Gina Dalfonzo
@ginadalfonzo.bsky.social
Author, "Dorothy & Jack," "The Gospel in Dickens," & "One by One." I'm at https://dearstrangethings.substack.com/ and https://dickensblog.com. Beethoven fan, skating fan, Army brat, Pope Leo-quoting Protestant. Opinions are my own. #TCMParty #MST3K
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Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
I got a Peanuts advent calendar with a little figurine for each day and so far the paint jobs have been… alarming. I think this is supposed to be Rerun but it looks like the ghost of Alfalfa from Little Rascals.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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24 days of movie themed holiday cocktails begins now!
Day 1: Inspired by this scene in 1937's #Conquest, we're serving up a Feuerzangenbowle - mulled wine with a flaming sugar cone.
Its history and recipe in this link: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ger...
#AdventCalendar #TCMParty
Day 1: Inspired by this scene in 1937's #Conquest, we're serving up a Feuerzangenbowle - mulled wine with a flaming sugar cone.
Its history and recipe in this link: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ger...
#AdventCalendar #TCMParty
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
24 days of movie themed holiday cocktails begins now!
Day 1: Inspired by this scene in 1937's #Conquest, we're serving up a Feuerzangenbowle - mulled wine with a flaming sugar cone.
Its history and recipe in this link: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ger...
#AdventCalendar #TCMParty
Day 1: Inspired by this scene in 1937's #Conquest, we're serving up a Feuerzangenbowle - mulled wine with a flaming sugar cone.
Its history and recipe in this link: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ger...
#AdventCalendar #TCMParty
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We have some Hollywood medical shows that could probably be enlisted to scare the crap out of parents with some “antique diseases come roaring back” episodes.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
We have some Hollywood medical shows that could probably be enlisted to scare the crap out of parents with some “antique diseases come roaring back” episodes.
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People have a lot of nerve writing new books when I still haven't finished reading the books that have already been written.
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
People have a lot of nerve writing new books when I still haven't finished reading the books that have already been written.
Create a Chicago program without terrible cuts challenge: impossible #SCChallenge26 ⛸️
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Create a Chicago program without terrible cuts challenge: impossible #SCChallenge26 ⛸️
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Subway changed its bread recipe in 2014 due to a food blogger named Vani Hari getting mad that it contained azodicarbonamide, which "is also in yoga mats".
Unfortunately, azodicarbonamide is what made the bread fluffy.
Hey guess what Ms Hari is up to these days
Unfortunately, azodicarbonamide is what made the bread fluffy.
Hey guess what Ms Hari is up to these days
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Subway changed its bread recipe in 2014 due to a food blogger named Vani Hari getting mad that it contained azodicarbonamide, which "is also in yoga mats".
Unfortunately, azodicarbonamide is what made the bread fluffy.
Hey guess what Ms Hari is up to these days
Unfortunately, azodicarbonamide is what made the bread fluffy.
Hey guess what Ms Hari is up to these days
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i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i’m being radicalized by peacock charging $10.99 per month and having A MILLION COMMERCIALS
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Future ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater (1937)
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Future ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater (1937)
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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🎂💐 November 30th marks the 151st birthday of L. M. Montgomery!
We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.”
📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno...
We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.”
📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno...
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🎂💐 November 30th marks the 151st birthday of L. M. Montgomery!
We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.”
📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno...
We’re pleased to announce the three keynote speakers for our 2026 Biennial Conference, “L. M. Montgomery and Change.”
📲 Learn more about who will be leading the conversations at our upcoming conference: lmmontgomery.ca/special-anno...
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So, this is going to sound weird, especially if you’ve read anything from the press tour but I came out of Wake Up Dead Man wanting to go to church.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So, this is going to sound weird, especially if you’ve read anything from the press tour but I came out of Wake Up Dead Man wanting to go to church.
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The stated rules in DOD manuals being "A clear violation and war crimes is shooting people in a shipwreck" and then Hegseth and co. literally doing just that is just..
eesh
eesh
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The stated rules in DOD manuals being "A clear violation and war crimes is shooting people in a shipwreck" and then Hegseth and co. literally doing just that is just..
eesh
eesh
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It’s not funny but it is something that Pete’s open desire for murder has garnered public opposition from his own party and Hegseth seems genuinely caught off guard about it
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s not funny but it is something that Pete’s open desire for murder has garnered public opposition from his own party and Hegseth seems genuinely caught off guard about it
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A new lawsuit claims Grace Community Church ignored repeated warnings of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, pressuring a mother to keep her children with an abusive father.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
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Lawsuit: Grace Community Church Pressured Mother to Return Children to Alleged Abuser and Rebuked Her for Reporting to Police
A lawsuit claims Grace Community Church ignored warnings of child sexual abuse, pressuring a mother to keep children with an abusive father.
julieroys.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A new lawsuit claims Grace Community Church ignored repeated warnings of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, pressuring a mother to keep her children with an abusive father.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
BRB, I'm going to go dig in the couch cushions. #booksky #literaturesky
C.S. Lewis space trilogy. First American editions. $4,000 www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/...
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BRB, I'm going to go dig in the couch cushions. #booksky #literaturesky
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November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it is the Hope candle today. In the reading from Romans today: "Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light". Let us each wake with hope and bring light into the world as often as we can.
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it is the Hope candle today. In the reading from Romans today: "Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light". Let us each wake with hope and bring light into the world as often as we can.
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Exeunt, pursued by a Berner
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Exeunt, pursued by a Berner
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I don't know who decided that "pet" is an acceptable past tense of the verb "to pet," but I'd like to have a word.
*continues to conceal bludgeon behind back*
*continues to conceal bludgeon behind back*
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't know who decided that "pet" is an acceptable past tense of the verb "to pet," but I'd like to have a word.
*continues to conceal bludgeon behind back*
*continues to conceal bludgeon behind back*
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Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
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There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.
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Gaetano Donizetti - BOTD
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Gaetano Donizetti - BOTD
Is this the most literary weekend on the calendar? Today we have the birthdays of C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, & Lousia May Alcott; tomorrow L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain, and Jonathan Swift! 📚 🎂 #Booksky #Literaturesky
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Is this the most literary weekend on the calendar? Today we have the birthdays of C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, & Lousia May Alcott; tomorrow L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain, and Jonathan Swift! 📚 🎂 #Booksky #Literaturesky
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Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds