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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

There is something spiritually renewing about wandering around in Kroger with other last minute shoppers on Thanksgiving at noon.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

A mile swim means Raising Cane's for lunch!

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I just posted about it being one of those days when I hit genius level on Spelling Bee and walk around looking down on the little people. Then I noticed a misspelled word and had to delete it. #Fail. #FML

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

"I had a dream about you last night" somehow always comes out sounding a bit creepy.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

If there is cilantro in the fridge, it is going into almost anything I happen to be cooking.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The CVS automated phone menu is designed to make you need blood pressure meds. What an absolute nightmare.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Nashville Storytelling. Submit a story. DM with questions!

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

There is no place in the world with more rules written on the walls as an unattended laundromat.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I spent my entire avoiding Neti pots because the whole thing seemed so disgusting. At 62, I finally used one yesterday while being very congested. Wow, those things are a damned miracle. Someone should have told me. #NetiPots #LifeLessons

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I love Black Mirror, but, damn, "Common People" is going to haunt as long as did "Shut Up and Dance." Why do I do this to myself? #BlackMirror #CommonPeople #ShutUpAndDance

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Damn. The Budapest spas are not overhyped. I feel great after a 3 hour visit.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

VU aluminum Dan Wolken (2001) talks to students about changes in sports writing.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Surely we can agree that death by sinkhole is one of the most ludicrous ways of dying. #sinkhole #death

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

TenX9 storytelling at @Jackalope Brewery! Now!

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Creating and confirming new passwords is the collective angst of this era.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The folks behind the Asheville Marathon really rocked it. Great job of pulling a lovely event out of some areas still damaged by Helene.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Getting "mindful directions from Chaka Khan" on Waze was something I didn't see coming. #ChakaKhan

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Salt water taffy: one of life's often forgotten treats.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Confession: I like being reminded that I am dust.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Praise to the Nashville Striders for putting another great Tom King Half Marathon this morning!

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Reminder: you cannot eat Cheetos and evaluate hard copies of students. Not, at least, without making a mess.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

John Adams once critiqued one of his rivals by calling him a "pettifogging dabbler," and I am left wondering why my slams sound so lame.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Oh, for joy. I just got a notification that the good people on NextDoor are evaluating the SuperBowl halftime show. Another chance to destroy my belief in enlightened neighbors. #NextDoor #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you are the type of person who sees this in the middle of a conference room and has to constrain yourself from taking it and beginning to talk (to a real or imagined crowd), we are alike.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

@jennyrice.bsky.social is the most wonderful person in the universe, AND she has a birthday today. I cannot be with her, so this is my public note of adoration. Happy birthday!!!

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Well, well, well. It looks like I am officially a Woo Girl.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Things that drive me crazy (but shouldn't): when people are asked to make a list (e.g., three favorite albums) and cannot limit themselves to the number of items asked for.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Last night, a friend and I walked down to the Baltimore inner harbor, a so called "tourist destination." An official city information officer tells us: "Don't go to Federal Hill tonight. You will get robbed. In fact, don't come here in another hour. You'll get robbed." #BsltimoreTourism

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

@peteramescarlin.bsky.social 's "The Name of this Band is REM" is a wonderful read. And strangely emotional. If you were a fan at all, pick it up. #NotAMurmurer

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Damn. I thought "Get into groups and talk about . . . " would be over when I left undergrad school. Now, I am just north of 60, and this still happens at every damned retreat.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

File under "Things that make you wish for spontaneous combustion": the windbag at the airport who talks loudly about his boarding status as if it is a personal achievement.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Idk when or why it happened, but the smell of Aunt Annie's pretzels in airports is just on this side of nauseating.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Damn! The upcoming Sly Stone dic on Hulu looks like fire. Can't wait.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Honestly, the thrill one gets with the news that an essay has been accepted for publication by a journal is a thrill that never goes away for a scholar.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Football championship night, below 20 degrees, and nothing stops TenX9 Nashville storytelling.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Damn. @wnxpnashville.bsky.social just played the POTUS’ “Lump.” I haven’t heard it in years. It made me immensely happy.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

@celiasgregory.bsky.social Beatles cover: The Breeders’ “Happiness is a Warm Gun”

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I am a faculty member in the humanities Sometimes, I think humanities faculty members are the most frustrating people in the universe.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Who in the world are the people who go to Quora? I just got a teaser from them with the question, "I ate 4 eggs and 4 bananas. Will there be any problems?" #QuoraPeople

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

On the 10 episode of Hospital Playlist, someone was just given a cilantro plant as an act of forgiveness. If you have ever wronged me, feel encouraged to do the same. #GreatIdeas #HospitalPlaylist

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Finally saw "Will and Harper." Way more affective and effective than expected.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Big props to @freddieoconnell.bsky.social and his team. Usually, after a big snow storm, the bridge sidewalks going from downtown Nashville to the east side are a disaster. Totally, I was able to complete my run on clean, almost dry sidewalks the whole way. #PromisesKept

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I just discovered that I live in the "Springer Triangle." #JerrySpringer

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

"Honesty is the best policy. Especially when nothing else works"--Peter Brady

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Everytime I run 15 or more miles, I have a huge desire for a McDonald's filet o fish meal, something I don't think I would eat at ant other time.

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JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Robert Smith REALLY needs to find a new look.

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