mkultra

Crush peaks and bag beers. I have strong feelings about the Oxford comma

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@jeffvandermeer Neo 😭😭 I'm so sorry. We're so lucky to have the unrequited love of our pets

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@lambertraa_ Multiplicity. The only thing better than Michael Keaton is multiple Michael Keatons

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@lambertraa_ One of the houses I lived in growing up over by Averill Park had a split level basement. It was magical (and kind of creepy)

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@lambertraa_ My sister gave birth about two months ago. She's 41. Meanwhile our dad is calling with questions about his will and trust. The juxtaposition is wild. I had to set the boundary with him that this wasn't the time for those questions

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@lambertraa_ new NPC name generator

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@MariSappho This American Life had a whole episode about this one song. It's a bop, for sure

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@lambertraa_ okay so it's not just me

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@MariSappho Start a podcast?

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@lambertraa_ My only joy teaching summer session is I get to use the college's AC

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@MariSappho Get outside and go for a walk on one of my favorite trails or parks. Visit with friends. Go to a used book store or museum... Anything to get out of the house

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

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@lambertraa_ Hell yeah

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@lambertraa_ I made a Cassie/Maddie reference last year, and my students lost their shit

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@lambertraa_ Not me telling my students about my imaginary friends I had growing up... Also not me developing my own ttrpg to teach said students about how to argue

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@lambertraa_ Commenting to come back to this later

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@TYandThatGuy Ready to get👏it👏on

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@lambertraa_ Sounds like a great time to me