Julie Spahn

Beach lover, Michigander, mom

[Julie Spahn @JulieCSpahn]

I 💙 Yost! It’s magical!

[Michigan's Past @MichiganHist]

This is not a very socially distanced crowd:
Dedication of Yost Field House at the University of Michigan - 11/10/1923 (BHC)
#umich #AnnArbor
https://t.co/22m6nOEptn

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Walt Disney once told Charles Schulz he wasn't good enough to draw background art.

Form letter. Very polite.

"We only hire the very finest artists."

Sparky wasn't one of them.

His yearbook rejected his cartoons. His school gave him a zero in physics. He failed every subject in eighth grade.
Every. Single. One.

The other kids called him "Sparky" — after a horse in a comic strip.

They were calling him an animal.

Paul Harvey said it best:

"Sparky wasn't actually disliked by the other youngsters. No one cared enough about him to dislike him."

So this invisible boy did something strange.

He didn't try to prove Disney wrong.

He wrote his autobiography in cartoons instead.

Named the main character after himself.

Charlie Brown.

A kid whose kite never flies. Whose team never wins. Whose crush never notices him.

Then Schulz did something the network executives hated.

He put Luke 2 at the center of his Christmas special.

"Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy..."

They told him to cut it.

Too religious.

He refused.

Christmas Eve, millions of families will watch that scene.

A loser became the messenger.

Disney said he wasn't good enough.

God said otherwise.

[Andrew Yeung @andruyeung]

Status symbols over 30

- Not burnt out
- Loving partner
- Have 1–2 hobbies
- No binge drinking
- Stopped clubbing
- Dress fashionably
- Positive worldview
- Has independent thought
- Consistent fitness routine
- Zero desire to impress others
- Took action to pursue your dream
- Surrounded by ambitious, kind people

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A hill I'm willing to die on:

Walking in silence is more productive than walking with a podcast or audiobook on 2x speed.

[Fascinating History @Fascinate_Hist]

Quite possibly one of the most beautiful train stations ever built.

Antwerp, Belgium

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV tells ALS sufferers that "the quality of human life is not dependent on achievement. The quality of our lives is dependent on love."

[Jan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @RosaryMum]

“I plead with you — never, ever give up on hope; never doubt, never tire and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

Pope St. John Paul II

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Today is the Race to Mackinac. #chicago

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

[Richard Campanella @nolacampanella]

Mark Twain writing in 1882 of how often Americans, north and south, spoke about the Civil War.

[Julie Spahn @JulieCSpahn]

@MerriamWebster Splice!!! I thought it meant split or slice. Nope! Bring together.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Clarity comes from action.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis saying more in one paragraph than many say in whole books

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

When a child is conceived, there’s a flash of light called the “zinc spark”

This confirms the fact that human life begins at fertilization.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Parents

1.

[Julie Spahn @JulieCSpahn]

@AshleyGWinter My son had this too! Ouch!!

[dunc 🌎 @SpartyWRLD]

Izzo holding back tears in the post-game interview with everyone in the back showing love.

This Michigan State team is special.

[DK @SpartanHoops_DK]

This is straight 🔥🔥 . If MSU wins tonight I will buy one for whomever can give me Coen Carr’s final stat line tonight (PTS/REB/BLKs (total add). Must hit the RT and drop your guess below. If no exact answers price of right rules as to who is closest. GO GREEN!!!!

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.