Joe Parks
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Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and infinitely more; to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town or borough, in the good old world
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I was there, Gandalf. I was there 22 years ago. x.com/JRRTolkien/sta…
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@eigenrobot @selentelechia This state is such a trainwreck it's understandable people just don't believe it
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mortgage payment just jumped by $600/mo for the new year
should probably check whether that's property taxes or insurance
good grief though
cc @selentelechia looks like bread and water is back on the menu
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I knew Joe Buck was going to say this and it still annoyed me soooo much.
Thanks for the reminder.
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14 years ago today: "We will see you...tomorrow night!"
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@arcrowell you see this
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Taj Bradley said he studied scouting reports for the first time in his career this week. He allowed one hit and one run in five innings to the Padres. “I just never did it at all. I was kind of out there blind the whole time.” startribune.com/mixed-results-…
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@eigenrobot I'm tempted every time I'm in HPB to buy big collections of old children's lit, classic lit and like a 90s World Book.
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i went to the bookstore to kill time between helping out with a medical emergency but found myself moved to buy these after recalling a trip to the library yesterday with my 4yo, when i noticed the entire children's section was Feelings slop
meanwhile, in 1964:
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pulled the entire 10 volume set of a 1964 children's reading collection from a used bookstore for $18
i regard this as a colossal win
the introduction is worth reading as a contrast to contemporary pedagogical philosophy. implicit here is a colossal cultural loss
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@ChadTheElder They do not really do that up there, you're right about that.
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