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A digital scan of the cover of the journals I used during June, 2025. The first is a custom MIKIE NOTES ‘Cowboy Shit’ edition, featuring an image of a ‘Hangman’ Adam Page sitting in an arm chair drinking a glass of whiskey on the lawn of a home he had just burned down, from an episode of AEW Dynamite. The second is a custom MIKIE NOTES ‘The Original Beef of Chicagoland’ edition, featuring an image of a the interior of The Beef, a fictional restaurant from the TV show The Bear.

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The cover image for Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Season 1 (Thu Mar 07 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

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Season 1

2019

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The cover image for Smoke, Season 1 (Thu Jun 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

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Season 1

2025

9 Episodes

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The cover image for Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain, (Tue Aug 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

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Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

2000

321 Pages

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The cover image for American War by Omar El Akkad, (Tue Apr 04 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

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332 Pages

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The cover image for The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday, (Thu May 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

The Obstacle is the Way

The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

2014

201 Pages

We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of history, a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek.

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The cover image for The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday,Stephen Hanselman, (Tue Oct 18 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

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366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

2016

416 Pages

A beautifully packaged daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, featuring new translations of the most celebrated Stoics with historical context and practical tips from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.

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The cover image for Ultimate Black Panther v01: Peace and War by Bryan Hill, (Mon Apr 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time))

Ultimate Black Panther

Vol. 1: Peace and War

2024

155 Pages

In the wake of ULTIMATE INVASION, Khonshu and Ra - the force known together as Moon Knight - are seeking to expand their brutal control of the continent of Africa. In response, the lone bulwark against them, the isolated nation of Wakanda, will send forth its champion…its king…the Black Panther!

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1991

220 Pages

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