idea of trying to come up with a uniform method of reporting mold levels in buildings, in this case with a "mold score" is to be applauded as an effort towards good science. But a "mold score" is more meaningless and confusing than meaningful and diagnostic when we lack any control over and reporting of building conditions at the time the sampling was performed.
A mold test lab expert alone, knowing nothing about the building conditions, test conditions, or occupant sensitivities, has only a limited ability to interpret the lab findings. Waving your notebook at a surface or choosing not to wave it during mold sampling can make a thousand-fold difference in the "mold score" at the exact same location.
Here is another "no content" mold test report. What does the number mean anyway? Is it high, low, dangerous, safe, typical exposure, peak exposure, minimum exposure? Five mold genera/species are named as represented by a single count. What can that possibly mean?
Another of our clients received this "mold inspection and test report" written on a "Pest Control Service Agreement".
The report did not indicate any findings of presence or extent of toxic mold. Instead in a handwritten document on the pest control service agreement, the client was provided a rough description of mold to be "treated" by demolition, sprays, and use of an air scrubber.
It appeared that the expert in this case was a termite treatment company who quite reasonably, expanded their definition of "pests in buildings" to include mold.
What about inaccurate, misleading reports? These defects can be quite dangerous: if a significant quantity of toxic material is present in an environment and in the samples collected, it ought to appear in the report. At the same time, a report which "protects" the investigator or laboratory by too-broad warnings risks wasting the client's time and money on a wild goose chase.
A good mold test lab report should identify dominant and significant levels of particles which are found present in air, surface, vacuum, or other samples. Where the laboratory is unable to "speciate" the genera it should so indicate.
Sometimes even the presence of a few spores can be significant if they are highly toxic, as they might indicate that a problem material is present or growing somewhere in the building. But a distinction should be made between what is obviously significant by visual inspection (or if necessary by actual quantitative measurement if it was an air sample), and what was found as present but not necessarily significant.
A vague mold test report might, for example, identify a major and common genera like "Cladosporium" by indicating that "Cladosporium sp." was found.
Because Cladosporium is perhaps the most common mold genera, and because it's a pretty big family with perhaps 40 or more members or sub species, and because perhaps one of those members or species is toxic, a hasty lab might protect itself by an asterisked note indicating "* Some members of this genera are toxic."
Further, some species are usually found in and associated with outdoor air; others are quite common indoors.
This distinction might be a clue about the building condition and its air quality. Without actually identifying the presence of a dangerous species, would it be appropriate to launch a very costly remediation program? Maybe not. To be fair, depending on the sample quality, condition, and content, it is not always possible to determine species by visual inspection.
The almost total lack of repeatability of mold test results in buildings is due primarily to the almost total lack of observation of and documentation of building conditions at the time of the inspection and test. Simply turning on or off a fan can completely change the level of airborne particles in a building, in a period as brief as a minute or two.
What inspection methods and testing techniques form the basis of your indoor air/mold investigation report? Mold cultures are unreliable for overall characterization of fungal contamination of indoor air. Home test kits, settlement plates, samplers which collect spores onto petri dishes, and sterile swabs all have a place in the arsenal of tools but not for overall building characterization.
The IAQ Field Investigation Report outlined below is typically 20-50 pages in length and contains complete detail of field observations, lab findings, a conclusion regarding the presence or absence of an environmental problem in the building, and if a problem was detected, the report includes detailed specifications of the remediation work needed both to remove the problem and to prevent its recurrence. © Copyright 2010 - 1986 Daniel Friedman, all rights reserved
The outline which follows just below describes the content of what we consider a useful building diagnostic mold or indoor air quality inspection and report and the supporting lab work.
A description and outline of a basic mold test sample lab sample report, such as that received by a client who sends a mold sample to our particular lab, is at MOLD LAB REPORTS
Most other mold test labs provide clear reports of what the sample contained and most laboratories but other than making general statements about the overall level and nature of or toxicity of molds found in the samples, the lab is understandably reluctant to guess at interpreting the test results if no one in the lab has seen the building.
Many mold investigators also provide non-diagnostic mold screening surveys for real estate transactions and post-mold remediation (cleanup) project onsite inspection and clearance test reports. Other professional services include odor source detection, gas testing, and building condition of property and pre purchase inspections.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Field investigation indicates: Initial Investigative Hypothesis: Laboratory determination of sample contents indicates: Conclusions and Exposure Assessment : Recommendations: INSPECTION REPORT 1.0. Property Overview 1.a. History 1.b. Property Condition 1.c. Reported Health Complaints 2.0. Extent of Visible Mold & Recommendations for Cleanup 2.a. Extent of Visible Mold 2.b. Mold Cleanup/Removal Recommendations 2.b.1. Containment required before demolition and cleaning 2.b.2. Demolition and Cleaning for the Subject Property 2.b.3. General mold cleanup/removal suggestions 2.b.4. Handling materials stored in the building 2.b.5. Investigate Further 3.0. Exterior, Interior, & Mechanical Systems: Observations & Recommendations 3.a. Exterior Inspection and Recommendations 3.a.1. Exterior observations and recommendations specific to the subject property 3.a.2. General Exterior Recommendations 3.b. Interior Inspection & Recommendations 3.b.1. Interior inspection and recommendations specific to the subject property: 3.b.2. General Interior Recommendations 3.c. Mechanical Systems Observations & Recommendations 3.c.1. Heating, Cooling, Ventilation Systems 3.c.2. Plumbing & Other Systems or Equipment 4. Follow-up Clearance Inspection & Testing Recommendations LAB REPORT 5. Laboratory Determination Report - List of Samples and Test Results 5.a. Individual Test Sample Identity & Contents 5.b. Test Sample Result Summary & Significance 6. Field & Lab Procedures 6.a. Field Methodology & Sampling Plan 6.a.1. Purpose of Site Visit: 6.a.2. Inspection Procedure: 6.b. Laboratory Methodology 6.b.1. Purpose of lab work: 7. Limitations, Exclusions, Standards, and Definitions 7.a. General Information about Mold, Exposure Standards 7.a.1. Sampling versus human exposure: 7.a.2. Mold exposure standards: 7.b. Addendum - Quantitative Particle or Spore Levels in Samples 7.c. Addendum - Non-Quantitative Particle or Mold Levels Based on Samples 7.d. Addendum - Mold Risk Levels in Buildings Based on Visual Inspection 8. References 8.a. Moisture Control in Buildings 8.b. Health Effects of Mold - Clinical References 9. Definitions 10. Field & Laboratory Photographs & Annotations
We wouldn't expect an aerobiology or "mold test lab" to operate without someone at hand who actually has some appropriate knowledge and experience. But watch out for laboratories that are over-worked, processing perhaps thousands of samples monthly with a too-small or under-trained staff.
The fact that a laboratory has some certification does not assure you that the "certification" is pertinent to the work being performed in your behalf, nor that the individual actually doing the work is properly trained.
In one class I attended a mold test lab supervisor showed me the "cheat sheet" she provides to her afternoon high-school aged employees who are "trained" to look through the microscope for one of the eight common mold species whose photograph appears on a colored card. An under-trained lab technician may be tempted to stop examining a sample as soon as s/he finds one of the "important eight" on the card.
In a similar case we found a lab which over-reported the presence of Stachybotrys chartarum which was less important as an airborne presence in that particular building than a very large colony of Aspergillus niger . Why was this error occurring?
Because Stachybotrys chartarum is a comparatively large black spore which is easily recognized in a sample while the Aspergillus niger spores are tiny and nearly colorless, requiring more careful and patient microscope work to recognize.
But wait a minute! One can hardly expect a laboratory to diagnose a building based simply on a few samples collected by someone else, possibly by someone with no proper experience.
The best a competent mold test lab can do when working only from a mold sample (that is, with no expert building inspection results) is tell you what's in the sample collected, not whether the sample represents the building and not whether the sample captured the most important problem in the building.
How can you be more confident? Inspect the building with knowledge and care. Collect historical and occupant data. Then perform good lab work and lab interpretation based on the site data.
Can you understand your toxic mold test lab report? Finally, you should be able to read and understand your lab report.
If you paid a field investigator to examine your building you should be able to ask that person for additional advice concerning the lab results, and you should also be able to ask the lab director questions if the report is not clear.
Investigators who disclaim any responsibility to you, saying "ask the lab," and laboratories who say "we just process the sample, ask the investigator" are not being as helpful as they should.
Continue reading at MOLD LAB REPORTS or select a topic from closely-related articles below, or see our complete INDEX to RELATED ARTICLES below.
Or see MOLD LEVEL REPORTING - non-quantitative mold contamination levels make sense
Or see MOLD EXPOSURE STANDARDS
Or see MOLD TEST vs. PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS and see MOLD TESTING SERVICES
Or see MOLD TESTING METHOD VALIDITY and see MOLD TESTING & SAMPLING MISTAKES
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(June 5, 2014) joel vaughan said:
Yes but where the hell can i find any information to tell me how much evidence i need to get a move from my mold ridden flat ! i think a mold kit will be insufficient for my evil landlords to have to do anything ! i reckon a company has to be hired and i have not the money for that as i only have about fifty quid as it has been my birthday - i am very ill can you advise please.
(Nov 17, 2014) Bill said:
I have a mold report and not sure how to read it. I have one class one that is 1600 on the Count/m3 report should i be concerned and if so what are the proper steps
Joel I agree that a DIY Mold Test Kit alone, without an expert inspection, is not a reliable screen for building mold contamination.
See MOLD / ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT, HIRE ?
Bill, without knowing anything about the building, history, leaks, occupant complaints, visible mold contamination, how an inspection was conducted, how testing was conducted, a "mold count" is of not much help. Even if an absolute mold count represents an airborne level of a harmful individual mold species is low there could still be a serious mold contamination problem at a property.
That's an example of why "mold tests" done alone, with a report tossed over the wall to the customer with no expertise, are not very valuable.
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