Jan Merchant

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

Review by merch316 - I'm Glad My Mom Died I was intrigued by this book mostly due to my daughter being at prime “Sam & Cat” age. Jen...

My review of I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. Excellent - 4.5/5. Heartbreaking, funny, and i learned a lot. #storygraph #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/07b4...

Jan Merchant's review of The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 3/5: This is a beloved series, and I can immediately see why. THE CHARACTERS! They’re amazing! Fully realized, believable, dare I say lovable (though they’re all a collection of bastards). By far the...

First book of the year, finished! The first in the popular Forst Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Murky plotting but good lord these are fun characters. Frequently hilarious, too. #booksky #firstlaw
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Best lore channel in existence.

Snow Day morning! Settling in with one of my presents. #firstlaw #booksky

Alight at Night at Upper Canada Village was as beautiful as ever, even after the new year. The kids loved getting a little more post-Christmas Christmas joy. #ontario #AlightAtNight

My 19 reads from 2025. Down from last year; Elden Ring ate up a lot of the summer 🤷‍♂️😜 - shooting for 26 in 2026! #booksky #storygraph

Jan unlocked a badge! So Udderly Sweet (Level 5): Wouldn’t it be nice if milk stouts came directly from beer producing cows? While this unfortunately isn’t the case (yet) they do have a full body and sweetness due to a lar...

Udderly sweet! #bskybeer #untappd untappd.com/user/merchbe...

Jan unlocked a badge! 2X (Level 48): When a single isn’t enough, make it a double. Doubling the hops and malts in a recipe results in a higher ABV and can pack quite a boozey punch. That's 240 different beers with the styl...

Might be a high-test beer slut 😅 #untappd #bskybeer untappd.com/user/merchbe...

My last 2019 KBS for 2025 Christmas dinner. Perfect pairing! #founders #bskybeer

Festive rim job for Christmas! 😅 A little Sam Adams Winter Lager with some sugar and cinnamon #bskybeer #christmas

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In-law Christmas came in clutch. First Law, here I come! #firstlaw #abercrombie #bskybeer #booksky

It’s finally Friday #teachersky #edusky #booksky

Pregaming food with more food. #bskybeer #hayburner #Thanksgiving

Jan Merchant's review of The Pearl 4/5: ***I read this as part of my ongoing project to actually familiarize myself with the books that populate what I lovingly call the Cave of Wonders (the closet where the English department keeps al...

Hooo, this one was sad. Very effective in establishing its themes and tone. My review of The Pearl by John Steinbeck. #booksky #teachersky #steinbeck www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Jan Merchant's review of Milk and honey 3/5: This is a very personal collection of poetry; some of it is quite beautiful, but others read like aphorisms or even, dare I say, fortunes you’d find baked in cookies. I don’t mean for that to s...

My review of Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. An interesting book of poetry that I suspect I’m too old to appreciate; it’s good though! #booksky #poetry www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Rocking that nerdy apparel for the Lord of the Flies final exam today. #teachersky #booksky

I never thought I’d be on the “ownership needs to change” bandwagon, but I see no clear vision / path forward. It’s been a series of half measures for entirely too long.

Watching Syracuse get dog walked by Notre Dame #Bskybeer #hayburner #football

Kipping work - trying to get to 10 #fitover40 #workout

The Friday post-teacher-conferences beer fridge pull. #3floyds #threefloyds #untappd

That’s a tie! … must be parent conference night! #teachersky #edusky

Jan unlocked a badge! Wicked Weed Pernicious IPA: Double-hopped with tropical juiciness and bold, resinous punch, Pernicious IPA is the Southeast's audacious take on West Coast perfection.

Lucked on to this badge at Union happy hr #untappd #craftbeer untappd.com/user/merchbe...

Jan Merchant's review of Inherit the Wind 4/5: ***I read this as part of my ongoing project to actually familiarize myself with the books that populate what I lovingly call the Cave of Wonders (the closet where the English department keeps al...

Catching up on some reviews for things I’ve recently finished, starting with INHERIT THE WIND. #booksky #teachersky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Happy Halloween! 🤘🏻🎃 #untappd #craftbeer #threefloyds #pigdestroyer

Deadlift PR and did this asskicker tonight. Just over 14 minutes! #fortime #workout #fitover40 #fitness

Jan unlocked a badge! Beer of the World (Level 20): Traveling the world is hard, but not for you. It's as easy as cracking open a new brew! You have had a beer from at least 100 different regions around the world. Try 5 mo...

A classy cyser mead to get level 20 #craftbeer #mead untappd.com/user/merchbe...

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Dead @ the Disco Halloween party! #halloween #costume