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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, Mike!

S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you Katherine! It was a fun one to write, and I appreciate your kind words.

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · 23h

So proud to be in @pointsincase.com! Thanks guys!

Points in Case @pointsincase.com · 23h

Kayley blows past two seniors on recumbent trikes, yelling, “Get off the Pike, ya shitheads! This lane’s fa passin’!”

So Your Three-Year-Old Is a Masshole

Kayley blows past two seniors on recumbent trikes, yelling, “Get off the Pike, ya shitheads! This lane’s fa passin’!”

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Aug 18

My first piece in Points in Case! ❤️

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Points in Case @pointsincase.com · Aug 18

Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children.
Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.

Normal Mom Group vs. Culty Mom Group

Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children. Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yasssss.

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 29

Oh no. Been there. :(

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 21

medium.com/@SMaryStrand...

Trump’s Hastily Compiled “Consumer Satisfaction” Priorities as a Smoke Screen for All Things…

“Sir, the Fudge Filling Is Gone”

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 14

No worries if not - but can you share what it was? I tend to go with what pops into my head but I don’t mind gaming the system now and then.

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 13

We rehomed upwards of 50 decorative lighthouses from my mom’s place in Dennis. And we did it right. Kept them all on the Cape. My sister wanted to take one back to Framingham - she was denied.

S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 11

OMG forced password resets. If I say it’s secure enough, it’s secure enough.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jul 9

"Be open to the bartering process. Flexibility is the cornerstone of any successful rural birthing plan... Extra services like epidurals are nothing more than elaborate hoaxes designed by the left to rob women of God’s gift of increased pain in childbirth."

Trade Your Way to Wellness: A Patriotic Guide to Farm-Fresh Health Care

“Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first.’ Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut hea...

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 9

medium.com/jane-austens...

I’m Dating Birds Now

And at least it’s better than Craig

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jul 6

Always love getting posted at Frazzled!

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Frazzled Humor @frazzledhumor.bsky.social · Jul 6

I don’t mind being the meal planner. The kitchen’s my favorite place — it’s where my coffee pot lives, and my secret stash of Swedish Fish.

By @smstrand.bsky.social

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The Cure to Meal-Planning Decision Fatigue

Hint: Chaos Is Your Friend

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jul 2

"The flag belongs to all of us—left, right, Andrew Yang. You can love your country and still side-eye it. That’s real patriotism."

Advice from Your Conservative Neighbor on How You, a Liberal, Can Hang an American Flag Without Looking Like a Trumper

I saw you this morning as you were getting your paper, gazing wistfully at that flagpole bracket like it broke your heart in junior year. You want ...

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S. M. Strand @smstrand.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sharing with everyone, this is terrific.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jun 24

"I worry that the powers that be might take one look at my salt-and-pepper hair, only slightly elevated blood pressure, and spry body with both its original hips, and laugh me right out of the Capitol."