Rob Mentzer
@robertmentzer.bsky.social
Journalist, Wisconsinite, thank you, I really appreciate all you are doing.
This is the fourth of five Charles Portis novels I have read. I am a Charles Portis Bro now fyi.
June 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is the fourth of five Charles Portis novels I have read. I am a Charles Portis Bro now fyi.
This showed up on one of those spammy facebook accounts and I instantly remembered a great line by Zadie Smith, but I haven’t been able to track it down and may be misquoting. She quoted this from DFW and added “Perhaps the joke loses something in the telling.” Good joke!
May 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This showed up on one of those spammy facebook accounts and I instantly remembered a great line by Zadie Smith, but I haven’t been able to track it down and may be misquoting. She quoted this from DFW and added “Perhaps the joke loses something in the telling.” Good joke!
Someone left a message in the snow of Wausau's 400 Block, visible to a webcam, offering the advice "SMILE MORE." I kinda like it.
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Someone left a message in the snow of Wausau's 400 Block, visible to a webcam, offering the advice "SMILE MORE." I kinda like it.
Adventures in facebook marketplace
March 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Adventures in facebook marketplace
Extrapolating from spring training data the Cubs are on track for the first undefeated season in MLB history.
February 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Extrapolating from spring training data the Cubs are on track for the first undefeated season in MLB history.
If you want to read a novel that rules I recommend CAHOKIA JAZZ by Francis Spufford, a murder mystery set in the 1920s in a world where Native Americans established a 20th-century city, Cahokia, roughly where St. Louis is for us. Intrigue, alternate history, good voices by the audiobook narrator.
February 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you want to read a novel that rules I recommend CAHOKIA JAZZ by Francis Spufford, a murder mystery set in the 1920s in a world where Native Americans established a 20th-century city, Cahokia, roughly where St. Louis is for us. Intrigue, alternate history, good voices by the audiobook narrator.
Fraudulent and unwholesome, as pitiless as the plague.
January 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Fraudulent and unwholesome, as pitiless as the plague.
Something is suggesting to me that bluesky may be facing a bit of a bot problem.
January 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Something is suggesting to me that bluesky may be facing a bit of a bot problem.
Hilarious quote in this NYT story about a mathematician who says no, a million monkeys would not eventually type out the complete works of William Shakespeare. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/s...
January 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hilarious quote in this NYT story about a mathematician who says no, a million monkeys would not eventually type out the complete works of William Shakespeare. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/s...
One of the absolute best kinds of notifications you can get on your phone.
January 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
One of the absolute best kinds of notifications you can get on your phone.
Some of my New Year’s resolutions:
January 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Some of my New Year’s resolutions:
They year in @angelamajor.bsky.social’s photos for WPR. www.wpr.org/news/2024-wp...
December 30, 2024 at 6:10 PM
They year in @angelamajor.bsky.social’s photos for WPR. www.wpr.org/news/2024-wp...
The guy who sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is named Thurl Ravenscroft, an amazing name and one of the great cases of a guy whose name perfectly matches his voice.
He was also the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials. Classic Thurl.
He was also the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials. Classic Thurl.
December 21, 2024 at 1:16 PM
The guy who sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is named Thurl Ravenscroft, an amazing name and one of the great cases of a guy whose name perfectly matches his voice.
He was also the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials. Classic Thurl.
He was also the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials. Classic Thurl.
“Looks like a Big Snow,” they said at the Highway Department, and sent Katy out.
December 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
“Looks like a Big Snow,” they said at the Highway Department, and sent Katy out.
In the studio this morning for WPR’s member drive and I’m going to steal Morning Edition host Alex Crowe’s meme for the morning…
December 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM
In the studio this morning for WPR’s member drive and I’m going to steal Morning Edition host Alex Crowe’s meme for the morning…
There was a big fight in early 2022 about Oshkosh Corp.’s decision to build these vehicles in South Carolina instead of Wisconsin. Just a check-in on how that is going... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 12, 2024 at 2:03 PM
There was a big fight in early 2022 about Oshkosh Corp.’s decision to build these vehicles in South Carolina instead of Wisconsin. Just a check-in on how that is going... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Everybody say hello to Murph the friendly orange kitten! A family friend who was out hunting found him in the woods a couple of weeks ago. They couldn’t keep him, but we could.
December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Everybody say hello to Murph the friendly orange kitten! A family friend who was out hunting found him in the woods a couple of weeks ago. They couldn’t keep him, but we could.
Since Wisconsin was the closest state and had a tiny swing to the right compared to other states, plausibly that ground game cushioned the party’s losses somewhat. That is somewhat less than was promised, and much less than Democrats hoped.
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December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Since Wisconsin was the closest state and had a tiny swing to the right compared to other states, plausibly that ground game cushioned the party’s losses somewhat. That is somewhat less than was promised, and much less than Democrats hoped.
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News alert from Nextdoor re: stinkiness near Franklin Elementary
December 4, 2024 at 12:03 AM
News alert from Nextdoor re: stinkiness near Franklin Elementary
Captured this blatant lawlessness on the mean streets of Scottsdale last week. Yes I have shared this photo with the FBI.
December 3, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Captured this blatant lawlessness on the mean streets of Scottsdale last week. Yes I have shared this photo with the FBI.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
One thing I love about Facebook now is getting these incredible AI-generated conversation-starters pushed into my feed.
AI comes up with questions I honestly would not have thought to ask, such as “So, wyd your girl this like that when she so you see til her friend not him cooking probably?”
AI comes up with questions I honestly would not have thought to ask, such as “So, wyd your girl this like that when she so you see til her friend not him cooking probably?”
November 20, 2024 at 10:20 PM
One thing I love about Facebook now is getting these incredible AI-generated conversation-starters pushed into my feed.
AI comes up with questions I honestly would not have thought to ask, such as “So, wyd your girl this like that when she so you see til her friend not him cooking probably?”
AI comes up with questions I honestly would not have thought to ask, such as “So, wyd your girl this like that when she so you see til her friend not him cooking probably?”