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Mark Christianson
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Canucks and Seahawks fan, likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. Whimsical stoic.
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! "Tis the season to be jolly: a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Fill the meadcup, drain the barrel, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Troll the ancient Christmas carol. Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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We had friends from England staying with us last week and yesterday I went into the guest bathroom for the first time since they left and discovered they left us these. DY.ING.
Rubber Duck versions of King Charles and an old British lady.
October 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck were seen at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday, where they sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” for the famed seventh inning stretch during the game between the Vancouver Canadians and the AquaSox.
Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck recreate the magic of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ during a night at the ballpark | CNN
Broderick and Ruck sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” for the famed seventh inning stretch during the game between the Vancouver Canadians and the AquaSox.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!

Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Alex Kydd
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
July 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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stereogum.com
'Back To The Future' hit theaters 40 years ago today.

Have you seen Marty McFly's missing guitar?
Back To The Future Cast Launches Search For Marty McFly’s Missing Guitar
A few weeks ago we were on the lookout for Three Stack’s blue notebook. Now a search for another lost musical belonging is underway: Marty McFly’s Guitar. Gibson has launched a global search for the C...
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July 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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baby duck is bored 🐥
June 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Nailed it.. 😂
May 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Happy 80th birthday to rock and roll singer John Fogerty! ⛳️
May 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Muppets Tonight was something else
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Bat, Literally Translated into English.

Map by me
Map of bat in European languages
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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"Today is the day it all begins..."
#OnThisDay 45 years ago -- April 12, 1980 -- Terry Fox dipped his foot in the Atlantic Ocean in St. John's, NL, to begin his Marathon of Hope.
The 45th annual #TerryFoxRun run is on September 14. terryfox.org via @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social #cancer
April 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Canucks’ Lankinen to receive celebratory Budweiser can for not allowing Ovechkin to score a goal
Canucks’ Lankinen to receive celebratory Budweiser can for not allowing Ovechkin to score a goal
Several goaltenders are being honoured for not being a victim of the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history.   On Monday, Budweiser issued a special line of cans to 28 past and present NHL goaltenders who have not, or were never, scored on by Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin. Among the names on the list includes…
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April 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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@mymorningjacket.bsky.social closed out One Big Holiday last night by bringing out @dinosaurjr.com’s @jmascis.com for the song that gave their fest its name.

MMJ also debuted new covers of Brian Wilson, Cymande, and Neil Young during the weekend.

Watch: www.stereogum.com/2303274/watc...
April 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid
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March 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Tim Hortons to release names of everyone who failed Roll Up the Rim skill testing question

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Tim Hortons to release names of everyone who failed Roll Up the Rim skill testing question
Toronto, ON – Coffee lovers, rejoice! Roll Up the Rim to Win is back… with a twist. This year, Tim Hortons will publicly shame all customers who incorrectly answer the skill-testing question on the ap...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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LA weather forecast with rapper Gene Simmons
March 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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We're officially between prime ministers.

By rule, Hal and Joanne from the BodyBreak commercials are now in charge.
March 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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A smile for your timeline.. 😊
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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We all need a hug sometimes.. 😊
February 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a former Ukrainian politician and president, Viktor Yanukovych. He’s best known for selling his country to Russia, trying to turn it into an authoritarian state, and eventually fleeing to Moscow once his plan failed.

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February 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Trump apologists who tried to make us believe he really was secretly for Ukraine and will be all tough….

Ya, nope. These people need brought forward and called out so we never listen to them again.
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Clear-eyed, direct NYT op-ed by @jamellebouie.net using the kind of non-euphemistic language the headlines should embrace:
Together, Trump and Musk are trying to rewrite the rules of the American system. They are trying to instantiate an anti-constitutional theory of executive power that would make the president supreme over all other branches of government. They are doing so in service of a plutocratic agenda of austerity and the upward redistribution of wealth. And the longer Congress stands by, the more this is fixed in place. Again, if Musk had been elected to some office, this would still be one of the worst abuses of executive power in American history. No one in the executive branch has the legal authority to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations. No one has the legal authority to turn the Treasury payments system into a means of political retribution. No one has the authority to summarily dismiss civil servants without cause. No one has the authority to take down and scrub government websites of public data, itself paid for by American taxpayers. And no private citizen has the authority to access the sensitive data of American citizens for either information gathering or their own, unknown purposes. The thing, of course, is that Musk isn't elected. He is a private citizen. He was neither confirmed for a cabinet job nor formally appointed to a high-level position within the administration. He does not even have a presidential commission; he has been designated a "special government employee." Musk says that he is acting on the authority of the president of the United States. Even still, it is not as if the president nftha lInitad Ctatachne the authoritietn
February 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Lunar New Year + snow day in Vancouver ❄️🏮

#photo #photography #weather
A snowy street in Downtown Vancouver with fresh tire tracks. Trees line the road on either side, there’s a rack of bikes on the right, and hanging from the trees above are a series of bright red lanterns for lunar new year. Snow is falling and covering the scene
February 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM