nanette
@nanette.bsky.social
a middle-aged librarian living on the flatlands of central Illinois
magnificent weirdo, guardian of the corn trophy, teller of stories
“music critic” at thebestthing.blog
not a professional account by any means, it gets weird in here
magnificent weirdo, guardian of the corn trophy, teller of stories
“music critic” at thebestthing.blog
not a professional account by any means, it gets weird in here
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nanette
@nanette.bsky.social
· Jan 2
most of you (probably) know that I am a librarian, specifically a public librarian who specializes in collection management
so in 2025 I’m going to post book stuff occasionally, when I read something that I want to share
currently thinking I will pin this thread and add to it throughout the year
so in 2025 I’m going to post book stuff occasionally, when I read something that I want to share
currently thinking I will pin this thread and add to it throughout the year
happy Thanksgiving from this butt-shaped potato I found a few years ago
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
happy Thanksgiving from this butt-shaped potato I found a few years ago
just learned that HBO has a new documentary about the Super Bowl shuffle and when I was in 7th grade, my English teacher Ms. Kubida did this trivia challenge that lasted several months
she had questions taped up around the room and at the end of each class period
she had questions taped up around the room and at the end of each class period
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
just learned that HBO has a new documentary about the Super Bowl shuffle and when I was in 7th grade, my English teacher Ms. Kubida did this trivia challenge that lasted several months
she had questions taped up around the room and at the end of each class period
she had questions taped up around the room and at the end of each class period
this happened, it was very exciting for everyone under the age of 15
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
this happened, it was very exciting for everyone under the age of 15
the dj at the women’s basketball game is attempting to summon a demon via an unholy blend of “the tootsie roll” and “whoomp there it is”
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the dj at the women’s basketball game is attempting to summon a demon via an unholy blend of “the tootsie roll” and “whoomp there it is”
this is an excellent deal especially if you, like me, are always reading a bunch of different books at the same time AND you have a tendency to lose bookmarks
40 𝒫𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒 bookmarks for $20 is back for the holiday season 📚 comes with at least one free postcard 😎 paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/product/ever...
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
this is an excellent deal especially if you, like me, are always reading a bunch of different books at the same time AND you have a tendency to lose bookmarks
we have climbed the mountain and reached the peak! here is our final @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social ‘89 post, where we ask each other tournament related questions and Jon reminds us all that he voted for Tin Machine in round one
Best Album of 1989: The Grand Finale!
N: We have reached the END–the GRAND FINALE–the ULTIMATE battle to determine the Best Album of 1989! Rather than rehash our opinions about two albums that we’ve both talked about way too often, we …
thebestthing.blog
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
we have climbed the mountain and reached the peak! here is our final @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social ‘89 post, where we ask each other tournament related questions and Jon reminds us all that he voted for Tin Machine in round one
as a librarian, I believe in the hotness of cardigans
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
as a librarian, I believe in the hotness of cardigans
it is the PENULTIMATE match of @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social ‘89! It took us almost six months to get here! we have compiled a list of our favorite posts from this tournament, AND I drew (poorly) every Venn diagram that we mentioned during the tournament
Best Album of 1989: Third-Place Clips Show
N: We have arrived at the PENULTIMATE match of Best Album of 1989: the third place battle between the Cure and whoever loses today’s match. Since we won’t know who won the second semifinal prior to…
thebestthing.blog
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
it is the PENULTIMATE match of @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social ‘89! It took us almost six months to get here! we have compiled a list of our favorite posts from this tournament, AND I drew (poorly) every Venn diagram that we mentioned during the tournament
in all of the chaos of leaving work yesterday (every computer in the building had spontaneously turned off and there were no lights in the elevator) I left my keys in my office which meant standing outside in the damp waiting for someone else to show up and let me in
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
in all of the chaos of leaving work yesterday (every computer in the building had spontaneously turned off and there were no lights in the elevator) I left my keys in my office which meant standing outside in the damp waiting for someone else to show up and let me in
so we have this game in our house called man vs. can where we keep track of how many times Tim hits the recycle bin with his car. I am hearing reports that THE MAN HIT THE CAN earlier today
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
so we have this game in our house called man vs. can where we keep track of how many times Tim hits the recycle bin with his car. I am hearing reports that THE MAN HIT THE CAN earlier today
“you’ll be visited by three spirits”
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“you’ll be visited by three spirits”
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
no one could have predicted the dad rock riots of late 2025
Bloomington theater apologizes for unruly Jeff Tweedy fans
Bloomington Theater Apologizes For Unruly Jeff Tweedy Fans
Jeff Tweedy just wrapped up his fall tour in support of his new solo triple album Twilight Override. By all accounts, it’s been a wonderful experience, with Tweedy’s sons among his bandmates and his w...
stereogum.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
no one could have predicted the dad rock riots of late 2025
greetings @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social friends! we are almost at the end of the 1989 tournament and I am writing to you from my new home on I Am Not Being a Contrarian Asshole Island regarding the Beastie Boys and De La Soul! also I cave to peer pressure and deliver a list of my top albums of 1989
Best Album of 1989 (Semifinal): (2) Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique vs. (3) De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
Previous posts: R1: Beastie Boys, in which Jon gets kicked out of a bar and Nanette eats birthday cake R2: Beastie Boys, in which Jon denies Bob Dylan a second time (but ended up not really) and Na…
thebestthing.blog
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
greetings @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social friends! we are almost at the end of the 1989 tournament and I am writing to you from my new home on I Am Not Being a Contrarian Asshole Island regarding the Beastie Boys and De La Soul! also I cave to peer pressure and deliver a list of my top albums of 1989
hi from my “special little box” I guess (it’s more indifference than hatred and I was never particularly into Nirvana which appears to be part of this argument which sounds a lot like a huffing “but but but Kurt Cobain and Frank Black liked the Beatles!!!!!”)
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
hi from my “special little box” I guess (it’s more indifference than hatred and I was never particularly into Nirvana which appears to be part of this argument which sounds a lot like a huffing “but but but Kurt Cobain and Frank Black liked the Beatles!!!!!”)
no other clean sets the outer layer of your epidermis on fire (that’s how you know it’s working)
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
no other clean sets the outer layer of your epidermis on fire (that’s how you know it’s working)
my intro to the cure? 14 year old me making out with my 17 year old boyfriend while the top played
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
My intro to the Cure was Standing on a Beach. Most radio didn't play then early, you really had to find them, but a soon as you heard the opening track Killing an Arab, you knew this was something different and special.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
my intro to the cure? 14 year old me making out with my 17 year old boyfriend while the top played
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
yes, the top was my intro to the cure
the 13 year old, watching football: “I can’t wait for someone to whiff up a kick!”
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
the 13 year old, watching football: “I can’t wait for someone to whiff up a kick!”
so apparently you can buy a “guest dj” experience at the Illinois basketball games so I was thinking about what might be the weirdest thing I could get away with playing as a guest dj at a basketball game
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
so apparently you can buy a “guest dj” experience at the Illinois basketball games so I was thinking about what might be the weirdest thing I could get away with playing as a guest dj at a basketball game
nosebleed seats for the Illinois men’s basketball game
I’m not going down those stairs again until this game is over
I’m not going down those stairs again until this game is over
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
nosebleed seats for the Illinois men’s basketball game
I’m not going down those stairs again until this game is over
I’m not going down those stairs again until this game is over
one of my most anticipated books of 2026 is this 700+ page book about terrorism in the 1970s, which is one of the very specific and odd topics that I am interested in (another is drug cartels and these are both Very Specific Interests that I share with my dad)
The Revolutionists by Jason Burke: 9780525659433 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • An epic, authoritative, gripping account of the years when a new wave of revolutionaries seized the skies and the streets to hold the world for ransom ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one of my most anticipated books of 2026 is this 700+ page book about terrorism in the 1970s, which is one of the very specific and odd topics that I am interested in (another is drug cartels and these are both Very Specific Interests that I share with my dad)
the best gift I have ever purchased is this inexplicable candle, which I gave to my brother
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
the best gift I have ever purchased is this inexplicable candle, which I gave to my brother
we’re so close to the end of @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social! today’s semifinal match is between the pixies and the cure, but it also determines who wins the corn trophy! vote wisely!
Best Album of 1989 – Semifinal: (1) Pixies – Doolittle vs. (4) The Cure – Disintegration
Previous posts:R1: Pixies, in which Nanette is kissed by a lizard and Jon is unimpressedR2: Pixies, in which Jon was kinda bummed about both albums and Nanette talks capital A-Art vs DIYR3: Pixies,…
thebestthing.blog
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
we’re so close to the end of @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social! today’s semifinal match is between the pixies and the cure, but it also determines who wins the corn trophy! vote wisely!
we have an incomplete set of number candles and I had to find something to approximate 11 so I went with 2 + 3 + 6
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
we have an incomplete set of number candles and I had to find something to approximate 11 so I went with 2 + 3 + 6
it’s pretty much the perfect day to listen to disintegration a whole bunch of times and Doolittle maybe once
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
it’s pretty much the perfect day to listen to disintegration a whole bunch of times and Doolittle maybe once
the @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social elite eight round closes with a harrowing battle between de la soul and fugazi! I listened to A LOT of fugazi albums yesterday for your edification and delight
Best Album of 1989: (3) De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising vs. (11) Fugazi – 13 Songs
Previous posts: R1: De La Soul, in which Nanette has been waiting for De La Soul to grow on her and she’s getting there and Jon makes a lengthy baseball analogy R2: De La Soul, in which Nanette unc…
thebestthing.blog
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social elite eight round closes with a harrowing battle between de la soul and fugazi! I listened to A LOT of fugazi albums yesterday for your edification and delight