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Oct 26, 2024 | 
hive.news | Robert Downey Jr
There’s no denying that Marvel Studios has floundered after Avengers: Endgame. Once the Infinity Saga came to an end and multiple founding members of the Avengers left for good, it took a while for the franchise to find its footing. Throw in a world-shifting event that relegated Black Widow to a simultaneous streaming release and the MCU seemed to have everything going against it.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
houstonfoodfinder.com | Robert Downey Jr |Mario-Sebastian Berry
Októ, the new Mediterranean-Levantine restaurant from Sof Hospitality, is now open. As we reported in May, the restaurant has taken over the space formerly held by The Chelsea, located at 888 Westheimer, at the Montrose Collective center. Houston Food Finder was invited to an opening party and a friends-and-family dinner.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
SPOILER ALERT: Robert Downey Jr novel The Alchemist is discussed, including the ending. The search for love has taken up most of my life, a dark labyrinth filled with desperate dead ends, prisons of my own making, and more monsters within and without than I care to count. There was an ugly, painful, terrible emptiness inside me, a black hole of self-hatred and depression, and my twisted mind had believed for decades that only love could fill it.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
The Strange World of the Simpsons: The Longest-Running Animated SeriesIf the name doesn't sound familiar, The Simpsons is an animated family comedy series about a family of five. It started in 1987 and became popular in the United States in just three years. "The Worst Legal Food in America Never Leaves Your Body."It is one of the most popular shows of all time. The biggest surprise about The Simpsons is that it's been around for three decades.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
If I Could Paint 2024 a Color, What Would It Be? A few years ago, as I was browsing my Facebook page, an ad caught my attention. It was an audio challenge about a little black book that blew me away. I never considered myself a writer, but something about this challenge made me want to give it a try. Just a few hours before the deadline, I finished and submitted my first short story. It was around this time that I realized that I wanted to become a writer and improve my writing skills.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
Even on my best days, when I try to write, my mind speaks to me in words I don't understand. The words get stuck in the story, and I can't sit in this garden and project them onto the blank page in front of me. I saw a mother hugging her little girl. His arms surrounded him like protective wings, soft and warm like feathers. His daughter's little face was pressed to his heart. Then I miss you, sad, alone, hurt, misunderstood.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
Nobody knew how the accident actually started. Maybe between a few drinks at the bar? Carefully passed notes along the way? Or maybe a secret meeting in the early hours of the morning? Whatever the root cause, here we are on the second Tuesday in November. Nervous, but also fascinated.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
Note: This story was published on the Vocal for The Little Black NoteBook Challenge website several years ago, but was not classified as fiction. After extensive revision, I decided to publish the updated story as fiction. After my incarceration, I sat alone on my mother's 1980s rose gold fabric couch. Cat scratch marks, torn clothes, broken glasses and the smell of smoke and greasy food surrounded me. I lie down on the smelly couch and the smell of my mother comforts me.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Downey Jr
My fingers move counterclockwise, then clockwise. It is primarily a question of feeling. Closing your eyes always helps. "Not long now, ma'am. "Dolores."I nodded. Then snoring fills the room. I continue converting the endodontic file. "Dentists are not doctors."It's been snowing for two days. I'll be closing the office early today, with Ms. Delforce is the last patient. I feel my assistant's eyes boring into my head. Some teeth are easier than others and some require me to take my time.
