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Mike Ingram

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Writer, editor, cat dad. Editor at Barrelhouse. Co-host of the Book Fight podcast. Author of Notes from the Road (Awst Press). https://mikeingram.substack.com/

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 6h

pretty good

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 8h

Everything is going to be different from now on

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 8h

Important update: turtleneck ordered and on the way!

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 15h

Heartened to learn I'm not the only person who gets confused about what the word 'laconic' means (from a NY Times article about the enduring charm of Gilmore Girls, perhaps the least laconic show of all time).

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, I still call them tweets. That will be in the Twilight Zone episode, too.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 16h

They should do a Twilight Zone where a guy finally sees a movie that everyone has described as "fun" and "sexy" and his viewing experience makes him feel like maybe he's entered a weird parallel universe with its own incomprehensible cultural script. This tweet is about Challengers, by the way.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about working a turtleneck into the rotation. Maybe under a sport coat? With a pair of jeans? Show people I’m not fucking around

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Speak for yourself, I just get cooler and cooler every year

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

The context for this is that I hate being late, and start everything on time, and for some reason today (well, the reason was lots of people were late) I started wondering, "Am I a weirdo? Does every other prof start class a few minutes late, like so many of the meetings I have to go to?"

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

And then you've got to flip your chair around, which, good luck doing that without throwing out your back!

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Ah. I do similar stuff in writing classes, where we usually do a bit of in-class writing to start off.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm always there a bit early to do that stuff, too, to do the setup.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that's interesting! I go back and forth (and sometimes it depends on the class) between wanting to chat with them casually beforehand and when I start to feel like I'm butting into "their" time

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

What kind of "do now" thing? Like an assignment? Some writing?

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

That's a good point! And seems like a healthy middle ground, to start on time but kinda ease into things.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

Question for my fellow teachers/professors (I swear this is not a troll!): Do you tend to start class right on time?

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

All the ‘90s remembrances focus on grunge and hip hop, but no one talks about the wide swath of music that was like “what if a 60’s psych-rock band mellowed out and opened a little store that sells candles and incense and hand-sewn ponchos”

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 1d

One way you can tell I was a teenager in the ‘90s is my totally irrational nostalgia for songs featuring bongos and gentle wind chimes

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever people on here post screenshots of some New Terrible Guy, all I can think about is how excited my cat gets when he kills a cockroach in the basement and then runs upstairs to drop it at my feet like a gift

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a guy in my neighborhood who has this sticker on his truck. In the past year my reaction has gone from “what an asshole” to “actually that’s maybe the saddest thing I’ve ever seen” to “at least men are starting to talk about their crippling loneliness?”

Car decal featuring guns of several sizes. Caption reads MEET MY FAMILY

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Fixins’ Bar @fixinsbar.bsky.social · 7d

owner of bologna heart

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4d

🎶 It’s a
nice day
for a
light sweater 🎶

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4d

Oh shit! I think we may have to bring the show back for that one.

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4d

By "bad" I mean basic stuff: copying + pasting text w/o changing the fonts to match up; using a mail-merge program that thinks 'Book Fight' is a person ("Dear Book:"); pitching us kids' picture books (in fairness, we are dumb adults); thinking we want to interview Piers Morgan about cancel culture

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4d

Doing a books podcast was really fun and I learned all sorts of stuff, including that a lot of book publicists--including some high-profile ones--send really bad emails! If you're a writer and you have a good publicist, count yourself lucky!

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4d

There's a publicist for a major press who sends an email at least once a week to the Book Fight account, even after she got at least 10 "we ended the show" auto-responses PLUS three personal emails from me telling her the podcast no longer exists. Wild stuff!