diff --git a/app/(aspects)/coffee/cupping/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/coffee/cupping/page.mdx
index a05abe77..52a34488 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/coffee/cupping/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/coffee/cupping/page.mdx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 🥃 Cupping
+# Cupping
 
 Cupping is the practice of observing the flavour and sensory characteristics of
 coffee. It's an industry practice that can be done informally by anyone, or by
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/coffee/espresso/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/coffee/espresso/page.mdx
index fbd0aab2..d9610e0b 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/coffee/espresso/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/coffee/espresso/page.mdx
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# 🍶 Espresso & Milk-based Derivations
+# Espresso
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/coffee/filter/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/coffee/filter/page.mdx
index 5e23c36a..9e53e937 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/coffee/filter/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/coffee/filter/page.mdx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ⏳ Pour-Overs & Filter Brewing
+# Pour-Over
 
 ## Bloom
 
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/tech/stretch/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/tech/stretch/page.mdx
index 5d6f7f36..b1e14cd0 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/tech/stretch/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/tech/stretch/page.mdx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { StretchText } from "@/projects/stretchtext/stretchtext";
 
-# 🧞 Arcane & Blursed StretchText
+# Arcane & Blursed StretchText
 
 The web is built on HyperText Markup Language (HTML), [proposed in 1990][html]
 as a way to solve an inherent problem with vast bodies of writing: referencing
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/tech/stuff/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/tech/stuff/page.mdx
index 6816dc51..2e1d2c84 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/tech/stuff/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/tech/stuff/page.mdx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 🔌 Favorite Tools & Tech Stacks
+# Favorite Tools & Tech Stacks
 
 ## Desktop
 
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/tech/www/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/tech/www/page.mdx
index 75b04387..e9076902 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/tech/www/page.mdx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/tech/www/page.mdx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 🌐 Independent Webster
+# Independent Webster
 
 The web is a cool place. We have many platforms, social networks, never-ending
 content, and lots of interesting people creating independent websites; and most
diff --git a/app/(aspects)/words/life/page.tsx b/app/(aspects)/words/life/page.tsx
index c2c33074..c35d321e 100644
--- a/app/(aspects)/words/life/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(aspects)/words/life/page.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const InspiredByHenryLucesLIFE = stretchable(
 export default function Page() {
   return (
     <div>
-      <h1>⏳ The Purpose of LIFE</h1>
+      <h1>The Purpose of LIFE</h1>
       <Paragraph>
         {InspiredByHenryLucesLIFE} To experience the world; to witness great
         events; to comprehend the struggles of the poor and the ambitions of the
diff --git a/components/sidebar/index.tsx b/components/sidebar/index.tsx
index f64b78ac..87c49be4 100644
--- a/components/sidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/components/sidebar/index.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function Sidebar() {
           <a href="/coffee">☕ barista</a>,
         </li>
         <li>
-          <a href="/food">🥘 cook,</a>,
+          <a href="/food">🥘 cook</a>,
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="/tech">🔩 tinkerer</a>,