askingamy.bsky.social
"Ask Amy" advice columnist, NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist, literacy advocate, NYT bestselling author, and proprietor of the Freeville Free Library. Author of the One Good Thing newsletter on Substack
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My sisters and their daughters sang I Love You Truly in a million part harmony at my wedding.
Greatest hit from 1912!
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As you no doubt know ...
I need to be saved from my own instincts.
(I ate both bananas. Of course I did!)
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Whew! It's a good thing I didn't eat one.
(I ate both and no regrets!)
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DANG! Too late!
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Thank you! I definitely have one or two books in me.
Getting them out of me is the problem!
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I was eager to thank Anne Tyler, but am reminded of how hard it can be to reach some writers directly. I hope her editor at Knopf will pass this along:
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I have in fact fainted.
Currently writing her a thank you letter.
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!!!!
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I just love her smart mouth. She and Joan Blondell are my favorite scene-stealing sassy pants.
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I think both were friends and supporters of his, so I take it that they were just being sardonic little bullies here?
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Seriously. We'll see how they feel when an alright-alright-alright bot puts them out of business
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Looks like a delicious amuse bouche
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Shocking to me that Matthew and Woody are out front for AI. Weren't they supposed to be sort of standard bearers for authenticity?
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For instance I just said "that man's name is Snoop Dogg."
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Well I am exceedingly cool and the hippest of hepcats
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Haha this just happened in our household! And I was the designated explainer, which is very very sad indeed
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I have the sinking feeling that we might be headed in that direction
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Great start right out of the gate! Well done ... and thank you.
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Fracas
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My all-time most hated salutation.
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Yep, got it
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Hmmmm - a lot to unpack here!
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Where is this?? It's lovely.
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Otherworldly!
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YES! (But coffee)
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Every single day since Dec 24. It's been wonderful (my view this morning)
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Woolf's work has that effect on me
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This is enough. Thank you!
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Boop boop be doop!
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Haha - the kind that has a shovel