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NYC-based writer (latest 📕 SIGNATURE COCKTAILS), lipstick wearer, music lover, broad about town. Not related to publishing co. Well aware windowsill needs a paint job. Schustack! (Yep, I have a Substack.) https://open.substack.com/pub/amandaschuster
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All day everyday these days.

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Yet somehow it's still OK to send 1099 statements in those perforated envelopes that never tear properly.

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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Wish I could be more like Jasper. Total relaxation — what’s that like?

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Today is the 100th bday of Edward Gorey! This print was given to me when I interned for his licensing co in 1992 (never met but spoke on phone few times. NY accent such a shock at first, accidentally hung up on him!). Headed to a gathering next week. I’ll have to hide behind a plant in his honor.

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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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Note to self: don’t reflexively look at this feed before bed.

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In a cab playing “Baby Come Back” by Player. There are compelling reasons why that 1977 song is still played in cabs in 2025.

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"Look, buddy, you’re in no condition to be getting behind a desk at the Defense Department right now." theonion.com/concern...

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Another reason to migrate off Substack: their stupid, pointless proprietary sharing app, “Notes”, wouldn’t let me post my 666 followers milestone. 😈

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#TheFarSide by Gary Larson || est. #comic publication: 1980-83 || series run: 1979-95 & 2017-23 > Love Week: Friday

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For Valentine's Day, here's the story of my worst date ever. open.substack.com/pub/amandasc...

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In honor of what would have been my Grandma Nina’s 118th bday, I made a version of her favorite cocktail - Brandy Alexander. So good it should be illegal! Oh wait, when she first drank them, it was!

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My grandmother, Dr. Nina Rayevsky Lief, born February 12, 1907. Here she is in her flapper days, 1925 when she would have been in med school. This photo is 100 years old! I think “Papsky” was my great grandfather, but who knows? It was fun to discover this one when my folks moved a few years ago.

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If you're like me and seriously considering moving content from Substack to another platform (more earning potential, less fascism!), here's a handy comparison of alternative platforms. I'm thinking Buttondown over Ghost. Thoughts? www.wired.com/story/best-s...

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Shout out to my landlord who schlepped from Staten Island to South Brooklyn on a late Sunday night to investigate our building’s partial power and all heat outage. Don’t know too many, if any at all, who would.

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Tonight my building lost power to 3/4 of its wiring (thankfully not all). But hey, Future Zombie Apocalypse Amanda remembered, at some point months ago, to charge the batteries in her owl lantern. Superb Owl Sunday indeed!

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I’ve never understood how a sport could simultaneously be violent, yet extremely boring. I will not be watching. But I will be wearing this superb owl. 🦉

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The ice age is coming; the sun's zoomin' in. Good time to drink this modern classic with sherry and gin! (Please forgive my ice shards. I was shaking to "Rock the Casbah"). open.substack.com/pub/amandasc...

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Today, until midnight, all sales of Beauty Pill “Describes Things As They Are” benefit California wildfire relief. Double vinyl gatefold, coke-bottle translucent green vinyl. Make it yours. beautypill.bandcamp.com/album/descri...

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In an uncertain world, I am grateful for listener powered radio, real life DJs, and the celebration of International Clash Day! Thank you, KEXP!

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Timeline cleanse. After a long work day, last eve I treated myself to the SNL 50 year anniversary music doc. Jasper settled in. He liked the 1970s bee costumes.

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To world peace. Happy Groundhog Day.

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Aren’t the first words you say at the start of a new month “rabbit rabbit”? Unfortunately my cat thought it was “mouse mouse” (awakened at 5:15 AM by a 2-part rodent capture). Now he rests. I recombobulate. #livingtheglamorouslife

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