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Sometime writer and (mostly) analog photography | Award winning chili maker | Baltimore via Jersey City, Kurdzhali, Bulgaria, and Ohio | Friend to cats | He/him
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The more John Wick we get, the less I like the first one.

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Anyone with an expressed opinion about the correct number of babies another person should have is a weird pervert.

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Most popes go to live on a farm upstate, where they're free to drive in their popemobiles as much as they like

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National Register of Historic Uteri

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Now that the ads for "Zero Day" are down in L'Enfant Plaza, I have to wonder: how will the children learn about Zero Day?

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Well, well, well, it sure looks like things are really coming around for me, the guy who didn't get around to watching "Conclave" just yet

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Francis is already up there, rocking out with Jimi and Janice

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This is probably old fashioned of me, but there is definitely a part of me that finds this coming from the New York Times fundamentally unbecoming. You claim to be the paper of record. Have some dignity.

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Republicans acquiescing to Hegseth, RFK, and Gabbard remains absolutely baffling to me.

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It's endlessly funny to me that Christianity's clearly most liturgically important holiday is second or even third tier after three pagan holidays, and is still super pagan.

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Intrusive thought: how did H.I. climb down that ladder with Nathan Jr.?

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People don't like the Eagles which seems reasonable if you know them because they seem like assholes but their music is incredible. Just pure pop and country raised on liquid cocaine.

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This is flatly not true.

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I don't know if the line "You have city hands, Mr. Hooper. You been countin' money all your life" comes from the book or the screenplay, but whoever wrote it, I hope they gave themselves the rest of the day off.

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I see a paid extra for the Family Annihilator package

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Bulgaria has many charming traditions, but one I thought was the cutest was their tradition of "fighting" Easter eggs, where each person takes an egg and cracks them against each other. The one who's egg doesn't crack is the winner. Repeat as required until the ultimate victor is declared.

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I know we're having fun with the stupid MS13 tattoo thing, but it's pretty obviously supposed to be an infographic "decoding" the tattoos, right? I don't think they're actually trying to say that's what his tattoos look like.

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Getting a follow back from a big account is such a beautiful moment of transience, like a cherry blossom slowly falling and dancing through the air before landing on a dog turd. It reminds you of how brief our time here is.

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Someday Donald Trump will die and other daily affirmations to get you through.

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Went to a protest here in Baltimore today the same day the Times published a story about the devastating cost of shuttering USAID abroad, and we're going to bring that home to us as well.

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I regret to inform you the Popeye's pickle lemonade is Good

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Fam, we got there

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Today in "$300 lessons I have been taught by the trades," there are apparently 1.5 gallon gaskets and 3.5 gallon gaskets for flushometer toilets.

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I tried to make stuffed peppers in our toaster oven tonight and while it has been a journey, I think we're gonna get there.

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Paper Plane. Happy Friday everyone.

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The savings!

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The worst thing about selling a house is every single aspect of it, both singularly and collectively.

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This is a kink, right

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So we're clear, Trump has like zero role in this, right? Maybe someone mentioned it to him, maybe not.

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