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Totally forgot to post another of my favorite published pieces. I've totally forgotten how to social media (probably not a bad thing). Day 2: I Am David Attenborough, and These are My Nature Poems @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/web_features...

Michael B. Tager@iamragesparkle.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is the 2-year anniversary of my writing hiatus. In its honor, for the next week, I'm posting my favorite published pieces, in no particular order. Day 1: Scrapbooking at the Valhalla Hills Community Center with Helga Mulholland (Necessary Fiction) necessaryfiction.com/stories/Mich...

If I were ever to get a vanity license plate, I've always thought it would read: VNTYLIC

Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history...

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is the 2-year anniversary of my writing hiatus. In its honor, for the next week, I'm posting my favorite published pieces, in no particular order. Day 1: Scrapbooking at the Valhalla Hills Community Center with Helga Mulholland (Necessary Fiction) necessaryfiction.com/stories/Mich...

Sometimes a famous person will follow me on here and I'm like, do you see something I don't? I'm amazing, no doubt, and also I don't know why I'm on your radar.

News that PlayStation is ending physical media isn't big news in and of itself, cause at the end of the day, it's still gaming. However, it's yet another harbinger of the impending capitalist apocalypse and how everything sucks just a little bit more every year.

My brother does some physical stuff. Odds of me throwing my back out almost immediately are high.

Bethany Albertson@albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thought experiment- if you were suddenly appointed to do your sibling’s job, how badly would you suck at it?

Event Horizon and In the Mouth of Madness are peak Neill. I am here for the tribute.

Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week's Sam Neill tribute viewing: Hunt for the Wilderpeople Jurassic Park Event Horizon Merlin (Miniseries) In the Mouth of Madness The Piano The Hunt for Red October

I’ve gotten a few hundred followers in the past few months due to the parable. Welcome! I don’t post much these days for life being hella full & not having capacity & when I do it’s mostly pretty light. The world is heavy enough. I’m reading though & someday I’ll post again. Like a trash-Phoenix!

Best pop culture thread you'll read all day.

Emperor Abby (the first pope)@arobertswrites.com · 4w ago

If the Mystery Gang aged in real time Velma would be a super cool old lady but Shaggy would be a conspiracy theorist.

This feels gross.

Some advice to anyone working in HR. Please don't send an employee an unexpected meeting request at 9am in the morning, during a time of economic upheaval, with zero context. Unless, of course, you're trying to create heart attacks.

As a middle-aged man, stunted and broken by the patriarchy, I am literally incapable of crying more than once every 5 years +/-. On the rare occasion I’m able to access tears, I’m like, holy shit this is wonderful catharsis! Today was one such day. I am ready to receive validation and solidarity!

I've thought about this Simpsons "joke" every day for the last 30+ years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t28Z...

The Simpsons - Nuts and Gum

YouTube video by Mostly Simpsons

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I've run into a couple Economists at parties and they all say the same thing: no one understands the economy, especially Economists. In other words: why not poets? :-)

Spencer Fleury@spencerfleury.bsky.social · last mo.

Silly poet. Clearly you do not understand Economy

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

Fellow white folks enjoying your Juneteenth holiday: spend some money at a black-owned business or something. Spend a moment remembering why you have the day off, mmkay?

Keep it coming, folks! Got some good nemeses within.

Michael B. Tager@iamragesparkle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are you especially clever? Are you in front of a computer all day & would love some idle chit chat? If so, good news, because my DMs are open and ready for you to slide in. Please fill my mind with your inane and/or insightful banter. Prospective nemeses and bosom buddies encouraged to apply!

Are you especially clever? Are you in front of a computer all day & would love some idle chit chat? If so, good news, because my DMs are open and ready for you to slide in. Please fill my mind with your inane and/or insightful banter. Prospective nemeses and bosom buddies encouraged to apply!

No data to back this up, but I’m convinced that Michael Stipe can fight. For whatever reason, he gives me FAFO vibes.

‘dear rax, my middle class parents are ashamed that i clean houses for a living’ www.patreon.com/posts/160262...

Can I get a round of applause for Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love? Is it 40 years old? Yes. Does it still slap hard? Most assuredly, a thousand times, yes!

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Music Video

Alt: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Music Video

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Which musician that your grandparents would love is near and dear to your heart? Personally, I stan Barry Manilow. Dude writes nothing but bangers and I'll die on this hill.

Recently I've been leaning into turning the video game difficulty way, way down. Life is hard, the world is hard, I don't need my relaxation to be hard.

Once, at an Os game, a friend introduced me as the funniest person he knows. That filled me with anxiety, so I responded "I'm more like the Mario Mendoza of humor" & ran away. Being baseball fans, they all found that quite funny. I've recently accepted that I'm situationally quite clever. Growth!

Every so often I remember that Grove City College and "Clowns for Christ" exist and it makes me mad every single time. Like, it'd be funny if it weren't so detestable.

Pitch for a movie: The Nakatomi 12, a prequel to Die Hard done in a heist-movie "Assembling the team" style. Just Hans Gruber globe-hopping with his henchman/best friend Karl as they bring together the most murderous crew of thieves to ever pose as terrorists. 6 seasons and a movie!

Why in the world did I agree to DJ a neighborhood fundraiser with kids and all my parents friends & neighbors where no one will be dancing? I only know dance music, I’m not super confident in these friendships and I hate being perceived by…everyone. Damn you past-Mike!

Went to the ER yesterday because kidney stones are the body being invaded by the devil. Gonna change everything about my life to mitigate that ever happening again.