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I was with someone on Monday night who said unironically “JD Vance is a rockstar.”

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Doing something right.

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Just put some tariffs on the tariffs. Issue solved.

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You have to look for the bright spots in these dark times. So I will celebrate not being picked for a jury after three days in court.

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The worst and the dullest

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Don’t worry. It is not like the US has any history of invading Panama.

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One thing I definitely do not miss about living in New York City is radiator heat.

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Sitting and staring at a statue near the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with a bloody carcass of what I believe to be a skinned rat less than ten feet away. Happy new year.

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I got my nephew into Balatro this week and he now sends me updates on his progress.

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I asked my little cousin if there was one thing he definitely wanted to do in 2025 and he, without hesitation, said “Dave and Busters.”

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The joy I get when I tell some terrible punny joke and my uncle closes his eyes, shakes his head, and just says “Michael.”

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The snow has melted off the ground revealing that the grass below is a beigy-brown and the last embers of flame in the fireplace burned out hours ago. But the Blue Jay is back on the bare tree.

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When those regular fit jeans turn into skinny jeans.

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No more Pornhub in Florida starting in January. Florida men will just have to jerk off to mental images of all the freedom they have.

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Big article in the DISGRACED LA TIMES

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Wondering what my neighbor’s “God, Guns, & Trump” flag is doing for my home’s sell value.

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I’ve decided to stop hoarding things (as much). I used some of my airline miles to book a flight to New York. I brought two bottles of whiskey to a friend, and two bottles of wine for Thanksgiving. These drinks are to be shared and drank, not just stared at and collected.

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Trying to decide which I hate more: the idea of moving again, or realizing how secretly expensive and terrible Florida is/has become.

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Move to Florida once as a kid, shame on you. Move to Florida a second time in my thirties, shame on me. This has been Florida Shame. #floridashame

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Bluesky will not truly have arrived until brands are getting horny with each other on here.

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Not My Cat has returned to my chair in my backyard.

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I saw a rec for the movie Hundreds of Beavers on here. Needs to be seen to be believed. Basically a live action cartoon slapstick silent movie with adorable costumes. And beavers. Hundreds of beavers.

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A lot of your personalized license plates are unintelligible.

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Turkey is fine. It is all about everything that is touching the turkey.

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The Sun Sentinel headline says don’t forget to take your gun out of your carry-on when you fly this holiday season. This is America.

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Some documentaries that I watched recently that I enjoyed: Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose Mr. McMahon Butterfly in the Sky Only one of these made me cry.

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Over the past week or so I “reread” (skimmed) the first 4 books of Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive in anticipation of the fifth book coming out. I just couldn’t reread almost 5,000 pages before Wind and Truth is here. I did read all of book 4. But I’m ready for the next 1316 pages!

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I’m not saying Bluesky is an echo chamber. I am saying this place could have been called Mad Libs.

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Spotted at JFK: a Hasid carrying a bag of lingerie. Spotted at Toronto Pearson: a guy wearing a T-shirt that said “I love my Jewish girlfriend” with what I assume was a picture of her. This has been airport watch.

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I hate that I can barely remember the plots of tv shows I watched last year, but the lyrics to Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA continue to live in my head unabated since the 80s.

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When Tyson lost to Buster Douglas my father bet me that Douglas was going to win. I was incredulous. I was eight. This was never going to happen. His name was also Mike. Just like Jordan and Jackson. Plus he was iron. But my father knew something that I didn’t. The fight was on tape delay.

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A couple of books that I read recently that I have very much enjoyed: Amoralman by Derek Delgaudio Pappyland by Wright Thompson

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Breaking News: The Onion, the satirical publication, said it won a bankruptcy auction to buy Infowars, a website run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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I watched a black cybertruck struggle to park behind me. I started judging. The guy is now sitting next to me waiting to get a haircut. Still judging. His bulldog is at his feet.

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Things are pretty terrible right now, but remember that briefly there was once a rainbow unicorn.

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