Re Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”:
The song is an important reminder that we are surrounded on six sides (three sides per peninsula) by beautiful lakes that want us dead and we must love, respect, and fear them.
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Ypsilantian and Michigoose. J! class of 2014. I like tea and sleeping, but not at the same time. I like Gilbert & Sullivan, icebox plum memes, baking and writing. She/her. Writing stuff: https://linktr.ee/writermcnaughton
Re Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”:
The song is an important reminder that we are surrounded on six sides (three sides per peninsula) by beautiful lakes that want us dead and we must love, respect, and fear them.
Ypsilanti writers! I’m putting together a list of local resources. Any ideas of what else to include? writermcnaughton.wordpress.com/about/ypsila...
Ypsilanti Fiction Writing Resources
I am collecting writing resources in and around Ypsilanti. If you have additional suggestions, let me know! email me On this page: Standing Events Writing Workshop Led by Tara Hardy and Bradley Kra…
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We've introduced Nephew to Rookie of the Year and as predicted by EVERY adult present, Nephew has started running around shouting "Pitcher's got a big butt!"
Rookie of the Year Baseball Throw
Alt: Rookie of the Year Baseball Throw
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Airplane! Jive Scene
Alt: In the movie Airplane!, a Black man is in pain. A flight attendant leans over him, then TV mom Barbara Billingsley stands up and tells the flight attendant “Excuse me Miss, I speak Jive.”
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Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
Me*, listening to The Iliad: ‘Why are there two Ajaxes and why do they do everything together?!’ * An Xennial named Sarah who chose to live with another Sarah through most of college
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
Today’s @nytimes.com Spelling Bee won’t let me play AKITA or EVITA, but I did get the adjective that no longer describes that off-stage character.
I don’t care if Hydrox came first! Taste better!! This is the harsh world of sandwich cookies!!! We don’t care about your history! You get nothing from being first!! This is about advancing the science and your ass got left behind!!!
My sister sent me two Timberlake alternatives:
RE: the month of (Meltdown) May tired: Justin Timberlake inspired: Jonathan Davis
An original story by my six-year-old: Once upon a time there were three astronauts. They went to a party and then they farted. 😂😆🤣(while laughing)😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Congratulations to the wheelchair tennis team of U-M Adaptive Sports and Fitness on capturing its first National Championship at the ITA Wheelchair Tennis Nationals this past weekend! 🏆 #GoBlue
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
what do we want? OBJECT PERMANENCE when do we want it? WHEN DO WE WANT WHAT
There's a woman here with a shirt that says "THIS SHOULD BE A DETROIT PWHL jersey."
"Do you know who this picture is?" "Red." "And this one?" "Mommy. And that one's you?" "And who's in the pictures with me and Mommy?" "Mr Jeopardy."
I do not support all Team USA sports, some of those bitches are very dumb men
I watched The Secret Agent on Wednesday night and this week’s episode of The Pitt on Friday. It’s been a big week for disembodied legs! 🦵
We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.
US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says
At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...
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The state of my union is probably going to be the inside of my eyelids.
The state of my union is watching a movie I own on TCM instead.