@polking.bsky.social
English teacher. Phillies fan. I live in dirt and pray for rain.
He did seem a bit sheepish after that taunting penalty.
26.01.2026 02:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Kirb stomp 'em
07.12.2025 00:20 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Feel like I have to credit @mitchnobis.bsky.social for inspiring me to add the comment, "Boy howdy is that an impressive closing," to the student draft I just read.
06.12.2025 22:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Are there health issues with Thomson?
07.10.2025 01:42 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Make a band singular:
U1
Literal El Assico—hit Iowa player in the backside first
06.09.2025 16:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And Ranger did much better pitching the third inning with a six-run lead than Nola did yesterday.
18.08.2025 23:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And a dozen iterations of the relationship between Hinch and Morton.
04.08.2025 00:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Got pretty into Blink-182 in the late '90s—and then they did a track with Robert Smith, cementing the relationship.
youtu.be/pfBQM-xP1VY?...
Monty Python taught me that blancmanges might just win Wimbledon. Blancmange had me as a fan from the first time I heard "Living on the Ceiling."
youtu.be/Y9Io-80f82U?...
My favorite Black 47 song:
youtu.be/YCEsGQoHvBY?...
When I was in high school, a foreign exchange student from Sweden (thanks, Lars!) introduced me to this band and The Smiths.
youtu.be/4V5Zoe84BjE?...
My love for The Housemartins carried over to The Beautiful South, even if they never carried on up the charts in America.
youtu.be/0GoJgVDy7SQ?...
Because Wheeler is stubborn and Thomson is afraid to bruise veteran egos.
02.08.2025 21:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My God, I have this on cassette and had completely forgotten about it.
02.08.2025 00:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The CD collection resettlement continues. The brilliant show Patriot (h/t to Tim Goodman for successfully proselytizing) renewed my love for this Beastie Boys song:
youtu.be/JhqyZeUlE8U?...
Thanks to my childhood public library, whose vinyl collection introduced me to The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. Apologies to Sister Barbara Ann, whose life as a high school teacher was not improved by the popularity of this song.
youtu.be/4wvx14Qv9cg?...
My dentist is Dr. Fangman.
28.07.2025 13:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maybe if Marsh were still batting ninth, but not with Kepler batting behind you.
26.07.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0By God, I watched this show and had completely forgotten about it (which should not be a judgment on the show, which was good, but rather on how little this show has been talked about since it ended).
25.07.2025 02:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And the unexpected Love & Rockets choice this season
24.07.2025 02:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Agreed (though still mad about the 5th inning).
24.07.2025 02:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"That" and versions of it happen far too often.
19.07.2025 22:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Paul Skinnies
15.07.2025 20:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The great CD move of summer 2025 has now reached the letter B. Is this "countrypolitan"? I just know I love Barnett's voice and the arrangement on this song.
youtu.be/XRraGZhEDIY?...
Given what else I was listening to at the time, Aztec Camera should have made more of an impression on me in the '80s. But they were always on the periphery, something that has changed over time.
youtu.be/B8orGsYdu1I?...
I first heard this song and this band on a CMJ monthly sampler CD. That's how old I am.
youtu.be/46KSWI8mBZs?...
I watched Letterman religiously.
I'm not sure he was ready for this.
I'm not sure I was either.
youtu.be/caEYU9_hAlo?...
Fourteen-year-old me loved this song/video.
Much older me still does.
youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU?...
Had a student two years ago who was (thanks to his father) a huge fan of Alkaline Trio.
The gravel in this vocal . . .
youtu.be/tM2SarE8fwo?...
