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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 14h

The 17yo: Did you notice she has a bow in her hair? Me: I did.

Picture of the 17yo at 6, with a huge effing flower on her head. Text reads, "Did you notice I have a flower in my hair?" "I did."

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now I'm a person who loses *multiple* pairs of glasses. 🤓😐

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My children's memoir of being raised by an anosmic mother will be titled "Honey, smell this."

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did my wonderful in many other ways son eat the mac n' cheese I thought would at least last through the night. Sorry, I was reminiscing on the years when 1/2lb of pasta was plenty. Now 1lb isn't nearly enough.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Feeling such sympathy for my commuting friends this morning. Exactly one drive out to the suburbs, and the 17yo and I were losing. our. minds.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My 17yo is ready for her Traitors portrait.

Selfie that is so close, so fish-eye, not unlike the contestants' portraits on Traitors.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am so so so glad to see this. For whatever reason, I couldn't tell if her bench was lower.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Not a great episode and not a great show but it's impossible for me to make a chicken pot pie without thinking of David Cross on Just Shoot Me. 🎶Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiiiiiie 🎶 youtu.be/ApmvDU5RmyY?...

youtu.be

Chicken Pot Chicken Pot Chicken Pot Pie

YouTube video by sanka1234

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Probably been two years since I've watched a game but I will happily watch 15-20 minutes of "big man touchdowns" on Tiktok. I smile like I have a son on that field.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Had a feeling this was coming. It was never great but I used it regularly.

Free2move in D.C. ends Sept 15 at 12 PM. Drive as usual until then; no trips can start after. Your account stays active.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Triangulated. It gave me 1) West Virginia, 2) Pittsburgh, 3) Cleveland. I grew up on the Ohio side of the river just across from the northern WV panhandle.

Dialect map accurately spotting my rust belt roots.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am equal parts 😏 and 🙄 and 😘 at how much Louise Penny's characters repeat things - names, relationships, plot points. Got a little distracted during that last chapter? Don't you fret, Monsieur Marius, it will DEFINITELY come up again.

Screenshot of The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My GenZ teens have decided to watch all the Bond films. I had to explain last night during From Russia that, despite having seen some of these 2, 3, 4 times - do not ask me what's happening. I barely know, and it doesn't really matter.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Omg, the specific 😞 of rediscovering a playlist I made years ago as New York was absolutely breaking my heart. Damn it, these songs are good, I hate it.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thing is, sometimes I really DO "hope that helps."

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Last weekend I woke up craving a bowl of curry laksa (and never did get one, now that I think about it). This morning I woke up needing to know where I can buy yellow low-top Chuckies.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I need the opposite of an Obama anger translator. A diplomacy translator. Me: This is some *@/($-$ ridiculous goofy €÷✓|°×% nonsense. Them: She has grave concerns about the efficacy of this decision.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Watching '80s slasher flicks with the Zoomers is just 90mins of "Wait, WHY are parents still sending their kids to this summer camp? Where is Parks & Rec? How is it still open? This is terrible parenting!"

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Okay, for real, though, how does one cancel Disney+? I have been in this loop for weeks now. I assume we are meant to forget to check back and "omg how'd that happen" re-up for another year.

"Sorry, an unexpected error has occurred." One has to imagine the heavy air quotes around ✌🏻 unexpected✌🏻 and ✌🏻error✌🏻.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Having scary work dreams but this time featuring a stream of "checking back on this" reporter emails. 😶‍🌫️

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In anno Domini 2026, even the Little Free Library Facebook group is an argumentative mess. Of course it is.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Man oh man do I miss a Drizly gift card.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Barely 30mins into the book "Best Offer Wins" and already outraged. This couple is itching to sell their Shaw townhouse to move to suburban Bethesda. She makes good money in PR. Just throwing away my dream but IT'S FINE GOOD FOR HER.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I've been out here for years stressing about my skills and qualifications when I could've just been really really confident and called it a day.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A neighbor asked earlier if I was going to the Mall. In the most c3 way possible, I told him abso.fucking.lutely not.

DC is fully surrounded by thunderstorms. Courtesy of Capital Weather Gang.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

There should be a fine for posting screencaps that include your phone showing under 20% battery. Crop that ish or charge it. I'm paying no attention to your content, I'm too anxious at that red 12%.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I seldom DNF but dear reader, clever reader, I am struggling.

55% into the audiobook Not Forever but For Now by Chuck Palahniuk.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

You ever wonder who was playing against the Knicks? Yeah, I don't know.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I have not *added* a subscription in forever. But for this? Yes, absolutely.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

My leaving the house mantra is still "cash, keys, smokes" despite the fact that hasn't been the list for 20+ years now. It's my "loaf of bread, container of milk."

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I thought, "Oh, maybe I can listen to Pope Leo's encyclical on AI while I'm picking up...."

I clicked "Listen to this page" and it's an AI playback. Not a reading of the page. A fake podcast-style conversation. Wild.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

One of the best things I've done for myself in a while is make an "every other weekend in Dad's truck" playlist. WDVE rrrrrrrocks. 🤘🏻 open.spotify.com/playlist/5RY...

open.spotify.com

Visitation Weekend

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

For a flack, I'm not nearly as big on (or as good at) BS as you might expect. Not sure if that's a strength or a weakness.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Having a day full of finally getting around to dreaded tasks, finding they only take a few minutes. Assuredly I will learn nothing from this.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Yes, I appreciate the significance of this move compared to the sooooooo many others. Still. I liked the Kennedy Center. That's all. It was nice, and I am sad.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

It wasn't that long ago, I dreamt of working at HHS. Now I'm blocking their accounts. 💔

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Spotted at Bethesda metro. Good on @carafem.org for saying abortion and not just "reproductive health."

Metro ad reading "this is a carafem abortion clinic."

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Even this one," they say, as they set the bar in hell.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Even with the stress of work and money and kids and... alla this... I thought I was holding it together well enough. Then I caught myself wondering how I'd look with bangs. 🚩

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Practically my Jesus prayer at this point 🙃

"I can't take this shit anymore!" she said, mistakenly.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Repost with an iconic fictional band. Was thinking just recently that I should rewatch this. It's been *years*.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

An upside to aging - I don't care I do not care if people think I'm a big baby 'cause I don't do scary movies. The teens are watching Scream in the living room, I will happily clean this kitchen.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Once again having this experience - enjoyed the first book by this author, so ready to be done with the second and never return to her again.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

To every restaurant everywhere: please have some way to indicate whether the single-user restroom is occupied. Otherwise I have to try the door and risk dying of embarrassment. Please and thank you.

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Rachel Perrone @rachelperrone.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Every once in the bluest of moons I wonder what life would be like if I lived in/moved back to my Ohio hometown. And then I see the 400+ comment war on FB over LGBTQ books in the public library.

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