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nanette.bsky.social
50. librarian. central Illinois. #1 fan of new order’s technique not a professional account by any means, it gets weird in here one-half of this fine endeavor: thebestthing.blog
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a new Oreo flavor is scheduled for release on May 5, which is the day my new employee starts this is an opportunity to introduce her to our departmental ritual of trying every new Oreo flavor upon its release this one is chocolate covered pretzel flavor which I’m sadly unenthusiastic about

next Monday at noon, 125 of the albums that @putnam39.bsky.social and I will be listening to and writing about for the next 6-ish months will be revealed!

it’s five songs Friday at the blog and we’re discussing great (or at least good) songs from lesser albums is it worse to be “bland and inoffensive” or overly laden with “guitar wank”? not sure if we answer this but we certainly discuss it

I heard a talk from a library advocate who works in Oklahoma and he mentioned that he discusses book banning in terms of “do you want the government telling you what your kids can check out from the library? or do you want to make that decision based on what’s best for your family?”

had I known that I’d be walking the two blocks into work in a DOWNPOUR I would have done the 80s career woman thing and changed shoes when I arrived (I can’t fully embrace the look as I don’t own a power suit with giant shoulder pads OR a pair of white gym shoes)

shower playlist: Madchester edition

just say the first one that comes to mind! don’t overthink it!

listening to this and asking the most crucial question: is Morrissey necessary? (my answer: no. and next time Johnny Marr tours I will not miss it because to hear him play “there is a light that never goes out” would make my life)

No offense to Mr. Pizzaballa, but it's extremely weird to imagine the possibility of a Gen X pope. The pope is supposed to be guided by voices, not out here having opinions about Guided by Voices.

I just saw a middle schooler with a mullet wearing an Iron Maiden tshirt and do you think he is a time traveler from another era please advise

School libraries are not indoctrinating kids with “LGBTQ ideology”—I know that and you know that— but conservatives love pretending they don’t. @hegemommy.bsky.social & I explain Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Don't Say Gay in School case out of Maryland. #BoomLawyered rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/04/24/t...

shower playlist: nice spring day edition

the 13 year old, reaching for the leftover fries on her sister’s plate: “gonna salvage these boys…”

uh oh there’s a MALLARD DUCK minding its own business downtown

Flora, caught in the act of biting her cardboard scratcher

sometimes I am like “oh after a couple of months Apple Music is finally learning what I like” and sometimes I am like “what the fuck, Apple Music?!?!” this is certainly the latter

Depeche Mode, Violator tour at the World Music Theater, July 1990 the tickets were a 16th birthday gift from my parents!

you never know what music you’ll hear at the orthodontist’s office. it’s either “kickstart my heart” or “hooked on a feeling”

just got one of those toll violation spam texts which was a solidly good reminder that I took the toll road yesterday and I need to pay those tolls online! thanks spammer I guess

her name is ELSIE and she craves HUMAN MEAT

has anyone ever done a critical analysis of the billboards along interstate 294 outside of Chicago because that’s a rich text about the anxieties of modern masculinity, personal injury lawyers, and home renovation

heading up to the Chicago suburbs for a day of ILA conference committee meetings!