Birthday

Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic At first, birthdays werereserved for kings and saints.But it’s rainbow sprinkles andface painting for everybodythese days. The best way to avoid havingyour birthday ruined is to avoidhaving any expectations foryour birthday. Without the delineation ofyears, time would becomean expanse of open water.Horizonless, shark-filled. Oneof my …

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The Martial Art I Can’t Live Without

Illustration by Oliver Munday. Sources: Miljan Živković / Getty; Vm / Getty On November 12, 1993, in a sports arena in Denver, a lean Brazilian man in an outfit resembling a pair of pajamas stepped into an octagon to fight. There were no weight classes or judges, and very few …

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