Matt Falduto
@matt17.bsky.social
I'm a dad, a writer, an educator, a theatre director and a financial aid director. Also a lifelong Bears fan. Even when they’re terrible.
@kfishbain.bsky.social, am I right in thinking Oz hasn’t been playing much? What’s his snap count?
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@kfishbain.bsky.social, am I right in thinking Oz hasn’t been playing much? What’s his snap count?
We’ll all be watching to see what the accreditor does next. Do they push back and maintain their independence? Or do they allow a corrupt regime to use them in their attack on higher education?
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We’ll all be watching to see what the accreditor does next. Do they push back and maintain their independence? Or do they allow a corrupt regime to use them in their attack on higher education?
Wasn't the guy who did in his 20s? I don't think he was a teenager.
April 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wasn't the guy who did in his 20s? I don't think he was a teenager.
There's a follow up video??? (I also had no idea they dated in real life.)
March 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There's a follow up video??? (I also had no idea they dated in real life.)
This song doesn't have deep meanings to fill my soul. It was just fun and we enjoyed singing it. What we could remember/understand anyway. (No googling lyrics back then...) The "In a day or two" line doesn't really fit and is kind of impossible to sing and be understood. But that's part of the fun.
March 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This song doesn't have deep meanings to fill my soul. It was just fun and we enjoyed singing it. What we could remember/understand anyway. (No googling lyrics back then...) The "In a day or two" line doesn't really fit and is kind of impossible to sing and be understood. But that's part of the fun.
But of course, he's fine and the live happily ever after. The best part of the video was the end when the guy was throwing himself against the walls and it's shifting back and forth between comic book world and real life.
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
But of course, he's fine and the live happily ever after. The best part of the video was the end when the guy was throwing himself against the walls and it's shifting back and forth between comic book world and real life.
The story was fun - girl pulled into a comic book world by the hero, who is running from guys with... crowbars, maybe? I don't remember. She escapes the comic book world, but it appears her beau is dead. (spoiler ahead)
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The story was fun - girl pulled into a comic book world by the hero, who is running from guys with... crowbars, maybe? I don't remember. She escapes the comic book world, but it appears her beau is dead. (spoiler ahead)
One of the most influential early music videos, a-ha's Take on Me grabbed you with the pencil drawing animation. Everyone was talking about it. I believe it won some awards. Honestly I think the video was the only reason the song became so popular.
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One of the most influential early music videos, a-ha's Take on Me grabbed you with the pencil drawing animation. Everyone was talking about it. I believe it won some awards. Honestly I think the video was the only reason the song became so popular.
Oh I think both can true. The conspiracy theories are right AND they're colossally stupid. For the record, I am 100% sure about the stupid part.
March 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh I think both can true. The conspiracy theories are right AND they're colossally stupid. For the record, I am 100% sure about the stupid part.
It’s not an either/or proposition, Mr. Mellencamp. I’m holding onto 16 til I’m 100.
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s not an either/or proposition, Mr. Mellencamp. I’m holding onto 16 til I’m 100.
But here’s the thing-you can hold onto 16 long after you’ve become a woman or a man. I still do the things I loved when I was 16. Is that my whole life? Hell no. I also love all that comes with being an adult-a loving marriage, kids, a fulfilling career, the opportunity to mentor kids.
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
But here’s the thing-you can hold onto 16 long after you’ve become a woman or a man. I still do the things I loved when I was 16. Is that my whole life? Hell no. I also love all that comes with being an adult-a loving marriage, kids, a fulfilling career, the opportunity to mentor kids.
I remember my daughter's coming of age b-day party when she was 13. There were speeches and congrats and then one of her friends was crying in the bathroom. Then all of her friends were crying together. Because at that moment they realized their childhood was fading away and that was terrifying.
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I remember my daughter's coming of age b-day party when she was 13. There were speeches and congrats and then one of her friends was crying in the bathroom. Then all of her friends were crying together. Because at that moment they realized their childhood was fading away and that was terrifying.
When I was a teenager, I felt that so much. Particularly when I hit 16 and my friends and I could drive. Being on the cusp of adulthood is a tough road-you want to be there but at the same time you’re terrified of losing your childhood.
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When I was a teenager, I felt that so much. Particularly when I hit 16 and my friends and I could drive. Being on the cusp of adulthood is a tough road-you want to be there but at the same time you’re terrified of losing your childhood.
This song has the immortal line:
“Hold onto 16 as long as you can.
Changes come around real soon,
Make us women and men.”
“Hold onto 16 as long as you can.
Changes come around real soon,
Make us women and men.”
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This song has the immortal line:
“Hold onto 16 as long as you can.
Changes come around real soon,
Make us women and men.”
“Hold onto 16 as long as you can.
Changes come around real soon,
Make us women and men.”
I ... I don't even know what to say.
March 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I ... I don't even know what to say.
Anyway it was a powerful anthem of my teenage years. Along with Won’t Get Fooled Again and Behind Blue Eyes, Baba O’Riley gave voice to my youth.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anyway it was a powerful anthem of my teenage years. Along with Won’t Get Fooled Again and Behind Blue Eyes, Baba O’Riley gave voice to my youth.
But one of things I'm struggling with these days is fighting against all the crazy that's happening in our country. As I enter the last 30 or so years of my life, I really wanted to not fight anymore. But I probably don't get to do that.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
But one of things I'm struggling with these days is fighting against all the crazy that's happening in our country. As I enter the last 30 or so years of my life, I really wanted to not fight anymore. But I probably don't get to do that.
These days these lyrics speak to me:
I don’t need to fight
To prove I’m right
I don’t need to be forgiven
As someone who used to fight - with words and deeds, not fists - all the time in my youth (and if I'm being real a lot of my adult years too), I have become a bit of a pacifist recently.
I don’t need to fight
To prove I’m right
I don’t need to be forgiven
As someone who used to fight - with words and deeds, not fists - all the time in my youth (and if I'm being real a lot of my adult years too), I have become a bit of a pacifist recently.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
These days these lyrics speak to me:
I don’t need to fight
To prove I’m right
I don’t need to be forgiven
As someone who used to fight - with words and deeds, not fists - all the time in my youth (and if I'm being real a lot of my adult years too), I have become a bit of a pacifist recently.
I don’t need to fight
To prove I’m right
I don’t need to be forgiven
As someone who used to fight - with words and deeds, not fists - all the time in my youth (and if I'm being real a lot of my adult years too), I have become a bit of a pacifist recently.
Anyway, the lyrics didn't matter as much to me as the driving power of the music. It feels operatic - it forces you to pay attention. A headbanger. The words teenage wasteland I’m sure spoke to my nihilistic teenage side. The song feels angry and frustrated and I felt like that a lot back then.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anyway, the lyrics didn't matter as much to me as the driving power of the music. It feels operatic - it forces you to pay attention. A headbanger. The words teenage wasteland I’m sure spoke to my nihilistic teenage side. The song feels angry and frustrated and I felt like that a lot back then.
A lot of people still think it’s called Teenage Wasteland. I’m pretty sure I did way back way when. I didn't learn why it was called Baba O’Riley until years and years later. (Google it.)
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A lot of people still think it’s called Teenage Wasteland. I’m pretty sure I did way back way when. I didn't learn why it was called Baba O’Riley until years and years later. (Google it.)