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Quidditch pitch

Cuban cigar

Coffee table

Kids bop

Sworn statement

Blue blood

Yep. Now my car smells like a combination of spoiled milk and febreeze, which is possibly worse than the milk by itself. Hooray. I can totally identify with your venting. Everyone, from family to strangers think it's totally ok to touch my hair and recommend products to me. Can you just leave me and my unmanageable hair alone? Your mom sounds like my mom. Sorry she had to go and mess up a nice city visit.

Everything I heard was that offers were extended by 12/23. I didn't get one either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Civil rights

Ear worm (how can I beat that money shot-tequila worm sequence?)

Easy recipe

Egg timer

Like @byn I don't think it's going to make or break your application, but emailing POIs prior to applying can be helpful. First, you can make sure they are even taking students. If they aren't, then there's no need to waste time and money in applying to that program. Some schools post this info on their websites, but a lot don't, and it's good to check with the the POI because they may be waiting on grant funding, etc. Second, if you've contacted the POI and had a positive interaction or they were impressed by your CV, they may keep an eye out for your application. I contacted all the POIs I was applying to work with. All eventually got back to me. Some sent a form email, but some were more personal and started a dialog with them,which I'm hoping will help.

Chocolate cake

Dark arts

I just started this too!

Merit award

Review article

Business partner

I've never seen that particular situation before, but yes, that's usually how doodle works. Just check all the times you're available, and presumably your POI will let you know what time you end up with.

Hate crime

Civil war (last time I looked at this thread, we were at Girl Scouts and all of a sudden it was nuclear war!)

I spilled milk in my car on the way to work on Tuesday and of course it's been stupid hot here. Now my car smells atrocious and I'm upset about that even though it's clearly my fault.

Bear cub

Birthday suit!