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Mike Ingram

@mikeingram.bsky.social

Writer, editor, cat dad. Editor at Barrelhouse. Professor at Temple University. Union rep. Author of Notes from the Road (Awst Press). https://mikeingram.substack.com/

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Are your favorite directors making odes to the magic of cinema? If so, it might be time to schedule that colonoscopy.

07.12.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d been tryjng to sell the neighborhood teens on the patreon for years, to little avail

07.12.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nah, I'll just sell it to the neighborhood kids

07.12.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha. One of my favorite snacks!

07.12.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does that also allow for weed, or just cheese

07.12.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, there’s probably also the mentality of β€œI can eat this as a treat/reward.” Kinda like when I’ve been running a decent amount of mileage or race training.

06.12.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

06.12.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Overthinking, even! (Well, maybe β€œenjoy’ is the wrong word for that one)

06.12.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, I quit drinking. Sorry, this is a weird way to tell people!

06.12.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Really thought I’d lose a bunch of weight when I quit drinking but I guess you’re not supposed to do a 1-to-1 substitution with cheese

06.12.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very kind comment on Ethan Hawke & Me :). Cheers on a cold day

05.12.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oh right, the fart poem. We all really liked the fart poem." -me in class today, at the job that pays me an actual salary

05.12.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Professor Ingram, who is this Chachi person you keep talking about?"

05.12.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it problematic if I start calling my students β€œbabe,” but in a Dennis Miller voice

05.12.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought it was funny to respond to those for a while, but it turns out (unsurprisingly) that does not cut down on the number of spam texts one receives

04.12.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, same

04.12.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At a college internship in the late 90s, I worked with some guys who remembered how many spam faxes the office got before the 1991 law that imposed severe penalties on spam faxes, and they talked about the law with a fervor one would not expect for fax-related legislation.

04.12.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know it's a small thing, relatively speaking, and maybe this will sound like some "broken windows" bullshit, but if we were living in a healthy, functioning country I don't think we'd all just accept that the price of having a cell phone is getting between 3 and 30 spam calls a day.

04.12.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Michael is the ultimate grinch, if you ask me

04.12.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

are you also trying to convince your wife to watch the entire godfather trilogy?

04.12.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

does anyone else notice the giant lady doesnt cut up your hot dogs anymore!?

04.12.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3073    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 7

Oh, you're still using Spotify? That's interesting. Personally, I hire a different band each month to do a residency at my house. Feed them, clothe them. Pay them a living wage. We do a little book club once a week. But hey, your way of getting music sounds cool, too.

04.12.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This adorable little guy? That's who wrote your paper?

04.12.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of tweet that says: "giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet" sounds like something a homophobic gym teacher would say

Screenshot of tweet that says: "giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet" sounds like something a homophobic gym teacher would say

I can't listen to the song without thinking of

03.12.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4504    πŸ” 1126    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 32

I will not be mouth-shamed!

03.12.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You Jersey people are prime offenders, thick-sandwich-wise. You're on notice!

03.12.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what I'm saying!

03.12.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love a sandwich! I just don't need a huge pile of meat.

03.12.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The human animal is a swirl of contradictions, Noah

03.12.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As a long-time writing teacher, definitely agree. Can usually spot the specific place in a student paper where they don't quite grasp the material they're writing about; language goes wonky and diffuse/abstract.

03.12.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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