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I hope you're having a good Wednesday so far and that this week has been not as much a harbinger

bad news as weeks prior and that we're all getting through this quarantine together.

I hope also that you've taken some time and I hope you will.

I really, really hope so that you'll read some of the new essays I have on my brand new site, We Found Time.com, which you can also access through Zibby Owens.com. It has exclusive essays connecting brilliant minds to busy readers. That's you, the busy readers. Probably also the brilliant minds, though, to be honest. And you should definitely check it out. I'll have new

essays up every week from people who have been on my podcast, and I just need the readers to come

and read. So please read, tell your friends. I hope the essays help. My whole point is to help you

guys through life as best I can by bringing you insights from people I find wiser than myself,

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every day on my ads of B. Owens account. Thanks. I'm here today with Dibbs Bear, who's the author

of Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle, softball and sisterhood saved lives in the South Bronx. Dibs is an entertainment writer and editor who worked in the magazine industry for 15 plus years. She has written or co-written six books, including the New York Times bestseller, I didn't come here to make friends.

Dibbs currently lives in Palm Springs, California. Welcome, Dibbs. Thanks for coming on, Mom's and I have time to read books. Thank you for having me. So Dives is actually short for something else, right? I read, what's your real name? Deborah. Deborah. Yes. How long have you been Dibbs? I would say 20 years. Wow. Yeah. How did it start?

Can I ask?

Yeah, my mom, it's sort of a silly story.

My mom, when I was a kid, wanted me to have a nickname. And she tried dibs, but it was too contrived. So nobody did it. And I made the mistake of telling my best friend that story in grad school. And then she just started calling me dibs, and it kind of stuck after that. And then I just kind of grew to love it and now I'm dibs. That's it. A lot of people

call me Zibs. So we're like Zibbs and dips. We should have like in cartoon or something. We should. Take it

on the road. Yeah. So your latest book is called Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle.

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