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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 5h

there's plenty of upsetting shit in The Amityville Horror but my wife appears to be most upset about the fact that James Brolin appears to never change his shirt

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 5h

(I mean, I hate to see any canadian suffer, regardless of talent, but I think you know what I mean)

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 5h

oh! they did that under target field last year. Did I unknowingly attend a holidazzle event?

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 5h

oh no. I hate to see a talented canadian suffer.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 5h

Margot Kidder - great in Sisters, great in Black Christmas, great in Amityville Horror, great as Lois Lane, de facto disappears from film afterwards. wtf

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 6h

so what you're saying is that all the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) and the sky is grey (and the sky is grey), but that you'd be safe and warm (safe and warm) if you were in Kowloon Bay?

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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 7h

yeah I love how conservative fantasies look like AI slop versions of Northampton, famously one of the gayest towns in America

Farms along the Connecticut river; towers of the University of Massachusetts in the far distance

Brick building serving coffee, juice, and "events"

The Miss Florence Diner, a Googie-style restaurant, with an old VW bug out front

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 7h

In The Amityville Horror (1979) the house sells for $80k, $375k in today's money. An equivalently sized piece of waterfront property in Amityville, NY is currently listed for $1.3 million.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 9h

the secret to good hitting? turns out it's acceptable strip mall chicken teriyaki shops.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 9h

this of course caused me to double down. When he got traded away I sent him a message saying that I would not longer be texting him about Home run Jorge. These playoffs have kept me from that promise.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 9h

when he played for the twins there was a season where every time I looked at my phone my MLB app would deliver me an update that Jorge Polanco had scored. I started calling him "Homerun Jorge" to my friends. One got real mad, saying he was neither a noteworthy hitter nor the best Jorge in the league

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 10h

Po. Lan. Co.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 11h

they'll have a parade in the bachman's parking lot

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 13h

playing at the (Stan) Rogers Center

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 13h

god damn them all
I was told we'd walk the field from American balls
They'd field no plays, hit no pitch
Now I'm a broken man in a Seattle ditch
The last Toronto son of a bitch

Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 13h

I am entering Week 3 of having "Barrett's Privateers" by Stan Rogers stuck in my head, and watching Toronto take heavy casualties while losing to a group of Mariners from the U.S., well it's not helping matters

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 14h

what do you mean? I did! see right here it's "an enemies to lovers sapphic horrormance"

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 20h

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 17h

shoulda put the first exclamation mark in the Tacos line upside down

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands: Destiny’s Childish Gambino

batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 2d

Mash up bands:

Captain Beefheart & Tennille

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 2d

Mash up bands:

Guns 'N Oates

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shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 1d

so linux is Fine if you absolutely stay to the rivers you're used to. the problem is everyone has *at least* one waterfall to chase.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 1d

I, too, wasn't sure about that, but you can tell that its in fact the one in Massachusetts because people are wearing Red Sox hats

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 1d

I am watching a movie directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck and you won't believe this, but it's set in Boston.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Clayton was released 18 years ago today. Today I reflect on what it says about moral aptitude and what it means to do the right thing.

Michael Clayton

October 12 2007, the final Year of Cinema week 41

hudsucker.substack.com

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

There has been a worker v worker Super Bowl however (Super Bowl XLV in 2011 was Packers v Steelers)

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 2d

Has there been a Job Title v Job Title World Series before? Guessing Mariners v Brewers would be the first??

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

18 baguettes is too many to buy at once

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

I bet when T-Pain was a relevant cultural figure there were a lot of American history teachers who made fun Thomas Paine / T-Paine puns.

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