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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

Yeah, it is the only part of the writing that could have been improved. They should have had him disciver Dum Dummies from another source. Someone at work could have discovered him on there on their own.

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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 · 16/03/2025

Completely wild. Even the announcers were 100 percent sure it would be called.

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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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