Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Police on Long Island continue to search the waters near Shinnecock Bay for a pair of kayakers who disappeared Saturday evening after sending a selfie to a friend, police said. Southampton police said Shane Garcia, 27, and his 25-year-old pal, Aaron Montemarano, set out on a lime-green two-man ocean kayak near the Ponquogue Bridge and never returned, News12 reported. Police said Long Island kayakers Shane Garcia and Aaron Montemarano sent a selfie Saturday and then disappeared. “Mr. Garcia sent a picture to his girlfriend of himself and his friend Aaron Montemarano while kayaking in Shinnecock Bay near Ponquogue Bridge,” police…

A survivor of the UK train mass stabbing has described how she begged for her life, and the madman attacker told her “the devil’s not going to win.” Dayna Arnold was in the same train car as the attacker when he began slashing at “anyone he could find,” during horrific scenes on board a London-bound train in the east of England just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. “I was going with the crowd but then I got knocked into some seats. I looked back and saw the knifeman running so I slid down to the floor,” Arnold, 48, told the Sun.…

Paulina Gretzky has got a forever friend in husband Dustin Johnson. The wife of the two-time major champion revealed their Halloween 2025 looks on Saturday in a series of Instagram Stories, with the longtime couple dressing as Sheriff Woody and Jessie from the beloved Disney-Pixar franchise “Toy Story.” Clad in a cropped white and yellow tube top and denim shorts, the 36-year-old Gretzky completed her cowgirl costume with a red cowboy hat and cowprint chaps. Paulina Gretzky dressed as Jessie from “Toy Story” for Halloween 2025. Paulina Gretzky/Instagram Gretzky’s husband, Dustin Johnson, channeled Sheriff Woody. Paulina Gretzky/Instagram Meanwhile, Johnson, 41,…

Walter was distraught. He had spent the morning at his son Jake’s sixth-grade fall conferences. He was trying his best to understand his son’s less-than-average performance in math, English and social studies. It sounded like Jake’s teachers were making excuses for his son when they spoke of his inattention and disorganization. For Walter, this meant his son was a loser, just lazy and distracted by childish interests. Yet at the same time, he couldn’t help but remember his father’s talks with him about his own poor performance in school. He had always promised that he would never do the same…

An online influencer has sparked a firestorm debate after calling for the government to feed “prison loaf” to poor people instead of giving them SNAP benefits to buy food. Diane Yap is going viral for suggesting that free nutraloaf — an unappetizing but nutritionally balanced mix of protein, carbs, fruits and vegetables mashed together — is the best solution to keep poor Americans from going hungry. “The point of EBT is to ensure people don’t starve to death. That’s it. Even if we agree that’s a worthwhile goal, it can be achieved with Nutraloaf,” wrote Diane Yap, founder of the…

Dramatic video shows UK police Taser and arrest a suspect following a mass stabbing attack on a train that left 11 people wounded, two of them critically. The alleged attacker, dressed all in black, screamed “kill me, kill me, kill me,” according to Viorel Turturica, a 42-year-old taxi driver who took the video. In video shared with the Sun, the man is wrestled to the ground on a train platform as multiple armed officers and a police dog surround him at Huntingdon train station in the east of England Saturday night. The suspect was heard shouting “Kill me, kill me, kill…

As the saying goes — honesty is the best policy. While some employees are hesitant to take well-deserved PTO because they feel guilty, looking at you millennials, others — their younger, Gen Z counterparts — seem to have no problem asking for time off for a broken heart. A manager took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a leave request email he received from his young employee that would have many boomers scratching their heads. “I recently had a breakup and haven’t been able to focus on work, I need a short break. I’m working from home today, so I’d…

The British government is telling citizens to keep calm and carry on after a terrifying mass stabbing on a train, which left 11 people wounded — two of whom are still fighting for their lives. “There’s no reason for the rest of us not to get on with our lives,” Defense Secretary John Healey said, describing the incident near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, as “isolated” in an interview with Sky News Sunday morning. Police claimed Sunday that “there is nothing to suggest” that the attack was terrorism — despite the scale and horror of the carnage, which saw the train in rural England awash…

This post was written with Darien Thira, Ph.D. (Note: Gendered terms are used for simplicity to refer to gender scripts) “I feel so great when she has an orgasm with me!” Mike, a 27-year-old engineer, declared with pride. “But it hardly ever happens.” He hesitated and looked down, “What does that say about me?” Mike and Amanda had come to therapy to help ‘fix’ her orgasm problem. Amanda described how she was able to orgasm in masturbation, but was struggling in partnered sex, “I think there’s something wrong with me. I just can’t get there with him.” This is not…

Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America “falls back” into standard time. But make sure to get outside for some morning sun, too — it’ll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. Standard time will last until March 8 when we will again “spring forward” with the return of daylight saving time. There’s a lot of grumbling about the twice-a-year time changes. The spring switch tends to be harder, losing that hour…