Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Recently, a woman I’d been planning a first date with canceled an hour before we were supposed to meet. Her message was to the point: I’m not going to be able to make it. Just tired of dating right now and need a break. My immediate internal reaction was more complex: Really? How could she do that? It sounds like a question, but what I really wanted was an apology and reassurance that my frustration made sense. We all do this. Are you kidding me? to the car that cuts us off. Who does that? to the boss’s 4:59 pm…

The controversial winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition was stripped of her title Tuesday after organizers claimed she never told them she was born a man. American Jammie Booker was disqualified just days after she destroyed the competition at the Official Strongman Games World Championship in Arlington, Texas over the weekend. Organizers said Booker had violated the contest’s rules, which clearly stipulate that athletes must compete in the category that aligns with their biological sex at birth. American Jammie Booker was disqualified just days after she destroyed the competition at the Official Strongman Games World Championship in Arlington, Texas…

Missing high school football coach Travis Turner is wanted on a slew of child porn charges, police said Tuesday. Warrants were obtained for the 46-year-old’s arrest on Monday — days after he vanished when cops headed to his home in Appalachia, Va. as part of a probe. Turner, the head gridiron coach at Union High School in Big Stone Gap, Va, was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. Virginia State Police have since launched a full-out search, utilizing search and rescue teams, drones, and K-9s to locate Turner. Facebook/Leslie Turner Turner, the head grid coach at Union High School…

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Jordon Hudson brought receipts. A day after the 24-year-old girlfriend of University of North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick said she is suing investigative journalist Pablo Torre for defamation, she shared screenshots of messages disputing his reporting that she lied about her age. During the May 9 episode of “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” Torre shared a video from the Miss Maine USA pageant in March 2024, in which Hudson said she was 22 years old — and reported that Hudson put her wrong birth year as 2000 on an “internal document” that had circulated around the football program. Hudson shared Monday two screenshots…

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Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings to be suspended. Hanson arrived in the full-face covering shortly after being denied permission to introduce her bill seeking to ban burqas and other face coverings in public. The move prompted shouting across the chamber as senators demanded she remove the garment. Senate leaders eventually halted the session when she refused to do so. Leaders from both major parties condemned the stunt. Labor Senate leader and Foreign Minister Penny Wong described Hanson’s display as “not…

Back when Forrest Weber first interviewed with the Nets on Dec. 3, 2014 — yes, he can recall the day — he told them he wasn’t going to give up on his acting dreams. A decade later, when Weber landed a role on eventual Netflix hit “Black Rabbit” and his agent said he could quit that Nets gig, he replied, “But I like my day job, too.” Now, Weber — a longtime member of the Nets’ basketball operations and equipment staff — is enjoying one surreal scene after another pinch-me moment. It’s a crazy confluence of his dual professional lives…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro danced to a remix of his own peace slogans at a student rally in Caracas – the latest act of defiance after his performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” while US warships patrol near its coast. Video from the National University Student Day celebration shows Maduro swaying to the beat, seemingly mimicking President Donald Trump’s trademark dance moves – with a noticeably looser sway. The electronic track featured Maduro’s own phrases – recycled from speeches promoting peace and rejecting war – as tensions with the US continue rising. Reuters identified the remix as “Peace, yes. War, no.” At…

Even though Disney+ and Hulu recently increased prices again, there’s already a great deal to get a full year of both services for less this Black Friday. Even though Black Friday isn’t until Friday, Nov. 28, Disney+’s deal is available to shop right now. Typically, Disney’s Disney+ and Hulu with ads bundle costs $12.99/month, but with this limited-time offer, you can get 12 months of the Duo Basic bundle for $4.99/month — that’s 61% off over an entire year! You’ll save almost $100 and get two great streaming services for a full 365 days. How to Get the Disney+ and…