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@nanette.bsky.social

a middle-aged librarian living on the flatlands of central Illinois magnificent weirdo, guardian of the corn trophy, teller of stories “music critic” at thebestthing.blog not a professional account by any means, it gets weird in here

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I seem to have found the book cart with the funky wheel that doesn’t work correctly

13.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

they were a bridge between the late 80s and the 90s and both nothings shocking and ritual de lo habitual hold up better than I’d have expected

13.02.2026 19:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A longhaired black and white cat with green eyes and an adorably pink nose looking up at the camera from a Demi-loaf position.

A longhaired black and white cat with green eyes and an adorably pink nose looking up at the camera from a Demi-loaf position.

spiritualized came on and my sleeping cat looked up at me, yawned in a rather dramatic fashion, then went back to sleep

12.02.2026 00:51 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

hella good

I am basic

12.02.2026 00:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

I unabashedly love that No Doubt album

12.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man in a suit sitting at a table with the words oh my god written on the table Alt: An I Think You Should Leave gif with Ruben Rabasa, an older man with longish white hair, gesturing with his hand and saying “oh my god, he admit it”
11.02.2026 19:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I just laughed in the break room and people looked at me weird so THANKS

11.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DO NOT give him bad ideas

11.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
A screenshot of the purchase page for “the bong-ripping brides of count drogado” by Dave K. It is $19.99 for a one copy/ one user license or I can offer it as cost per circ (we pay when someone checks it out) for $1.99 per checkout. This is a reasonable price.

A screenshot of the purchase page for “the bong-ripping brides of count drogado” by Dave K. It is $19.99 for a one copy/ one user license or I can offer it as cost per circ (we pay when someone checks it out) for $1.99 per checkout. This is a reasonable price.

there’s also this request, I could buy this request

(I will likely offer it as a cost per circ because I’m happy to pay $1.99 so the person who wants to read “the bong ripping brides of count drogado” can do so. I am all about granting reasonable wishes)

11.02.2026 15:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A screenshot of the ebook “so this is permanence” by Ian Curtis/Deborah Curtis/Jon Savage. The cost is $35.99 for a one copy/one user license and $57.99 for 100 checkouts by concurrent users. This is a reasonable price. I will purchase this item.

A screenshot of the ebook “so this is permanence” by Ian Curtis/Deborah Curtis/Jon Savage. The cost is $35.99 for a one copy/one user license and $57.99 for 100 checkouts by concurrent users. This is a reasonable price. I will purchase this item.

today’s adventure in e-content purchasing has me wondering…who are you, fellow Joy Division fan?

11.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

this story made me think of this extremely juvenile (yet still amusing) song

10.02.2026 22:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

that means that you didn’t see Wilco’s 2001 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot up there in the early teens

10.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

it’s known that I have an aversion to long songs but I do love this one for a variety of reasons

10.02.2026 00:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a woman is talking on a phone and the words this is exhausting are visible . Alt: Taylor Swift is talking on a giant brick of a cordless phone. The caption reads “this is exhausting”
09.02.2026 18:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

dude, it’s behind the belt sander, don’t you see it?

09.02.2026 18:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

if you zoom in really closely you can see that he has an iMac (the blue one) with an AirPort wireless internet thingy so he can listen to it from the Wilco web site

09.02.2026 18:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

he is clearly rocking out to Wilco’s 2001 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

09.02.2026 17:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Dad Air GIF Alt: A middle aged man in a tool-filled garage. He is playing air guitar.

check out this awesome gif I found when I searched for “dad rock”

09.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

is Michelle Branch the new Marillion? Or do we have TWO “we could have been listening to…” albums in the 2001 tournament?

09.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

it is a pile of sand, only it is goth sand

really that shovel should feature the album art from unknown pleasures

09.02.2026 02:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

is that the pretty one or whatever? I LIKE IT

09.02.2026 02:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Sandygast | Pokédex | More at Pokemon.com If it loses its shovel, it will stick something else—like a branch—in its head to make do until it finds another shovel.

for the record my favorite pokemon is this one, because it is a pile of sand and how ridiculous is that?

09.02.2026 02:20 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

ughhhhh as the parent of a sensitive kid I hate that

08.02.2026 23:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Don’t be afraid of your freedom!

08.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I voted for American Analog Set!

08.02.2026 16:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

those are the utensils for serving wet cat food

08.02.2026 02:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social just curious about how many nominations Marillion received and if it was more than one

07.02.2026 22:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

we finally found someone willing to exchange their cart for our quarter

07.02.2026 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A faux wood container that is designed to store and dispense sandwich, quart, and snack sized bags.

A faux wood container that is designed to store and dispense sandwich, quart, and snack sized bags.

also spotted at the Aldi: a bag hutch (no shit!)

07.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

the Aldi was out of carts so that was a nice bit of drama for my Saturday afternoon

07.02.2026 20:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

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