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the mariners just hit a ball over the fence. i'd imagine they have a backup baseball on hand for such occasions
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?"

Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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March 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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could somebody please start cultivating some new types of fruits and vegetables? feel like it'd be a huge shot in the arm for everybody. the hass avocado is unbelievable and it was invented by a mailman so i say give it a shot. i'd do it but i don't have a yard
November 23, 2024 at 7:15 PM
IN PRAISE OF: Slugs and Bugs

Randell Goodgame and the gang have helped create scriptural grooves in our family that are becoming well-worn. It's also--importantly--groovy. Recently, my daughter said she had too many shirts because "Anyone who has two shirts should share with one that has none."
November 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM
IN PRAISE OF: Ordet by Carl Dreyer (1955).

Like standing on the tracks watching a train pick up steam in the far distance until it bowls you over. If you can fall under Dreyer's spell, there is revelation at every turn. The last enemy to be defeated is...
November 12, 2024 at 2:08 PM
IN PRAISE OF: "The Church" by Brad East (2024).

Where is Beautiful Theology? It grows from "seeing and again and again seeing."(Schlatter) It's fruit is an overwhelming sense of the Bridegroom's love: "Love is its own explanation. It is rock bottom. There is no more digging to do."(pg. 27)
November 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM