Kovie Biakolo

1 month ago | thoughtcatalog.com | Kovie Biakolo

1. “Why do I even bother with working out and eating healthy? I should just eat cinnamon rolls and get fat. Nobody will care.”2. “Maybe I should go on a dating show. I have about as much chance falling in love on The Bachelor as I do anywhere else.”3. “I’m pretty sure my love life is dryer than the California drought.”4. “I’m going to go out tonight and find someone cute to make out with.”5. “I’m not going out tonight because it’s the same shit, different day.”6.

Jan 15, 2025 | thoughtcatalog.com | Kovie Biakolo

Before He’s Just Not That Into You was a corny movie with star-studded actors and actresses, it was a corny book that I am apparently unashamed to tell the world I own. No matter how much this book can be critiqued—and it can and has been, mercilessly—I still think some of it is just flat-out honest reality. And yes, maybe that reality is subjective, culturally and generationally specific, and all the rest.

May 16, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Kovie Biakolo

On the morning of June 26, 1974, an unremarkable pack of chewing gum in Ohio made history. At the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, as in major grocers throughout the country, cashiers would ring up items by manually entering the price of each on a cash register before computing a final tally. That day, though, saw something new: An employee named Sharon Buchanan rang up a packet of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum without ever having to key in a price.

Mar 28, 2024 | marieclaire.com | Kovie Biakolo

On a Saturday in December, as visitors were touring the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee, some 50 miles southeast of Nashville, the founder bellied up to the bar to say a quick hello. How was everyone doing? Did they enjoy their tasting? Where was everyone visiting from? One pair mentioned their heritage, they were Chippewa, traveling from Oklahoma. Welcoming people, making them feel seen. This matters to Fawn Weaver.

Mar 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | Kovie Biakolo

On a Saturday in December, as visitors were touring the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee, some 50 miles southeast of Nashville, the founder bellied up to the bar to say a quick hello. How was everyone doing? Did they enjoy their tasting? Where was everyone visiting from? One pair mentioned their heritage, they were Chippewa, traveling from Oklahoma. Welcoming people, making them feel seen. This matters to Fawn Weaver.