Jim Browne

Entropy fighter. Dad. Terrible comic. Tech guy. Ex-Triathlete (see: Dad)

[Jim Browne @j2b5]

Based on the holiday shipping deadlines for Europe I'm guessing the @USPS got a terrific deal on three masted sailing ships.

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@christrimble But he said he was going to the Apple Store. I’m sure I heard him say that.

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@christrimble But is he gonna go to the Apple Store?

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@christrimble https://t.co/UravySYBVg

[HalloweenVerse @HalloweenVerse]

When Halloween ends, a new nightmare begins 🎃 🎄

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@christrimble Shakespeare in Love would have totally won that year if it was released then.

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@christrimble Two firsts? Goin all in for Ditka this year?

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@christrimble Retroactive. It’s absurd, but apparently there’s no right to a consistent tax scheme.

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@christrimble It is constitutional per the Supreme Court and California has tried it at least twice in the past thirty years; this is just the latest attempt.

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Run/DMC “Walk This Way” playing

Son: this song sounds like a Mad Lib
Me: 😲

So I took a big CHANCE at the high school DANCE

[Viv @battleangelviv]

Not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment

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@christrimble So much that I bookmarked it

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

My dream Gen X retirement community isn't a golf course or a luxury resort.

It's a fully renovated 80s/90s shopping mall.

Half the building is apartments. The other half looks exactly like the mall we grew up in.

The Waldenbooks is now a massive library where you can spend hours getting lost in books.

The food court is part of your meal plan, so you can grab an Orange Julius, a slice of pizza, Chinese food, or sit down for a proper meal at Shoney's whenever you want.

The movie theater plays classics every night.

The arcade is free and packed with Pac-Man, Galaga, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Donkey Kong, and every cabinet game we spent our allowance on.

Sam Goody is still there. You can browse CDs, listen to Bowie, The Ramones, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or whatever you love. They even host monthly dance nights for anyone who still remembers MTV when it actually played music.

The Sharper Image has massage chairs you can reserve whenever your back reminds you that you're no longer 25.

The pharmacy is still an Eckerds.

Blockbuster is fully operational. You can rent movies, video games, and spend 30 minutes wandering the aisles before choosing something you'll probably fall asleep watching.

There's an aerobics studio offering Tae-Bo, Richard Simmons, MTV's The Grind workouts, and every fitness craze we survived the first time around.

There are fountains everywhere, a lazy river because we've earned it, and plenty of benches where people can sit and talk instead of staring at their phones.

Every morning we go mall walking before the stores "open."

Every evening we meet friends at the food court.

No algorithms. No endless scrolling. No influencers.

Just books, music, movies, arcades, friends, nostalgia, and the feeling that for a few hours, it's 1995 again.

Honestly, I'd put my name on the waiting list today.

[Jim Browne @j2b5]

@migranol_ How about Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy (song) being released on the album *after* Houses of the Holy (album)?

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@bmantraffic Exactly 3 hours gravel to Apex.

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@joshmanmode_ We remember it so well I often greet my children with “Hey Janice!” and they know the reference.

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If Claude Code was an employee I’d put them on a PIP

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I was so confused by the tragic young death of Hayden Panettiere; convinced she died years ago. I guess that was Brittany Murphy.

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@SenorGrumpy @pennyelizabeths Pumpkin spice season son! https://t.co/wLKs5ltKQS

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@bagina_enjoyer @GrantSlatton @mnmcsofgp It has for decades in the East Bay: it’s called casual carpool. Did it for several years. Faster, cheaper, safer, and less insane than BART.

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@OwenBrakes Looks Apraphulian. https://t.co/l578apVrJ8

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@Anthony_Bonato Maxwell’s equations can be simplified to Snell’s Law. Not mind blowing, but it’s like connecting the end of undergraduate mathematics to the beginning of high school physics.