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Zach in STL
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I like St Louis a lot. He/Him
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If you are donating blood or platelets at the Red Cross on Watson, then do yourself a favor and treat yourself to Zen Me when you’re done.

Not pictured: the delicious Thai Coffee or the strawberry and pistachio crepe we shared for dessert.
picture of a Thai noodle bowl
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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He just shows up sometimes and you have to pretend that you don’t know he is the Strongest Man in the World.
Toby Huss, playing the most Texas coded character named “Tex” of all time. Dark green suit. Bolo tie.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Abby, I just went, and the place was everything you said it’d be. Thanks!
Boxes of candy. Boyer peanut butter cups. Boyer smoothie butterscotch cups. Chick-O-Stick. And Zotz.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Because @devintoshea.bsky.social kept talking about it, I’m slowly working my way through Vineland. But last night I did get back into @gailsimone.bsky.social‘s run on Secret Six, which is a lot of fun.
Book cover for Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. The cover has a black and white photo of a forest fire on a hill.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Pippa says that this is a good use of your time and skill.
Pippa, a black greyhound with a white chest, laying on a round dog bed on a wooden floor in front of a white closet door. There is a lamp and a floor speaker on the right, and a bookshelf on the left. Pippa is happy.
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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On the recent batch of chili, once the onions, beef, and pork were cooked, I used two cups of beef stock instead of my normal one cup of beef stock. And I let the two cups cook down for a bit before adding the tomatoes and spices. I think the extra wet gave depth.

#WetWetWednesday
a big, beautiful pot of red chili on a black induction cooktop. Getting used to induction cooking was a lot easier than I expected. How different pans conduct differently (e.g. - cast iron versus clad steel) wasn’t too bad of a learning curve. I recommend making the switch to induction if you are able.
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Apple changed how the monthly listening recap looks.
1. The Tragically Hip 2. MJ Lenderman 3. The Beths 4. REM 5. I’m With Her 6. Audrey Hobert 7. Waxahatchee 1. Straight Libe Was a Lie by The Beths 2. Who’s the Clown? by Audrey Hobert 3. Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman 4. Bleeds by Wednesday
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Wesley Bell’s face superimposed over Krusty the Clown on his knees, pleading with Bart Simpson. Bottom Text: “AIPAC drove a dump truck full of money to my house!”
September 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Biscuit Town
8 buttermilk biscuits cooling on a wire rack. Foreground: Ham, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwich on a white plate. Background: out-of-focus greyhound who wants the sandwich.
September 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Same energy.
Image of an @dril tweet from June 15, 2012 that says, “This Whole Thing Smacks of Gender,” i holler as i overturn my uncle’s barbeque grill and turn the 4th of July into the 4th of Shit
September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Saw this in the park. Hell yeah. Went to the website trainingwitharia.com and it looks legit.
A flier on a trashcan in the park. It offers firearms training to the St. Louis Queer Community at trainingwitharia.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Just look at these mushrooms I saw on my walks this morning!
a series of perfectly shaped pale mushrooms in the grass that look like they’d be perfect for housing smurfs. a huge mushroom at the base of an old tree. I don’t know from mushrooms, but it’s wide and flat and pale and dirty.
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Another shot.
Jeep with a Freddy Krueger wrap. The back seat has Freddy Krueger’s hand on the passenger seat.
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Oh man, I think it might be an update to the one I saw at the SoCo Target a few years back.
Jeep with a Freddy Krueger themed wrap.
September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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It’s the most essential ingredient in making a batch of chili crisp.
a jar of chili crisp being held away from the camera, with ingredients on a kitchen counter in the background.
September 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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August recap. Audrey Hobert came in strong.
Apple Music August Recap. The Top Artist was Fountains of Wayne at 335 minutes. The Top Song was “Wet Hair” by Audrey Hobert with 8 plays. The Top Album was “Phantom Power” by The Tragically Hip.
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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some dude, probably an a*hole, looking all pious in a suit, head bowed, eyes closed. Closed captioning says, “Jesus, I see what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me.”
August 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I took this photo five years ago, and it just popped up in my photo memories.

Bugs are cool.
A praying mantis on a concrete sidewalk standing next to a crimbling concrete pillar, looking at the camera.
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
9 headshots of Nic Cage in a 3x3 grid, chronologically left to right, top to bottom, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1997 (this one is John Travolta, referencing the movie Face/Off), 2002, 2008, 2015, 2020. He looks great in all of them.
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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“If this feeling were a currency, I would be a billionaire”

Kathleen Edwards albums cut deep.
The cover of Kathleen Edwards new album, Billionaire. She stands in the foreground in black jeans and a blue, sleeveless chambray shirt. Mid length red hair blown slightly by the wind. The lower half of the background is a body of water. The upper half of the background is blue sky.
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Happy 10th anniversary of the US release of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Emotion” album to all who celebrate.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon watching Carly Rae Jepsen’s album, Emotion, walk into the sunset. Bottom Text: “The public thinks of her as a one hit wonder. But, there goes the best damned pop album ever created.”
August 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Has anyone made this meme yet?
A scene from The Simpsons in which Bart watches Krusty, who is on his knees, pleading. But I’ve replaced Krusty’s face with Wesley Bell, the Missouri representative from Saint Louis. Bottom Text: “AIPAC drove a dump truck full of money to my house!”
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I think I’ll just Ethel Cain the rest of the afternoon.
Screenshot of Apple Music playing Ethel Cain’s song, “Janie”. The album art looks like a Daguerreotype of a person with from behind. Subject is hatless, I repeat, hatless.
August 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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July Recap. MJ Lenderman is definitely fixing to make the year-end recap.
Top Artist: The Tragically Hip Top Song: Bark at the Moon by MJ Lenderman Too Album: 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Scene from Futurama. Hermes is standing atop the Planet Express building. Everyone else is on the street looking up at him. Bottom Text: [Bender] Do a flip!
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM