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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 23/07/2026

I don't come on here much but I'm sad to report that the goodest dog who ever dogged peacefully passed away at home yesterday. Her name was Reggie and she was 15.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 18/08/2025

Happy 2nd birthday, Noah!

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 17/08/2025

Anyhow now for a nap. Quite the excitement. All is well though and we had dessert after the paramedics left 🤣

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 17/08/2025

Today I learned there's always paramedics on standby at the Eiffel Tower. I know this because at lunch our littlest shoved a pea so far up his nose we needed the restaurant called the Eiffel Tower paramedics to come pull it out. Merci.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 13/08/2025

Haven't posted here in a while. Had a bad flare up of my ulcerative colitis over the past few months, just started a new fancy drug to treat it and still not anywhere near 100%. Right now powered by a course of steroids. But made it to France for a long planned family vacation and am still alive.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 05/04/2025

New preschool photo dropped

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 25/01/2025

If you ask me for parenting advice here's how that will go:

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 25/01/2025

Grok's take on Elon and Llama's take on Meta.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 22/01/2025

My first story was back in January 2017. My wife and I had been dating for 4 months and she was staffing Cecile's appearance on the Daily Show. She got me a ticket to the show, and I was dutifully tweeting and posting on Insta how excited I was to see Cecile on the show. 1/

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 20/01/2025

If you were lucky enough you might just have a story about Cecile Richards. I have a couple, mostly of embarrassing my wife who worked for her. So much love to those who love her. Today is a heavy, heavy day. Find some lightness if you can.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 19/01/2025

Strasburg Rail Road, Lancaster County, Pa.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 01/01/2025

@imgoph.bsky.social here's you sabering a champagne bottle

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 27/12/2024

Finally watched Kiki's Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro and I now have new favorite movies.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 22/12/2024

Ok great birthday present of full motion 737 simulator.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 21/12/2024

I am 41 today. 🎂 It was a year.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 08/12/2024

Frozen 2 was better than Moana 2 but Moana 2 was pretty good. "She got more muscles," said the 4yo.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 08/12/2024

Getting Christmas together.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 03/12/2024

I start a new job tomorrow. At an office. It's been a while. Wish me luck 🤞🤞

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 02/12/2024

What if The Freshman by the Verve Pipe is really about Donna Tartt's The Secret History, I said to no one in the car.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 02/12/2024

He's gonna pardon Trump, isn't he?

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 29/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving. Be fearless.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 27/11/2024

Whenever I'm watching the kiddos at a play space i practice drawing whatever characters they are into.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 22/11/2024

Welcomed two guest speakers this week to my classes at Howard to talk about how the election unfolded and the path forward. Big thanks to @markusfordc.bsky.social and @walshfreedom.bsky.social for coming by. Glad to hear from people with very different experiences and backgrounds.

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Markus Batchelor @markusfordc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

HU! 🦬 It was inspiring spending the afternoon with incredible members of “The Herd” — still committed to truth and service in the wake of a tough election. We talked about what the results mean for the country and where we go from here. Thanks to @davestroup.com for the invite!

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 14/11/2024

Back in 2001 I launched my first blog to coincide with the Bush administration. It was just me as a high school kid going off about stuff. But I just bought the domain back again and might give blogging another go.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 15/04/2024

5 years ago my wife and I raced across the country to say goodbye to my dad in the ICU in Chicago. Tried to fly from DC but got diverted to Columbus due to snow. Rented a car, had to pull over while a tornado passed. But we made it. He died early morning April 15. He was 68. Anyhow, miss you.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 09/04/2024

Though my favorite thing is a video that's mostly audio because I set my phone down but it has Sebastian saying "holy moly this is a really special night" and "wow I'm so excited I'm running in circles." And also this photo from earlier.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 09/04/2024

Sebastian and I drove to Solon, OH for the eclipse yesterday. I am not going to stop talking about it anytime soon.

Eclipse at totality showing corona and solar flares

Sun partially covered by the moon during the eclipse

My camera in the foreground with a huge lens and my son Sebastian in the background

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 03/04/2024

3.5yo: My stomach has 11 sides. Flowers that you can eat side, snack side, dinner side, dessert side, carrot side, and blueberry side.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 24/03/2024

Did you know that if you look at the credits to Radiohead's breakout hit "Creep," you'll notice a few non-Radiohead names. Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood of The Hollies are given songwriting credits because Radiohead used the chord progression from "The Air That I Breathe."

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 10/03/2024

Still some good things over at the other place.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 04/03/2024

Always found it a little off-putting to have progressive nonprofits start calls with land acknowledgements. Like we have an office we don't really use much, why aren't we giving it back?? I just imagined car thieves doing a car acknowledgement as they drive to the chop shop.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 22/02/2024

3yo walking past a funeral home: "Look! The dead body store!"

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 28/01/2024

My 3.5yo was playing with some kids and he was wearing his Elsa dress (from Frozen). He told me one of the girls asked him if he was a boy or a girl. "I'm a boy," he told her. She asked "so why are you wearing an Elsa dress?" He said he told her "Because I can do whatever I want." Oh, my heart.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 24/01/2024

A student in my comp class today just out of the blue asked a question about The Fourth State of Matter and I was just gobsmacked.

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Dave Stroup @davestroup.com · 16/01/2024

Never do anything for exposure

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