Rob Hoadley

I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

A Mandaic curse bowl in the Royal Ontario Museum. It has a spiraling Mandaic text that leads to an encircled x at the center.

This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.

I love watching the Olympics and absorbing the arbitrary standards. You end up watching a sport you are only dimly aware exists, frowning and saying, “Oo, that guy from Norway had his knees greater than 90 degrees, now he’s bronze at best.”

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

A half naked gold medalist

Someone come get your 40 year old Austrian dad. He just won Olymlpic gold.

I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.

I know this is a show for the kids, but I would have gone wild for a PIIIIGS IIIIN SPAAAAAACE sketch

Showed my two youngest kids the new Muppet Show tonight and they LOVED it. Pepe was a crowd favourite in his turtleneck and chain.

“Be ready when she tells you to Hurry Hard”

That’s why the Olympic motto translates to Harder Faster Longer

Can’t have penis enlargement injections in the Olympics anymore because of woke

Bill Clinton on email

Dear Jeffrey,

“It’s-a me, Mari-ah!”

The 1972 Canadian Olympic ski-jumping team

Liechtenstein at the Olympics - Wikipedia

9 out of 10 all time Liechtenstein winter medals have come from 2 families:

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i got my eyebrows trimmed up last time, that's a treat.

YouTube video by Parks and Recreation Treat Yo Self | Parks and Recreation

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Dieppe, or as everyone outside New Brunswick calls it: Moncton.

I had a friend who used to refer to it as Dieppe-nam, and himself as Dieppenamois. That never caught on.

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I'm enjoying this growing list of Canadian city nicknames. My favourites:

the city that rhymes with fun
bagtown
speedy creek
and, of course, freddy beach

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the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:

THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

My Grade 8 school trip to Quebec City took place just after they lost the bid. We were in Vieux-Québec as they were taking down the Olympic banners. It was a pretty bleak time for them, but we had fun.

We're about twelve years out from a reverse mortgage ad with an older millennial couple walking hand in hand through the airport with "I Gotta Feeling" playing in the background

You know Gen X is getting old when the reverse mortgage vultures start wearing their Cool Dad outfits

One of my sons was to have been a Piper. Another was to have been a Briar. We didn’t have a boy name picked out for my daughter because we were trying not to jinx it.

Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you.

Hi, I’m Britney. My mom thought it was a pretty name, not knowing that a pregnant lady in Mississippi at that same time was thinking the same.

this performance is incredible.

Stephen Harper says Canada must urgently reduce its dependence on the U.S. | CBC News Speaking at an Ottawa gala late Wednesday, former prime minister Stephen Harper said that Canada must urgently pivot in the face of an erratic U.S. president and reduce its dependence on the American ...

This is old school classic Canadian conservatism. This is why Sir John A built confederation.

Contrast Harper's defence of our country with Pierre Poilievre refusing to criticize Trump, Jamil Jivani hanging out with JD Vance, or Danielle Smith musing about secession.

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