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Bookseller Bill

@wjohnston.bsky.social

I buy books, sell books, and occasionally read books

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Normally I try to play along and pick one answer. I try not to weasel out with "it depends," or "both," or a third choice you haven't offered. I can't in good conscience do that this time. I'm doing both at minimum and if that means I get sent to the Cowboy Re-neducation Center so be it

27.11.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Barney's movie had heart, but football in the groin had a football in the groin

26.11.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm taking that Madden bus

21.11.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I swapped some SW tie-in book promotional displays for a vhs copy (with bonus Mark Hammill muppets episode) via rec.arts.starwars back in the 90s

21.11.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to the Chevalier show

17.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Related, I've noticed a collapse in subway etiquette. People just parking themselves inside the doors, not taking off backpacks, etc

14.11.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now Johnny Unitas, that's a haircut you could set your watch to

11.11.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1920s book design

11.11.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starring Paul Gross, one of my Canadian faves

10.11.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like a spinoff from the opening sequence of Androids Dream

10.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling bs on blue today

06.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this is the choice, coffee crisp, but I'm not happy about it

04.11.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure this reading ever occurred to me so now I need to watch it again

02.11.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks familiar

Connections
Puzzle #875
πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

02.11.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of an old movieplex marquee

Picture of an old movieplex marquee

Then, probably Single White Female. Now, Glengarry Glen Ross

Funnily enough the marquee is still there

02.11.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Diabolical

01.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the first question in the new "Food or Starfleet training exercise?" quiz

30.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Bazinga' is the war cry of Sheldon, their tall leader

29.10.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish we had mini aeros to give out here

26.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of those lines that lives rent free on my head. "Disputed Zone? Who called all these weird places?"

26.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Obvi

22.10.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kirk van houten racecar bed meme but for an expensive analog note system

Kirk van houten racecar bed meme but for an expensive analog note system

Homer replying to Kurt that he uses scrap paper for notes

Homer replying to Kurt that he uses scrap paper for notes

16.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched like three seconds of it and could not fast forward quick enough

13.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This gets a sickos.jpg from me

08.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Martha Wells's City of Bones

02.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Always pick a couple up when we cut through Ontario

01.10.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got the one away for blue and guessed my way into getting the fourth. I never would have gotten the actual connection in a million years.

Connections
Puzzle #843
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

01.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How is this any different from the street preachers doing their preaching with amplifiers around DTX every day?

20.09.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have been trying to encourage my parents not to do this whenever I visit and have managed to at least get them to turn it off during dinner.

20.09.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It felt like a weird mashup of stuff from two or three other trek episodes/movies... trying to cram it all into one episode doesn't work, especially with these short streaming seasons

16.09.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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