craigmsmith.bsky.social
a grumpy melange of personality defects who gets paid to talk about books
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Maybe the brain worm had its fingers crossed when the host body made that promise?
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Really? Damn. That is such a low bar to get under
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I haven't watched tennis in a while, but I remember 2006-2008 very clearly, and, as a Federer fan, this is giving me such terrible flashbacks
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I don't know, man. The strategy of saying "But we TOLD you that you couldn't do that thing you went ahead and did anyway" is the Washington Generals of strategies. I got a great feeling it's due.
Surely, no need for consequences for actions.
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The stone coldest thing anyone has ever stuck to that man's car? "You will live the rest of your life as Chris Cillizza." I couldn't handle it, man. I just couldn't.
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*Vandal, upon realizing whose Tesla he "vandalized," curses self for leaving his "Not good enough to remain on the same network shamelessly hawking untimely Tapper and Thompson book" stickers at home.*
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*seeing this, stops halfway up the stairs in the process of going up to show my wife. slinks back downstairs in embarrassment. includes link in an email to her. pats back.*
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The rarest of moments when I wish I could peek in on Twitter. This content can go straight into my veins
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The proportion of good-faith "I genuinely believe many young men are turning right " to somewhat credulous "I've heard this a lot; it must be true" to manipulative "If we say young men are turning right often enough we'll speak it into existence" is hard to quantify, but these numbers are gratifying
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A Grain of Wheat is pure genius. This is an absolute downer of a news story.
Booo, 2025. I've had enough of your shenanigans.
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Did he do the half turn to look at you while writing it? An impish smile playing on his face as he awaited the raucous applause that high school students are always willing to give clever word play?
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"Does it turn the frogs gay?"
"No, but it does give children febrile seizures."
"But the frogs are straight?"
"Sure?"
"Let's produce a billion shots."