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There will definitely be a discussion tomorrow (after four more hours of movie) about whether the elves left for Valinor before or after the arrival of Battlestar Galactica, and I’m not sure I’d want it any other way

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Here they are: Alatar and Pallando

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And now we’re done for the night but of course I was looking up Grima’s birthplace or whatever and inadvertently discovered the blue wizards exactly when I was supposed to

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Watching LOTR on cheap HBO means every battle ends with a toothbrush commercial

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spending this nor’polcalypse watching the LOTR movies with a newbie to them and when Gandalf’s horse showed up I was like, there’s Equifax

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Telling people I like U2 is like telling them I live in CT -- there's a good chance we're not envisioning the same things. RTE has now provided a reference for U2: www.rte.ie/culture/2026... (As for CT: More Stewart O'Nan, less RIck Moody.)

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The 20 Best U2 Songs You've Never Heard

When tasked with the enviable job of listing twenty U2 songs that you've never heard - of course, you probably have heard them, but the title is good - I was tempted to just save time by naming the mi...

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When you’ve been running around for ages being all, someone needs to write that thing. Completely ignoring then avoiding then beginning to accept that it’s probably, inevitably, you.

MexicanYenta @mexicanyenta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Do you remember?

A photo of the band Earth, Wind and Fire, and the caption “Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for earth, wind & fire tonight”

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Buffalo Bills' home opener more than 60,000 NFL fans stood together as the iconic Canadian band Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada", marking the first time in franchise history that the Canadian national anthem was performed at a Bills home opener.

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If my kid had played marimba in a show with Thunderstruck I'd have been like, you don't get to do your AP homework until you've put in at least an hour of Thunderstruck practice

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's the time of year where videos like this come out and I'm like, they're not actually hitting their mallets against each other because those suckers are $20 minimum but good job making it look close, and also just overall youtube.com/shorts/7EF8g...

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Thomas Jefferson Mallet player thunderstruck

YouTube video by Christina Clark

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sadly no, more like: do I sell my computer to pay for the starter kit

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Calling it now, going to have weird dreams featuring Mariska Hargitay

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Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One day left, send em if you got em

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When you see an ad for power washing, ask: How many platforms did this person buy Power Wash Simulator on before they realized they should just go full LARP?

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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The most vulnerable essay I’ve ever written. What if you get a @nytimes.com (!!!) review for yr debut novel, but Janet Maslin uses Rate My Professor to deduce you’re an ugly loser? If you’re me, you let it haunt & haunt you. 🙏 to @exactingclam.bsky.social. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-22...

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Unusually Credible and Precise | Exacting Clam

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HAD @havehashad.com · 01/09/2026

Next sub call coming in ~48 hours (Wed, 9/2, 9pm central time), from our friends and yours, @lexirosenwrites.bsky.social! *full sub call language in alt text and replies*

Choose Your Own Constraint!

Hey hey, HADders! Lexi Rosen, here. While you can normally find me honking over at Silly Goose Press, Aaron and Crow were kind enough to pass over the keys to the skull pile this week and I can't wait to hand some out! I am SO excited to read your very best, RULE FOLLOWING pieces. I'm interested in constraints, patterns, syllables, rhyme schemes — whatever rules you've decided to follow are fair game for this call. Prose and poetry are welcome, but know that I prefer flash fiction and poems that can stick to one-ish page, and let's limit page counts to 3-5ish. That said, I care way more about the rules you're choosing to follow than the ones I lay out for you. Pretty please with a cherry on top let me know on a separate page (the last page, if possible!) of your attached submission document what rules and parameters you've decided to set (ie, I didn't use the letter E throughout the piece, I only wrote in haiku, every third word is an onomatopoeia, I had to use the word canteloup at least twice, etc), and feel free to include something about why, if you wanna — I love a craft choice and would love even more to hear about your process.

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My Bluesky sidequest is keeping an eye out for litmags and lit orgs. Since we’re quickly coming up on traditional Submission Szn, here’s the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Today, I'm going to work on something important!" **spends morning writing impassioned plea to national coffee shop chain to add even just one of those new exciting flavors to their decades-old sugar free options**

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There’s also *how* the resulting consumer demand is handled by pharma, regulatory, practitioners and insurers. It’s rare to nonexistent that this chain works without a hitch.

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Temporarily swapping out reading professor usergroups* for watching first person rollercoaster videos** *not all accommodation requests are bullshit **stop showing me bungee jumping

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Words and deeds. 🎸📚❤️

FWIW, I did NYC - Chicago and am fairly sure I recall it very fondly because I got a roomette.

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Ohh, that’s another happy-broody one — congrats to you all!

Was not expecting to be all kindergarten parent feels on someone’s first day of work in his chosen profession, but here we are

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Happy I’m Allergic to Something that Makes About Every Second or Third Late Summer Eye-Rubbingly Miserable and Someday I’m Gonna Find Out What It Is Season, to those who observe

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Whenever I post a picture of one of the cats you can assume there is some envy involved

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I mean, why eat a snack when you can take a nap directly on top of it first

Black cat falling asleep on a white napkin

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Someone you and I know used to insist that our cat had her own house elsewhere in town. So one time we all got in the car and followed his directions. They ended vaguely, in a neighborhood where there was a health club across the street from a bar. But it made sense.

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’ll be eternally grateful for having gone to a little weirdo college where I learned how to share core beliefs with complete bugbears

Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I was sad to leave @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp on Sunday but then found this and was made a little better

A coloring book page with Keanu Reeves holding seven kittens, and everyone has Googly eyes

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🎶I’ve had the time of my life🎶

Lots of campers dancing at the end of Dirty Dancing

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I never grow weary of the Knights of the Craft Table at @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp.

A colored in coloring book photo of Keanu Reeves with Googly eyes applied.

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Is there a word yet for when you forget to mute your computer before you shut it down, and then the boot-up sound in a public place is pure noise pollution?

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Periodic reminder: Even if no one has updated there in a decade? Unless you’re certain that a person and all of their friends live in places where restaurants don’t ever post their daily specials online, it’s not safe to sloppy blind item them on Facebook

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

- Say happy birthday to Mr. Featherstone on FB - Wish Tilita a happy work anniversary on LI - Check bank balances - Don’t trip over Roomba - Add egg salad to Instacart order - Reset Ring password - Tap smoke alarm battery test button - Tell Claude to change poem default to most played

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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Have you subscribed to the (free) monthly Barrelhouse newsletter yet? Sending out a banger this evening: short essay about Peppermint Patty that maybe made me cry a little when I read it in Submittable? www.barrelhousemag.com/about

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About — Barrelhouse

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In the present day: The new, younger cat is like "Cool, I've played with bugs! This will be fun!" But the older cat knows.

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In the prologue, set in early 2019, the MC watches that Marie Kondo special on Netflix and battles an end boss who wins…this time.

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Erin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

(The book is better than the movie because the movie had to leave out the nearby window with blinds that stay closed most of the time)