Ben Macdonald

People tell me im confused, I think

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@drhingram Him sitting down at the pre launch meeting

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In the wake of Chuck Norris’ death my dad has discovered “Chuck Norris jokes” and has been looking at his phone and laughing for the past day and a half

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Thinking of adopting this as my permanent sign off in emails

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#questpit #pb “There’s a brand new machine and it’s flying off shelves. It does everything so we have more time for ourselves.” claims the narrator at the start of my 786 word, rhyming picture book. Though he quickly learns that outsourcing his thinking to machines is a bad idea

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Nice to see high schoolers are thriving in geography

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@BrooksFrankBoog Sadly I’m just a fan and don’t work for the networks. I’d love to see that angle as well

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The guy who called Cedanne’s walkoff home run makes it on tv again

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@therealT_burnz I hope to see him in the stands during the playoff run

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@therealT_burnz It must be his lucky outfit to guarantee the Red Sox win

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@jaxbran I should have put money on it

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I want one of these kids playing outfield at the home run derby to rob one

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Visiting Canada and went to get ice cream. Upon leaving I realized I left American money in the tip jar. I’m doing a fine job as a tourist

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Got called the 3-slur (30) by a high schooler yesterday. Quite hurtful.

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Learned how Ralph Fiennes’ name is pronounced tonight and I feel like someone who just learned how to say “Worcester” properly

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Made a typo and AI decided to run with it

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Jake Paul’s inspirational win over Mike Tyson last night reminds me of the time I (14, very healthy) heroically beat Boston marathon legend Bill Rodgers (61, recovering from prostate cancer) in a Thanksgiving Day road race in 2009.

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@SaraHall3 @ChiMarathon @ASICSamerica I’m the one who accidentally cut you off at the mile 10 aid station. Really sorry about that.

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Had a brief existential crisis looking through family documents and finding everyone else’s birth certificate but my own

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I went to see Killers of the Flower Moon last night. Fantastic film. For me, the most surprising scene came about 10 minutes before the previews started started when, at 28 years old, I still got asked to show an ID to get into an R-rated movie.