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my name is reba i am 52 years young from grand rapids michigan

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 4h
God Save Colleen, Butternut Sage Ravioli with Dijon Candied Walnuts. 


Longtime fans of the blog may notice that this is the first recipe I’ve featured that calls for sage! For years, I’ve been gesturing at a vague distaste for sage. (For my White Bean Soup with Brown Sugar Garlic Bread, I said, “Those with a naive palate could also add some sage, and perhaps later, Brad will ask you on a drive to Lover’s Lane.” How unspeakably rude!) You see, it’s time I come clean. It’s my husband who doesn’t like it. Actually, it’s my husband who claims he doesn’t like it.

His list of professed dislikes is infinitely long and includes spinach, mushroom, lettuce, tomato, paprika, carrot, curry powder, corn, avocado, fish, tarragon, oregano, broccoli, and much, much more. As a food lover, it has been difficult to work within his parameters, but any good chef loves a challenge. And though it stings my heart, every meal…

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Stop squeezing your bags! Gentle munch dot com. sloughed off into the garbage is a chance to try anew.

Imagine my surprise, then, when a few weeks ago, while out to lunch with his boss, I watched my husband happily eat a Cobb salad.

Having chosen the venue, the boss, a domineering galoot, ordered for the table. Tomato! Lettuce! Boiled egg! Some of my husband’s most reviled things, I thought. But I observed as he cleaned his plate with a smile, and as he dutifully laughed at the horrid oaf’s unrepeatable jokes.

Picture a hopelessly picky unitiate, ducking under the napkin to come face to face with an ortolan! The disgust of such a person does not begin to rival what I felt that afternoon. I said nothing of the incident. But I have been running my own set of private experiments.

The trouble, I realized, often begins when my husband asks me what’s in our meal, before even taking the first bite. Chefs delight in relaying the provenance of a dish! The preparation! The technique! But he has been using this all the while to torture me. To latch onto one dash of an herb, as a frustrated cop might a pinch of jaywalking, to sentence the whole dish to the bin.

So I have been making fabulous, decadent meals, and lying about…

ADS: Lovable Mouse Fan. 

What’s in homes to choke everyone? Your gasping family begs for the butter technique. 

YOU CAN STOP THEIR BIRTHDAYS, YOU KNOW.

what’s inside. I’ve been preparing whatever my heart desires, but when asked, making sure to stick to only to those ingredients which I know are pre-approved. Curries! Gazpachos! Do you know I made a haddock stew and said it was chicken? All lustily consumed as if he‘d never eaten in his life. How could I have ever married this inattentive rube, who would rather eat half the ingredients of two “Woppers Junior” than an artfully composed meal made by his meticulous wife?

Now, I know my husband has been lying about his distastes to anguish and vex me, so he’d have found some objections sooner or later. For this reason, I built in release valves at regular intervals. I cooked some of his favorite things—things that he frequently requests and adores, and said I’d experimented with a grating of nutmeg or a sprig of sage. (He hates sage most of all.) So he got to criticize me, and I got to watch him sadly get up, and with legs animated by pride, fight through the quicksand of our kitchen to set his full plate back on the counter. 

Do not despair, foodies! Myself, my friends, and our neighbors have frequently eaten well due to this hideous habit of his. Though he does sometimes like to employ the trashcan for more severe offenses, he couldn’t bring himself to scrape his beloved meatballs away, as if his mind was hoping it would change itself.

ADS: HUH?? I guess you’re still using expired crud. 

It pays to behave. Yum!


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Move away from this geographic feature known for spewing who knows what.Then came today’s recipe, my butternut squash and sage ravioli with candied dijon walnuts, made just last night. A quick one, as I wanted to leave time for quite an after dinner speech.

Plates licked clean, I began coyly. “I’m surprised you liked that so much. It had quite a bit of sage in it.” He sputtered. I rose.

“Because of me, your life has been full of all good things. Your heart full of love, your home full of children’s laughter, your table full of friends, and for the past two weeks, your belly full of sage! And mushrooms! And everything that makes life worth living!”

He slept at a hotel last night. His boss wouldn’t answer his calls.

I dedicate this recipe to CarolFromBristol who scolded me months ago for referring to my Crispy Duck with Black Cherry Gastrique as life-changing. “please. a recipecan never change you[sic] life,” you said.

Carol, a recipe can make you cry. A recipe can put hair on your chest. A recipe can lift your feet off the ground. A recipe can make your cat leave home and a different one can make it come back. A recipe can take an actor to bed. A recipe can change your life.

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Funeral friends come from out of town.
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Ne’er-do-well bait. Scofflaw trap dot com.
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legal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 21h
my 35-year Diet Coke addiction VINDICATED
news.liverpool.ac.uk
Major trial examines no-sugar sweetened soft drinks - University of Liverpool News
Major trial examines no-sugar sweetened soft drinks
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DJ Boozy Brunch @griph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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DJ Boozy Brunch @griph.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Showing up to the interview smoking, drinking an iced coffee and wearing pantyhose over my head like a bank robber. The job interview is with Playboy in 1972 and I am immediately hired as a staff writer for life with pension and they even get me a literary agent so I can write books on the side
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the 32nd and 33rd worst things about Herzog and Singal are 32). they exclusively use AI slop art for illustrations + 33) Singal is one of the all time nastiest uggos. barf
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JLP @jlp.systems · 24/09/2026
I had to make this a jingle
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 25/09/2026
Bride & Groom’s Signature Cocktails Laura: Aperol Spritz Scott: The stuff from the beginning of Prometheus
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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
action therapist trailer 1-4
PANEL 1: Title screen for Action Therapist, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...By NIGHT"

PANEL 2: an ESRB rating of MATURE for Blood and Gore, Sexual Content, Attachment Issues

PANEL 3: A cab has pulled up to an airport arrivals terminal and Dr. Mariposa is getting in.

CABBIE: "All the way out to the university, eh? Well, it's your dollar, Mac..."

PANEL 4: The cabbie is driving Dr. Mariposa through the downpour.

CABBIE: "Did they ever find that famous professor lady who went missing up there?"

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is still in his dripping trenchcoat and being talked to by Dean Hondo, a heavyset duck with a beard and a coffee mug.

DEAN HONDO: "We're confident your...memory issues...won't keep you from a full load of case work."

PANEL 6: 

DEAN HONDO: "Keep an eye on your Psy points. They can unleash special attacks and combos, but run out and you go nuts."PANEL 1: a mockup of a video game screen. Dr. Mariposa stands in the foreground and Diane in the background in a building. 

DIANE: "The police told me to take an ibuprofen and get over it..."

PANEL 2: the player, as Dr. Mariposa, is prompted to TALK

TALK: "Say more on that" 3 PSY
"That sounds like judgment." 5 PSY

PANEL 3: Diane is crying into her hands.

DIANE: "...Maybe you are the therapist who will break the terrible curse."

PANEL 4: Different view of a break room with stats for Dr. Mariposa. This area is called ADMIN BLDG BREAK ROOM and there are menu options to
MAKE COFFEE
MICROWAVE
BULLETN BOARD
DISH WASHER

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is in an aquarium talking to a different patient. Again the player is prompted to TALK: "Let's go deeper on that." 3 PSY
"You're being pretty hard on yourself." 10 PSY

PANEL 6: screenshot of a cinema scene where Dr. Mariposa is looking angrily at a pouncing astronaut

MYSTERIOUS ASTRONAUT: "You won't traverse the catacombs of my mind so easily, Doc!"PANEL 1: Dr. Mariposa is standing in ruins under a purple sky and a wrong-looking moon. Its strange light shines on a pinkish lake. Crystal, a duck in a uniform from a restaurant is there.

CRYSTAL: "I'll tell you everything, but we can't tarry here..."

PANEL 2: The game interface shows a 24-hour pharmacy. Dr. Mariposa is a slightly higher level now but he has a CURSE status effect.

24 HOUR PHARMCY (NORTH)
* Fill scrip
* Develop photos
* Browse magazines
* Energy drinks

PANEL 3: Dr. Mariposa is talking to a shopkeeper in the faculty store. A flyer for a Walpurgis Night Sale 20% Off hangs behind him.

SHOPKEEPER: "I can only sell items to tenured faculty. You should publish a peer reviewed article!"

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in his underwear and his hair is messy. He's in his office. Diane is there and the sky is strange.

DIANE: "Maybe this CORN KEY x1 will be useful on your journey. It's been in my family for generations."

GOT CORN KEY x1

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is now talking to an astronaut in his office. The astronaut lays back on the couch in full spacesuit.

CMDR WALLACE: "We are building American pyramids on the moon, configured to strange geometries."

PANEL 6: Close up of a hand holding a book.

Text: "It's a paperback copy of Peter David's 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in novel 'Vendetta'"PANEL 1: A spooky clocktower under a strange sky with an unsettling full moon. Bats are swooping around.

TEXT: "Maybe there's someone in the old clocktower who could benefit from talk therapy."

PANEL 2 : Game interface showing a treasure chest shaped like a corn on the cob.

TITLE: Hidden Corn Treasure Chest
Description: The small chest is shaped like a corn on the cob. It hums with a strange energy. 

USE KEY:
* Office Key
* Corn Key
* Citadel Key
* Empty

PANEL 3: Panel from a cinema scene where Crystal the waitress is leaning in to confide to Dr. Mariposa. 

CRYSTAL (here credited as only WAITRESS): "My mom tried to get me to go to therapy, but the therapist refused to talk about all the disappearances in town."

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in the clocktower at night. His flashlight is pointing at a nude woman, the Clocktower Hermit.

TALK: 
* "That's black and white thinking." 3 PSY
* "Would you say that to a friend?" 18 PSY

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is digging through a filing cabinet in a dark basement.

DR. MARIPOSA: "These are all my old patient notes from before the accident! But ... what are they doing here?"

PANEL 6: White text on black.

PHYSICIAN

HEAL THYSELF

FAST.
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS “BEST OF E.B. FARNUM (ALL SEASONS)” AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE QUOTES ALONGSIDE WITH THE SUPPORTING CHARACTER, E.B. FARNUM,
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
bus stop I use occasionally has repeating loud beep every second 24/7 to direct the sight-impaired to a big button that, when pressed, does absokutely nothing
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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“im hal im a green lannern and im lookin fer a manhunner”
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Annie @femalecenobite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I would rather be hit by a bike than a car. And it would be an honor to get hit by a bus
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
sorry to the hunky war martyr but according to the newspaper your wife didn't find happiness until she was getting railed by this fuckin nerd
pat tillman's widow and some banker shithead
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I know someone who exclusively gets their coffee at Starbucks multiple times a day in a neighborhood with like six genuinely Great other coffee shops and they’re not zionist or whatever and it is completely baffling to me. equivalent to getting every lunch from Subway. They have to have it!
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 15/09/2026
Unbelievable www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
Katie Dippold Instagram post of a previously unseen babydook party photo in which she’s smiling and toasting the camera
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Let me tell you a story about how top-end menswear retail transformed over the last hundred years. 🧵
Fiorinamarietta on Threads writes: "The death of department stores as an EXPERIENCE needs to be studied. You used to be able to buy a dress, have lunch, get your hair done, smell every perfume in existence and leave carrying beautifully wrapped boxes. Shopping used to be an event."
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
given that AI can easily solve some math problems I can’t even begin to wrap my head around it’s pretty weird it cannot write a single good, clever, new short story
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@dril

i pray my IQ forever remains in the "Sweet Spot" wherein its high enough to call out the BS but too low to recognize the Futility of Posting
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
HOLMES: You see here, Watson, around the keyhole, the small scratches? Clearly a drunkard’s fumbling with his keys every evening after too many pints at the pub. SUSPECT: I have Parkinson’s, asshole
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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 12/09/2026
I believe this is the most recent time this vital question was addressed definitively x.com/Joshstrangeh...

Chris
@csammis
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Dec 21, 2020
In Lisa The Vegetarian when Ralph says “Oh boy, sleep! That’s where I’m a Viking!”: I believed since the 90s that he was saying in a Ralphesque way that he’s really good at sleeping. Now I’m informed by ppl that he’s just saying he dreams about being a Viking. 🤷‍♂️ Thoughts??
Josh Weinstein
@Joshstrangehill
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Dec 21, 2020
Yes, again, it's the simplest answer - Ralph dreams of being a Viking.
Mike Scully
@scullymike
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Dec 21, 2020
I was in the room when it was pitched and laughed because I thought it meant he was great at sleeping
Josh Weinstein
@Joshstrangehill
Wow, ha, I guess that's also now canon! Do you remember who pitched it? Maybe they could say for sure. I think we may have been out of the room writing a script at the time so I have zero authority to weigh in on this, it's just my opinion. Maybe 
@DavidMirkin
 knows?
3:21 PM · Dec 21, 2020
Relevant

David Mirkin
@DaveMirkin
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Dec 21, 2020
Simple: Ralph dreams he's a Viking. Ralph was never written with the ability to understand a complex & obscure metaphor like saying he is a Viking at something, meaning he is great at it. If I knew Scully had misunderstood a joke like that, I would have fired him instantly.
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The weasels in Roger Rabbit float up to heaven when they die because even the evil toons are unafflicted with human original sin
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
god hear my prayer. all I want is a cheap diner w/ shitty furniture. The food does not have to be immaculate! I am a reasonable person. Just a classic shitty diner please! In walking distance! And while I’m asking also a new groundbreaking weird anthology show with incredible writing & fresh ideas
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
𝙒𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙍 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝘽𝙐𝙔 𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙀 𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙋 ᴏʀɴᴀᴛᴇ/ʙᴀʀᴏǫᴜᴇ ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀɪᴀɴ (?) ᴡᴀʟʟ ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ɢᴜʏ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ - $𝟤𝟧 𝟹𝟼𝚑 𝚡 𝟸𝟺𝚠 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛. 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
[hand over heart in elevator]
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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 07/09/2026
This teaser has made me feel fully insane I can’t wait
youtube.com
You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 07/09/2026
Loving every syllable of this headline!
Page Six headline tagged “celebrity news”

'Not Skinny But Not Fat' podcaster says her betting ad about Lindsay Clancy trial was 'grossly inappropriate' after backlash
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
on bike ride this morning thinking “there should be a day when they close lakeshore drive so you can bike on it” and got home and opened computer and learned there is that day, once a year, it’s today, and I missed it
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Possum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
one of my most fervent Crank Father Opinions is that if you're an adult celebrity you should not then be writing children's books as a fun little side project. you already have a million dollars, let some Circle K cashier write The Tale Of The Big Silly Bear
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I wish I could find the cost of a 1-day walk-in shower somehow
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
only normal thing fetterman has done lately is skip a three hour cop funeral. when I die that shit better be 20 minutes tops. Take a plate and a soda on your way out
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
have progressed to quietly-mediumly muttering “gahhHH” while looking out window in a taxi and when the driver and the kids say are you okay I say “I was thinking about something stupid I almost said a year ago but didn’t actually say” then they all share concerned glances with each other
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
every time I tell the children to do a chore and I say pretty please with sugar on top this is what I’m actually thinking
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
First text message in 6 years
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Not setting a morning alarm for the first time in weeks, thereby guaranteeing I will be fully awake for the day at 3:30 am
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
child found quarter on walk to school and admonished me when I was about to put it in their backpack with the other change because it would be impossible to tell which was the lucky quarter
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
[checking out a beloved longstanding local game store] oh right I hate games
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alexandra @birdmotif.alextey.co · 27/08/2026
don't get me wrong, i love the pleasures of the flesh! but it's always fun when people get back from Camp Pleasures of the Flesh and start posting like "transcendent love in human connection… the ephemeral beauty of movement and sound…" of course you had fun, you were at Camp Pleasures of the Flesh!
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I don’t care if it’s lib coded or whatever to say but this is very very funny. come on man look him lol
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 27/08/2026
Fine, I condemn Bong Bong the Clown. I find his japes perfunctory. His balloon animals strike me as vulgar. The bursts of laughter he evokes from children ring hollow to my ears. Now can we please get this city council meeting back on track
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
people with social anxiety need to chill out and be normal. And that’s my two cents
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
topics covered in seven (7) minutes while waiting for other children to get to the playground: why babies are bloody, conservation of angular momentum, where odie’s tongue goes when it’s not out, why you can say vagina but not cunt, how many times I got dumped as a youth
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 25/08/2026
This is important
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Jacob Evans @vumpire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The prologue of every Stephen King novel published between 1975 and 1988: Under thy shadow by the piers I waited Only in darkness is thy shadow clear. The City’s fiery parcels all undone, Already snow submerges an iron year...--Hart Crane We've got the biggest balls of them all --AC/DC
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barnabus @othersome.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
physical pain
What the heck is Soul Boom?
Originally conceptualized in Rainn Wilson's book of the same name, Soul Boom is an idea that explores the potential for a spiritual revolution-a Soul Boom to instigate healing transformations, both individually and collectively.
On the podcast, Rainn extends the conversation beyond the book; engaging with the most brilliant and heart-felt artists, thinkers, and doers. Follow along as Rainn and guests delve into what it means to be human with a body and soul. Also, jokes!
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 09/08/2026
(Calvin's dad voice) The two types of personal hygiene products are degreasers and lubricants. All products fall into these two categories. Shampoo? Degreaser. Conditioner? Lubricant. Toothpaste? Degreaser. Deodorant? Lubricant
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Sorry gotta do it baby. Always Be Plugging. 30 + writers and musicians on their top 5 Weezer songs. www.welcometohellworld.com/the-world-ha...
welcometohellworld.com
The world has turned and left me here
The 5 best Weezer songs ever
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Reba @reba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social loved the weezer article but now I gotta tell people “oh I recently got back into weezer” 😩
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Classic post here but "burrito bowl in the bag sideways" is a very pleasant phrase to the ear to me.
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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
giving the president what i know he loves the most - 4 dense paragraphs of text about me, and not him, to read
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