John Choiniere

That's awesome - I had an uncle who did groundskeeping for the Kernels for a while before he moved to Wisconsin

Where in Iowa? My mom's entire family is from about 30 minutes north of Dyersville

Thanks! I'm about to use it w/r/t Lindsay Halligan in the comey case, so...

Aw man, I'm sorry, I know that feeling (if admittedly on a smaller scope than a published book). Still, I'm happy to be able to complete my spotify playlist! Or at least almost complete it - had to sub in the Moldy Peaches' "Anyone Else But You" and a Decemberists cover of the Joanna Newsom song

So it's been bothering me that in the book Chapter 10's soundtrack was only 19 tracks instead of 20; this post is revealing the missing track! For whatever reason (maybe it's mentioned? I haven't read the post yet) the Lil Wayne track isn't listed in the book I have

@randballsstu.bsky.social @jonmarthaler.com hey, remind me if you can/are willing -- what are the three points of the bad-GM triangle? Evil, incompetent... and something. Right?

Edited version of the Carl Weathers "Stew" meme from Arrested Development, replacing the word "Stew" with the word "Barbecue"

Brisket *and* Macaroni and Cheese??

I do wish Bad Legal Takes had made it over here

I will *surely* be relegated after this season, as I don't typically get the 4.5/6 correct per day that is generally required to stay there, but FOR NOW, because I got all six right on day one, I'm in first

So LearnedLeague separates players into levels that they call "rundles" for reasons that I'm sure I could look up but do not know. It's a promotion/relegation system, and I'm accidentally in the highest/most difficult level this season (there's A-E, and B is my usual spot)

ohmygod - for the first and surely only time, I am (ever so temporarily) in first place in A rundle in LL

When we rearranged the office at work my direct supervisor accidentally gave away 2/3 of my bobbleheads to various exec's kids who were around, thinking they were extras/no ones, and I actually wasn't that bummed about it, because I also still have too many

Fun thing that just happened - I wasn't familiar with that song, so I clicked the link, and when my phone started playing it my 8yo asked out loud "why do I hear Christmas music?"

Watched KPop Demon Hunters with my kids tonight, and I kind of really liked it? Layers of meaning, inventive story, good stuff all around

Too late for the newsletter obviously but did you see this morning that Premier Tech halted their sponsorship of IPT effective immediately?

I mean time is arbitrary anyway right 😅 I don't mind the noon issue whatsoever but also accept that some/lots of people have an issue with that

NORM. NO ONE NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

Permanent DST! Give me 10PM sunsets in the summer and 9AM sunrises in the dead of winter!

<bbops employee voice> THAT'S WAY TOO SOON

The idea of blinding here is interesting, because surely - SURELY - a taster could immediately identify the shape simply from the chocolate/pb ratio right?

This might be your most controversial take, as literally everyone else I know who talks about this talks about how much *better* the holiday shapes are than the regular ones

Or not.

I (apparently mistakenly!) thought you had to be LDS to get in there, that's so cool

I also saw them! Concourse, post-game

look I hate this but I also hate how clever it is so I'm all over the place

Okay, in six. Seven, tops.

Same yet here we are

Consider a different, possibly more important game? IDK 😅

M's in five, IMO

greta niehaus sitting next to a statue of her dad, dave niehaus

missed that greta niehaus went and sat next to her dad during the 15th inning on friday night