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Researchette

@researchette.bsky.social

I have always loved TV. Even Canadian TV. I have a hard time finding US programs, months, even years, after they air. Here I am - to fill a void. Maybe. researchette.tumblr.com

created September 19, 2023

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Whoa!!!!

31/8/2025, 1:22:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get that strap's ass!

31/8/2025, 12:27:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ms. Dale King at Westbrook High school. She taught my Junior year History class, which should have been an A.P. level, and whether she knew it or not, gave me the background in American History to be a real teacher's pet in college. You rock, Ms. King!

31/8/2025, 12:26:02 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I lov Random Family and I think about it often. I'm not lying when I say it completely changed my worldview about the economics and hoop-jumping of urban poverty.

30/8/2025, 11:40:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, all a CEO know is steal. And stealing from an actual child? Chef's kiss.

30/8/2025, 8:52:45 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In cars, as in cats: Adopt, Don't Shop!

30/8/2025, 8:39:58 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He was my first choice. Such a career that came out strictly from commercials.

30/8/2025, 5:21:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And you know he skips over the Dunkacchino scene cause he hates joy.

29/8/2025, 6:47:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Probably because the writing staff wouldn't give away their best bits for a fictional comic when they could use it themselves.

28/8/2025, 11:55:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oof.

28/8/2025, 10:38:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My mom's a nurse and there isn't a medical show around where she won't complain about some inaccuracy.

28/8/2025, 6:41:34 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I didn't know World Series Champion was an individual achievement.

28/8/2025, 4:11:57 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 2:44:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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OK, that finally explains that Kennedy Center Honor for essentially a one-hit wonder.

28/8/2025, 12:56:25 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Awŵw, Koo Koo Roo! I lived in California for a decade, and KKR was a reliable, fast, healthy-ish lunch. RIP, you beautiful chicken bowl!

28/8/2025, 11:53:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope he gets your audiobook like I did so he can hear your amazing Abraham Lincoln impression.

28/8/2025, 2:29:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't know if YOUR grocery store had a metric ton of his awful chocolate bars that they couldn't give away, but I was tripping over those things for months and months.

27/8/2025, 10:59:07 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Probably just made it worse, but my bad votes still matter!

27/8/2025, 8:30:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every year I go to the Toronto Labour Day Parade and I see so many great unions and get so much awesome swag. I love it so much! There's always a "hero" union every year and imagine it will be the Air Canada CUPE members this year.

27/8/2025, 5:29:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm at the game and the ball flew right over my head. It was amazing.

27/8/2025, 12:37:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, those old suitcases were a nightmare dragging through an airport. Whoever invented the wheeled/handle vertical suitcase deserves a statue in the town square.

26/8/2025, 5:16:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"They call him Mister Tibbs!"

24/8/2025, 1:27:08 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Photo of a black and white tuxedo cat sitting on a cardboard box, white looking wide-eyed and plaintively at the camera. Probably wants a snack or something.
23/8/2025, 8:14:48 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've only had one kitten in my cat-alogue (!) but here's one of Digit from back when.

Photo of a small black and white tuxedo kitten walking on a carpeted staircase.
23/8/2025, 8:00:26 PM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oooh! Your choices range from my Communist son to my nerd husband. (Not pictured: My other son's single unread book about baseball that keeps disappearing under his bed.)

23/8/2025, 11:41:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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High Tea from Dome

23/8/2025, 12:39:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What is this even promoting? Peaking in high school?

23/8/2025, 12:06:16 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They remind of Mr. Blackwell, the guy who showed up once a year to say catty things about how celebrities dressed during the past 12 months and then disappeared again after every newspaper and magazine printed his very wise musings.

22/8/2025, 7:20:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As an authority on historical cats, when you do find a cat name do they lean more on human names or a cute name like our friend Cinnamon here? More Toms or more Mittens?

21/8/2025, 7:41:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I like this. I'm certainly no authority, but a 99 MPH fastball is no different to me as a viewer than 95 MPH fastball. It's just so announcers can ooh and aah about something to fill up airtime.

21/8/2025, 3:35:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oooh! I see a Tony's Macaroni there on the side.

21/8/2025, 3:10:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My husband and I say, "Some folk do, some folk do" quite often. This quote is from the episode where Mike is put on trial and Bobo grills Brain Guy on the stand about the making of pie crust. It's a pretty deep cut.

21/8/2025, 12:41:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have never watched this guy's stuff before, but I'm a true believer now.

20/8/2025, 10:49:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My dad, too! And my mom had straight long parted in the middle hair with a bouquet of daisies. The 70s were a hell of a time.

20/8/2025, 10:05:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do any stats people know if they do worse in these early games or does it matter at all?

20/8/2025, 7:38:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, I liked it.

20/8/2025, 12:06:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I only learned about him last week and from what I gather he's trying desperately to have a heart attack on-screen while filming a TikTok.

19/8/2025, 3:51:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not your point, but the one time I met Tom Hanks was when he was doing a radio interview where I worked (not a radio station; it made sense at the time) and he was in full Castaway hair and body. We didn't fully comprehend his whole unique look for a loooong time.

19/8/2025, 2:11:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honestly. When we dropped off our oldest (only on the other side of town, BTW) my husband and I sat in silence while I cried the whole time. I'm not a big crier at all. I really didn't anticipate how hard I would take it.

18/8/2025, 5:59:05 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You just stopped whatever you were doing to make that? You are a very special kind of weirdo. #complimentary

18/8/2025, 2:01:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Semi-Related: In the Rifftrax movie "Day of the Animals" there is a series of jokes about how fake Pineapple Pie is. Well, I made a pineapple pie earlier this year and I'll tell you what. It's real! And it's absolutely delicious!

18/8/2025, 1:50:11 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Always love some baked goods on my timeline.

16/8/2025, 11:38:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you trying to build up an immunity to this slop for some reason? It's not healthy. I'm worried.

16/8/2025, 6:44:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I adore this show! I live in Canada, so no HBO Max, but it's available on Makeful, one of the reasons I can't fully cord-cut. After one rather infamous episode where the contestants had to make nude sculptures, Makeful network now airs multiple warnings that there MAY be nudity. Every time.

16/8/2025, 5:55:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe you're being being rhetorical, but I absolutely see him take a Odenkirk turn. Also, an Abso-lutely adult swim turn.

16/8/2025, 1:59:16 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I like to think Hartman would be the elder statesman of comedy podcasts and generally playing the role of "actor that makes everything better."

16/8/2025, 1:38:29 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey, Look! An ICE agent's actual face!

15/8/2025, 11:51:07 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Flying through the windshield to own the libs.

15/8/2025, 6:29:46 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think that the 70s items are either "What the Actual Hell?" Or "We're way too ahead of the curve."

15/8/2025, 3:24:46 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Real ones remember.

15/8/2025, 1:20:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"That squares my breasts!"

14/8/2025, 10:27:32 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's what is great about baseball.

14/8/2025, 1:39:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/8/2025, 6:46:50 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I actually look forward to the Kennedy Honors every year cause it is a nice post holiday season treat. I learn about some ballet dancer or classical musician that I've never heard of before. There's always a surprise guest that makes me sit up on my couch. But this? Hardest of passes.

13/8/2025, 4:14:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why am I always that last person to hear that my country has fallen?

12/8/2025, 10:36:52 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Woah there! Put a trigger warning on that frightening behavior!

12/8/2025, 9:39:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RIP. One of the all-time TV smart-ass kids.

12/8/2025, 9:01:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One thing I'm absolutely certain of, is that Shake is one of television's all-time biggest and best assholes. They don't call him Master for nothing.

12/8/2025, 2:58:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm going with a nice Italian sandwich drenched in greasy olive oil.

12/8/2025, 3:12:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow! He's changed so much since I last saw him. Great job, Data!

12/8/2025, 3:05:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/8/2025, 8:03:56 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speeding happens in one of two instances: I want to go fast OR I'm not paying attention I'm going too fast. Not because a T-rex is chasing you.

10/8/2025, 11:25:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is this to BREAK a World Record or to CREATE a World Record? I miss the old days of the chubby twins on motorbikes.

10/8/2025, 7:29:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Your more recent models have a charging port. Try looking for that. Oh, and I hope you didn't lose her C-charger cord that came in her original box.

10/8/2025, 5:56:25 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never underestimate the dumb and the lazy.

10/8/2025, 4:24:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's embarrassing that it took this long, but I'll be proud to tell her that her calls suck and she couldn't see a strike if her life depended upon it. For the ladies.

9/8/2025, 10:58:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just making the deadline...

A white and black cat is sitting comfortably in a cardboard box. The sunlight is hitting her nicely and her face is looking serenely at the camera. A black and white cat sitting on the arm of a gray recliner. He looks slightly startled and wide-eyed at the camera.
9/8/2025, 1:45:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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DM me.

8/8/2025, 1:25:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seriously, I'll mail you whatever you want.

8/8/2025, 12:49:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This does not scream TikTok influencer to me. This is more of a Facebook vibe.

8/8/2025, 11:45:06 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's okay. People still make Catherine the Great and Mama Cass jokes even if they're wrong. The point is Hegseth sucks.

7/8/2025, 10:39:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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OK, you win. You got me. I finally joined the Patreon.

7/8/2025, 10:35:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He doesn't even say "mother and daughter." He says "Child." Nice try, Lib.

7/8/2025, 7:49:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/8/2025, 10:14:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Calling balls as strikes knows no gender.

6/8/2025, 5:49:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ME TOO! Only I say it out loud in a vain attempt to impress my teenager.

5/8/2025, 1:42:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fact Check: TRUE

5/8/2025, 1:30:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm not a PR person, so does this mean that someone has to listen to the podcast and write down what the "sentiments" were?

4/8/2025, 10:34:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was just on vacation in a cabin with only a small TV and a DVD player. But I was prepared with my Complete "WKRP" DVD set (with original music!) and now the whole family is really aware of Loni Anderson. Such a rich character that on a lesser show would have been a one-sentence cliche. RIP.

3/8/2025, 11:45:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I assume you've seen the prequel "1990: The Bronx Warriors" (Rifftrax did it), but there is a scene where all the gangs meet up by the river, all while a guy drums diagetic music, is honestly one of my favorite scenes in a B-movie. And Fred Williamson is so cool.

3/8/2025, 10:50:41 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heh...Sully. I knew a Sully in college and you'd call the house and you had to confirm whether it was Big Sully or Little Sully.

3/8/2025, 8:03:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I honestly worry about the mental health of Will, the host. Self-care is important.

3/8/2025, 6:00:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I really really liked it, but I saw it on Thursday and I only wish the audience was bigger. And, of course, one must stay til the very end.

3/8/2025, 2:29:08 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm either walking in slow motion to "Little Green Bag" or walking regular to "Cannonball" by The Breeders.

2/8/2025, 6:59:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I supported your original campaign and I'll follow you however you wind up. Photocopy a zine and I'll pick it up at your house, if need be.

2/8/2025, 6:54:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Find your most comfy place to crash on this #caturday

A black and white cat is sleeping in his back in the crevice between two couch cushions. A white and black cat is sleeping on her back in a cat tower cube in a very weird and uncomfortable position.
2/8/2025, 3:16:03 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The theory used to be that if skirts were trending long that meant a bad economy since one could get by without spending money on nylons and a short skirt trend meant that the economy was strong because one would have strong nylon purchasing power. What this has to do with jeans, I have no idea.

2/8/2025, 12:28:21 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean...

A screenshot from the television series,
1/8/2025, 11:41:54 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A screen shot from the very bad movie,
1/8/2025, 10:08:56 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Refresh? Who's refreshing? Not me.

31/7/2025, 7:54:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just came back from my Farmer's Market and no one denied me anything. I guess I'm just a better person than Alan Dershowitz.

31/7/2025, 7:49:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I agree. My kids were young right at the start of the iPad kids trend. When we were out of the house at restaurants there were crayons and paper at every place and that kept them more than busy. In the car, I'd just talk to them constantly. And snacks help.

31/7/2025, 3:22:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's long since learned that it doesn't matter why you say his name, it only matters that when people remember his stupid changes his name will be said.

30/7/2025, 6:14:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As Maya Angelou once said, "When someone tells you they are Dr. Insensitive Jerk believe them."

30/7/2025, 2:46:23 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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OH. NO.

30/7/2025, 12:16:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jealous.

29/7/2025, 11:04:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a Jays fan, I'm so very honored to be included. Incidentally, my son's only non-Jays MLB gear is a Bryce Harper t-shirt.

29/7/2025, 10:47:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was so proud when my baby's first words were "In-Game Parlay."

29/7/2025, 5:02:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Saddle or GTFO!

28/7/2025, 12:41:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh no! This is how I find out.

27/7/2025, 5:37:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view