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S. M. Strand

@smstrand.bsky.social
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S. M. Strand is an educator and writer living in New England.

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lets’s goooooo!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
medium.com/frazzled/lif... Always an honor to be on Frazzled! @frazzledhumor.bsky.social
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Life, Liberty, and the Only “Good” Go-Gurt
A toddler summary of grievances
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We’re so glad it landed! Thank you. ❤️
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The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open! @offbeatlit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A hilarious "memoir" today, by the mechanical shark from Jaws. Turns out he's a classically trained actor with much more to offer than Spielberg imagined. *Many people forget that his name was Bruce. 😆 thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/06/23/v...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This was so fun to work on with Jeff Bond. Proud to have it up at The Disappointed Housewife! @offbeatlit.bsky.social @jeffbondnyc.bsky.social thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/06/23/v...
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Vanya, Vanity, and Betrayal on the Bay ~ memoir by Jeff Bond and S. M. Strand
So Spielberg’s “having a moment.” Again. Maybe it’s futile, but I still have hopes that my as yet unsigned memoir will find a home. The American public deserves to know the truth about their “favor…
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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The Congressional Democratic Leadership’s Official ICE Response Glossary
A Guide to Center-Ground Inertia
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If our governors and state reps have any spines
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It’s not even body cam - it’s from the shooter’s cell phone that he had in his other hand when he fired.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
@el-kristy.bsky.social
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
@el-kristy.bsky.social
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Thank you! Love seeing my little pieces in Frazzled.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Love this!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Grateful any time something lands right for the McSweeney’s folk. ❤️
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Thank you, @frazzledhumor.bsky.social!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Thank you, Mike!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you Katherine! It was a fun one to write, and I appreciate your kind words.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
So proud to be in @pointsincase.com! Thanks guys!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My first piece in Points in Case! ❤️
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Points in Case @pointsincase.com · 18/08/2025
Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children. Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.
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Normal Mom Group vs. Culty Mom Group
Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children. Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Yasssss.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Oh no. Been there. :(
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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Trump’s Hastily Compiled “Consumer Satisfaction” Priorities as a Smoke Screen for All Things…
“Sir, the Fudge Filling Is Gone”
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
No worries if not - but can you share what it was? I tend to go with what pops into my head but I don’t mind gaming the system now and then.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
We rehomed upwards of 50 decorative lighthouses from my mom’s place in Dennis. And we did it right. Kept them all on the Cape. My sister wanted to take one back to Framingham - she was denied.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
OMG forced password resets. If I say it’s secure enough, it’s secure enough.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/07/2025
"Be open to the bartering process. Flexibility is the cornerstone of any successful rural birthing plan... Extra services like epidurals are nothing more than elaborate hoaxes designed by the left to rob women of God’s gift of increased pain in childbirth."
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Trade Your Way to Wellness: A Patriotic Guide to Farm-Fresh Health Care
“Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first.’ Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut hea...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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I’m Dating Birds Now
And at least it’s better than Craig
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Always love getting posted at Frazzled!
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Frazzled Humor @frazzledhumor.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I don’t mind being the meal planner. The kitchen’s my favorite place — it’s where my coffee pot lives, and my secret stash of Swedish Fish. By @smstrand.bsky.social medium.com/frazzled/the...
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The Cure to Meal-Planning Decision Fatigue
Hint: Chaos Is Your Friend
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/07/2025
"The flag belongs to all of us—left, right, Andrew Yang. You can love your country and still side-eye it. That’s real patriotism."
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Advice from Your Conservative Neighbor on How You, a Liberal, Can Hang an American Flag Without Looking Like a Trumper
I saw you this morning as you were getting your paper, gazing wistfully at that flagpole bracket like it broke your heart in junior year. You want ...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Sharing with everyone, this is terrific.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/06/2025
"I worry that the powers that be might take one look at my salt-and-pepper hair, only slightly elevated blood pressure, and spry body with both its original hips, and laugh me right out of the Capitol."
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As a Seventy-Two-Year-Old Democrat, Am I Too Young to Run for Congress?
Before I blew out all seventy-two candles on my birthday cake this year, I made a wish. I wished for something that had been gnawing at my soul eve...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Lovely photo.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
😆 So good!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The is was a fun one to write. Grateful to @aknott21.bsky.social who always tries to boost his authors! ❤️
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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A Tactical Flowchart for Parents Navigating the High-Stakes Terrain of Playdate Bathroom Visibility
Should you hide the Squatty Potty?
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Hysterical.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Love this so much!!
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This is so beautiful.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Inject this batshit into my veins. ❤️
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Kenneth Loggins. 😆
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/05/2025
"Since 1988, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive at Little League concession stands and any place that smells like popcorn and feet. But now that the future is here, we regret to announce that we are extremely disappointed."
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This Isn’t the Future We at Dippin’ Dots Envisioned
Since 1988, we at Dippin’ Dots have proudly sold the official ice cream of the future. And ever since, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive ...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A Jon Klassen book for grownups. ❤️
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/05/2025
"Be advised that we’re monitoring the em dashes, as they appear to be coded signals potentially indicative of subversive coordination."
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Hope Is the Thing with Funding—and We’re Yanking Yours
“A federal agency has cancelled a $117,000 grant that was set to go to the Emily Dickinson Museum.” — MassLive - - -Dear Miss Dickinson, Following ...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Happy this piece is up! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hop...
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Hope Is the Thing with Funding—and We’re Yanking Yours
“A federal agency has cancelled a $117,000 grant that was set to go to the Emily Dickinson Museum.” — MassLive - - -Dear Miss Dickinson, Following ...
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Love this.
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
First post on The Belladonna! thebelladonnacomedy.com/local-woman-...
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Local Woman Seeks Justice for Father’s Murder, But Interviewer Just Wants to Talk About Her Ex
Ophelia on Talk of Elsinore
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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Thank you Jo! Your kind words are appreciated. ❤️
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