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drmario.bsky.social
He/Him I write about politics, popular culture, and intersections thereof. I have a small dog named Boodles. UW-La Crosse Books: Trumping the Media (Bloomsbury 2023) Masculinity in Contemporary Quality Television (Routledge 2015)
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I don't remember this verse from the Randy Newman song.

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Before he defended his dissertation, he was the one they called ABD Feelgood.

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Why would the Love Shack have a coin-operated jukebox?

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I was wondering why the Dems weren't running tons of ads in my swing district about the spending bill. I was getting infuriated. I realized it's because they want it to pass because they think it will be good for them in the midterms. Then I got more infuriated.

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I know a lot of people consider The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to be a sad song but I prefer to think of it as the story of people who narrowly avoided going to Cleveland.

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Foolish Beat by Debbie Gibson is kind of a forgotten bop.

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Everything dies, baby that's a fact. Maybe everything that dies someday comes back.

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@meredithea.bsky.social

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Post-Malört

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We're like a month away from Honkey Tonk Badonkadonk being the national anthem.

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Gen Z woman at karaoke is Maysen (pronounced Mason). I'm unreasonably annoyed.

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Last Dance With Mary Jane came out when I was in high school. I dug the song and snickered at the pot reference, but I didn't know how devastating it was: "It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone" is just brutal.

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Brilliant.

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The fact that there are not ongoing massive protests every day and every week shows that Americans truly do not understand the scope or the nature of the threat.

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The new @illuminatihotties.bsky.social EP is pretty rad. Y'all should check it out.

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A lesser-known knight named Sir Lance-A-Little who wasn't that good at jousting.

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Contra public opinion, I don't like it when it's still kind of light out at 9 PM.

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trans people are real and bathrooms and sports are made up. if you act like that's the other way around i do not have to hear your argument because it is based on a false premise

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“Can we go outside and play now?” “Soon, boy.” “You said that ten minutes ago.” “As soon as I finish my cof-“ “Oops.” “You did that on purpose.” “It slipped.” “I’ll get my coat.” “Excellent.”

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