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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 1h

i'm starting to think that these offers they are sending me are not actually very special.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 3h

gifted but not talented

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 22h

i am probably the only person watching this hockey game who is having salted radish slices as their snack.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

had a nightmare that people were smelling oatmeal i had made and were throwing up

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

the main character in this week's csa box was a couple of ears of corn. going to see how it is to eat corn on the cob with a movie instead of popcorn.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

call your congressperson and tell them that bassists and other people who have to keep their fingernails short should be allowed to carry knives on planes so they can open oranges without asking for help.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

reading a book that has 57 pages of main material, 62 pages of appendices and 19 pages of forewords

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

we could get a lower interest rate on the loan for these burritos if we put down a larger down payment, or we can pay points, but that won't go toward the equity in the burritos.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

created a grilled cheese sandwich called a "hot stinker". if your child asks for a hot stinker, it's cheddar, habanero jack, and garlic-cheddar. the garlic cheddar smells terrible.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

vacuumed out the dryer hose 💪

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

potential conversation topics if i ever go to a high school reunion: "do your parents still drive that nautica edition mercury villager?"

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

someone is sitting in a parked car on the street blasting breakup songs

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

saw a movie with a coin operated gas meter. they've come up in books i've read from time to time, but i think it's the first time i saw one in a movie. i was thrilled, to put it mildly.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

had a very upsetting image in my head of young people singing songs about brand deals that went awry.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

yelling at the drive through speaker because it says they don't have the breakfast sandwich that i saw in a dream.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

in the 2016 movie "rosalie blum", the titular character has these polish pottery mugs, mismatched. i also have some, also mismatched. i think it's supposed to convey a bohemian easy-going-ness, but it's just very hard to find the same mug design twice. good movie, kind of amelie-ish.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

when they accidentally give me the organic kabocha squash instead of the regular like i paid for

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

here's the secret: the regular store packages of lorna doones have 4 cookies. but the ones you get at costco have 6 cookies.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

little sticker for your normal sunglasses that says "i bought these before ray-ban became a perverts company"

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the carrots in this week's csa box taste a lot better than last week's. something to investigate.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i take my seat in the front row of the fashion show. "these clothes better look nice, or else i will NOT clap" i think.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

first 2 meals of the day seem like they could've been recipes from a recipe blog run by a lady that very purposefully only tucks a the smallest part of the front of her shirt into her pants

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

3 lines of dialogue into a movie and i had it pegged as originally a stage play. "no one talks this way" you say. "doesn't matter, i like it" says the playwright.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

out of 8 pitas i made today, 7 had usable pockets. i'm improving.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

bears scratch themselves on trees, cows use those post-mounted brushes. but i am stuck using a hair brush? i should have something in my house to rub my back against.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

those shows or movies where the lighting is so dim you can't tell what is going on made me much more open to audio dramas.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i was in bed with some stomach thing for a few days, but it made me realize how little household garbage i create when i sleep that much. i'm not buying anything either. imagine how much less we'd buy or consume if we slept for 12 or 16 hours instead of the 8 hours we're allowed.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

a few days later i used 9/11 as the excuse to cancel a job interview i did not want to do.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

the memory of her lingered, like forever chemicals.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

biggest waste of time recently was spending an hour or two trying to figure out the name of an actor that annoyed me

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i need to get a job that has some cooler possibilities for job-related tattoos.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

early bird pricing on new year's midnight kisses ends today

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@standalone.bsky.social what would be the right way to get a pitcher to adjust their hat?

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

got a new office chair recently and when i was shopping for it, i noticed that some of the finishes available were intended for medical settings. i thought "well, if you can clean blood off of the chair, then you probably clean mustard off of it, too". and that has proven true.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

why would i want a large mouth bass? i said large mouse bath

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

podcasts set to laser shows at the planetarium

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i think the # symbol on my keyboard might be rotated 90 degrees.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this bag of zapp's jalapeno chips does not deserve the "hotter n' hot" label.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

i get emailed more photos of boxes on my front porch than my ancestors could ever have dreamed of.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

heard an album (released in august of 2026) that was recorded so poorly i looked up who the engineer was

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

16 years ago, i went on a weekend trip with a bunch of people. i forgot my toothpaste, so i asked one of them if i could borrow theirs. they explained that they had different toothpastes for morning and night. i didn't know it at the time, but this is the moment i remember best from that decade.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

i've been reading the instructions more lately. it has made things easier. i've become an instructions guy.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

-mavis staples -mavis, jay leno's wife -mavis beacon -maris, niles crane's ex-wife -maris, my manager at work in high school

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

rgb lighting will always remind me of those electronic "open" signs that hang in the window of an unpopular restaurant in a strip mall. the owner thinks the sign will help, but it is driving away potential customers.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

it's really difficult to break the habit of buying a new pair of uncomfortable shoes to wear the first week of september

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

pick up a box of honey oh's on a lark, and friends, most of the holes are completely empty. the box tricks you into thinking they are mostly going to be full. if "good things (are) in the middle", then this has very few good things. overall, cereal is too sweet for my taste. 2 stars.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

current state of my english muffins. 80% hydration, 70g dough balls. preheat 2 metal sheets to 470f, drop to 430f when the muffins go in. bake for 18-19 minutes. handle very gently after shaping to retain the nice circular shape and avoid dents in the top.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

as far as i can tell, this is the oldest guy i've seen in a movie. santa clara did not grant degrees in theater until the 1960s, so he managed to become an actor without changing his major.

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Brian @one-underscore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

i'm glad my parents never let me get a lizard.

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