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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 7m

Still sad Bondra and Kolzig didn't get their Cup against the Red Wings that one year...

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 19h

Just passed the most meaningful cognitive test possible: still knowing all the words to Paul's Boutique 35 years later.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Just keep him in there," I say, like DeNiro about Billy Batts in Goodfellas, to my daughter about the daddy-long-legs in her bathroom she needs me to take care of.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I never loved the album but I listened to it a ton when it came out (thanks to having an album-length commute to the job I had at the time). The first half is strong, and it's full of good, weird shit like "In My Tree".

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

sad to see DETROITERS is leaving Netflix on October 15, watch it if you've never seen it and watch it again if you have

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Don't tell me they have a fart-walkin' paywall on this," I said to myself, yet again.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Oh, hey, I don't get no respect on the wrong way on a one-way track..."

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm just going to assume it's the same crime novel I'm reading, which also has a lackluster title and a checklist/screenplay approach to describing characters. Anyway, trust your acumen and/or read "Lush Life" again, people!

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm not going to ask the exact book, but is it only one protagonist, or is it, I don't know, three of them, where we alternate POVs chapter-by-chapter?

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Proposing a new traffic rule, where whoever's blasting "Cadillac Ranch" on their car stereo at the 4-Way Stop has the right of way.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That, into Faded, is as good a back-to-back song sequence as there is on any album

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

She clearly knew, if you didn’t get to Ken and Hughie in the right order, your evening was ruined.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Making: Fried Shrimp Po'Boys Drinking: Anti-Hero IPA Listening: Damn the Torpedoes

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He sounds like he was easy to love, to like, and to learn from. So sorry for your loss.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ode to Parenting a 13-year-old Boy

Text exchange between parent and child who will still eat dinner

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I also like that fourth quote as a way of saying "As long as the voice is still engaging, there's probably still story to tell"

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Keeping this going -- every time I drive by the Ba'hai Temple, I have to remind everyone to read "Orchids" by Stuart Dybek

The short story "Orchids" by Stuart Dybek. Well, part of it...

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My dialect map looks exactly how you'd expect for someone who was born and raised near DC, has spent the next half of his life in Chicago, and staunchly insists on calling all soft drinks "coke".

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Ralph the Duck" by Frederick Busch. My autocorrect basically wrote that for me, so I may talk about it too much.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I read Waterline by Aram Mrjoian back in June, and even if the rest of my summer hadn't involved the Great Lakes and Grief in some way, it still would have hit all the right buttons. Check it out, it's really good.

One of the early pages of Waterline, where it may feel like I'm spoiling something but I'm really not

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I, for one, would feel safer

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great Laking it for the next few days

A kid running along the beach at Lake Michigan. The other kid is just standing there.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"We were somewhere around Gary, past the edge of the city, when the carsickness began to take hold."

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Charter School Abolitionist 🇮🇷 @maniccage.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Anyone got tips on off-beat Chicago museums or other nerdy type attractions? Stuff like the surgery museum. I wanna check out the public housing museum, but looking to turn it into a multi-stop day tour.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A year to the day after my last published story. Pour one out for @publishedbyjake.bsky.social while you're at it.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Holding out for the full set of three (with Triumph Over the Grave and Doppleganger, Poltergeist)

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

She's famously got a soft spot for all Hartman-voiced characters

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

To answer the broader question, the three off the top of my head: So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell Via Negativa, by Dan Hornsby Bob the Gambler, by Frederick Barthelme

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think this place has an embargo on Harrison or something. I asked a similar question here a year or two ago and got no responses.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In fairness, a few more star wipes in between scenes wouldn't hurt any of us.

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Southpaw in full vestments is escorted by a guy carrying a Pope Leo cutout

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 11/08/2026

Chicago’s Colombian consulate just posted the following info for anyone wanting to donate—this link takes you directly to Colombia’s Red Cross, who are leading the aid & rescue efforts following the earthquake: www.cruzrojacolombiana.org/dona-dinero/

cruzrojacolombiana.org

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I was here first. They're the ones who need to move on.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I guess that's not worse. Still waiting for news that doesn't suck.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Music From Big Pink The Band Stage Fright I feel like people aren't reading the prompt carefully enough

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

They're going to make our boy a Yankee, Meghan. A Yankee!

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think I woke up with a case of the Sadley Rutschmans

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It never sounded right, since they killed off, or made me lose interest in, so many of the characters in the last season finale.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Think back on the good times together," I tell my son, as he asks what he's supposed to do with his prized Skubal Tigers jersey.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Whiskey for the Holy Ghost by Mark Lanegan was the first one that popped in my head

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Defending my title: Saddest Boy in the PICU

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I graduated college the year this came out. I was very happy it held up when I rewatched a few years ago. Did you already have Wonder Boys on your list?

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I recommend the hell out of this book. A wonderful example of going on a ride with the author as they realize their original story has turned into Something Else deeper and more compelling. Also, it gives the All-American Breakfast the in-print tribute it so richly deserves.

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This is a shame. I'm assuming Dali designed one for each of the preceding Bond films, but when they don't use it on the voodoo-themed one, that's just a bummer.

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The Hounds of Basquiatball @basquiatball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sources tell me that LeBron is leaning towards signing with Accenture

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