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C. A. Bridges@cabridges.bsky.social |
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I write things that explain other things for USA TODAY NETWORK Florida. I also take pictures, mostly for me. My opinions are my own and I only agree with about half of them. He/him.
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C. A. Bridges
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A dirge? Mournful songs of sad acceptance of their miserable lot in life and their complete failure at achieving any one of their promised features and purpose? Or are we talking showtunes?
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C. A. Bridges
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It’s the modern version of hearing a song on the radio with a police siren in it while you were driving.
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C. A. Bridges
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Watching a British TV show about upcycling stuff people are throwing out, and just saw a man I can only describe as “despicable Bond villain but it’s his day off and he’s antiquing.”
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C. A. Bridges
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Maybe they can’t remember he said it. They should talk to someone about that.
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Frank Conniff
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George Clooney thinks Biden should step down. Julia Roberts says he should stay put. With all their political bickering, can this mismatched pair ever put aside their differences and find love? Here's an exclusive peek at Netflix's latest romcom delight...
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C. A. Bridges
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Remember, hypnotism has its limits. You can’t be forced to remember a movie that you really truly didn’t care anything about.
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Angie Wang
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OMG.
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C. A. Bridges
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Just realized I need to start making more friends for when my inevitable medical bankruptcy GoFundMe goes live. Hi! How are YOU?
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C. A. Bridges
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Ok, that’s awesome.
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C. A. Bridges
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Did my colonoscopy prep yesterday. This morning I was 4 pounds lighter. I mean, I knew I was full of it, but it’s weird seeing it quantified.
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C. A. Bridges
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Waving from Florida. Are signed copies available anywhere?
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C. A. Bridges
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It is a wonderful and somewhat gulty feeling when a dangerous storm passes you by.
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C. A. Bridges
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Is it atomic?
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C. A. Bridges
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Pretty sure the more money I had, the more secluded I’d be. As long as there were still bookstores and restaurants within easy driving distance, anyway.
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Diane Duane
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"FAR RIGHT REJECTED in France after tactical voting between Left-Green Alliance in 1st place and Macron’s party in 2nd place. "Far right with Le Pen in third Just as in the UK, the country has gone centre and left."
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C. A. Bridges
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It’s that kind of relentless dedication to its purpose that I’d both admirable and a chilling reminder that when they do take over mere heat will not stop them.
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C. A. Bridges
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Answer would be to impound any robocar that commits infractions and charge companies to get them back.
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C. A. Bridges
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Spotted outside Maya Books & Music in Sanford, Florida.
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C. A. Bridges
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A few days ago I was outside in Florida’s 112 heat index and trying to send a message on my iPhone. I have haptics turned on and the letters were coming in one … by … one with a little click each time. It was a little disturbing.
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C. A. Bridges
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I can see why he’d never want to do it again, but some of his best and most enduring songs came out of that. I’m glad he endured.
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C. A. Bridges
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It cut back so much on my comics buying. It had to be really amazing for me to bother anymore. Whereas before I was grabbing entire runs or clicking on stuff just cuz the cover looked interesting.
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Ted & Ro
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It is possible I will be angry about what Amazon did to Comixology for the rest of my life. I read and discover so, so much less without that incredible website to browse. The kindle store version isn’t even “we have comixology at home,” it’s “you don’t get to have comixology, eat a dick”
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C. A. Bridges
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If you know a better way to get julienne fries I’d like to hear it.
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C. A. Bridges
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My wife and I call it a bed picnic. We load up a tray with all the cheese, crackers, fruit and sliced meat in the house, bring it upstairs, and graze while we watch TV. It’s not charcuterie because that tends to be organized.
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C. A. Bridges
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I just assume that all writers secretly write naughty things. Except possibly for those who write it out on the open, but they may have even naughtier double-secret stuff stashed in a trunk somewhere.
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melissa~
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"there are only 2 genders!!!" and then they make 22 separate DnD classes out of masculinity alone
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C. A. Bridges
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But it can affect you for the rest of your life.
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C. A. Bridges
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Talking to Teresa about recent unexpected expenditures. Me: I have a problem spending our savings, even when we really need to. Except on you, of course. Teresa: Can we get a new stove? Me: Um… Teresa: Can I get an extra biscuit? Me: Yes. Teresa: Just calibrating.
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C. A. Bridges
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It wouldn’t surprise me, based on the onslaught of “Biden is old dammit” stories the NYT has been fire hosing out, if they hadn’t prewritten that part as well. Just that advance story files are a pretty common practice.
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C. A. Bridges
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I’m not saying they didn’t write a hit piece before the event here, but starting an advance file is pretty common. Same way news media gets extensive obituaries of famous people out so quickly, they’ve already been written and are just waiting for details for the top.
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C. A. Bridges
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As someone who writes trending stories, it is not at all unusual to start a file for live event coverage for planning and budget purposes and prewrite some background to give you a head start the night of. That said, the system I use doesn’t create URLs until they’re published the first time.
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C. A. Bridges
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Just an easy thing to remember in life: the more someone tries to keep you from voting or telling you not to bother voting, the more important it is to vote.
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C. A. Bridges
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Only if a 9-year-old child is hired to read over the finished product and mark up all the places time, space and physics are blatantly ignored so the characters can move from cool scene to cool scene.
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C. A. Bridges
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(Watching a competition show) ME: Aw, don’t tell me THAT guy’s gonna win? Teresa: It’s usually the one I don’t like that wins. ME: … ME: Do you mean just on this show? Or, like… life? TERESA: (looks calmly at me) (blink) (blink)
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C. A. Bridges
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I don’t think it matters what their reasons for declining were. I have never seen an editor make a point of listing the people who turned them down. It’s unprofessional and frankly sounds petty.
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I am really hoping your dog has no official name and is always simply referred to, by friends and family and the state of New York, as your enormous dog.
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C. A. Bridges
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I haven’t read it but I assume the article is a retrospective on “The Honeymooners.”
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C. A. Bridges
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Tragically, I have no cash for the signed #EdwardGorey poster, no use for the tote, and I am several times larger than these shirts.
I’m still really really tempted, though.
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C. A. Bridges
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My music playlist: - 10% songs I love - 35% songs I like - 15% songs I wanted to hear once for some reason and now just skip whenever they come back up - 40% songs I don't even what the hell
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C. A. Bridges
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“‘Oilers Girl and Hawk Tuah Girl — they're the Chappell Roan and Charli XCX of straight guy internet right now,’ Cameron told me.” I have never heard of any of those things (until just now), which tells you where I stand in the straight guy internet.
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C. A. Bridges
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I’ll probably get around to looking up just how stupid this is later but right now I’m just bothered by the fact that they couldn’t even put them in the right alphabetical order.
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Patrick Nathan
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“AI” is the culmination of the tech industry. Every time you use it, you destroy the environment, erode labor protections, endanger workers overseas, enrich the ruling class, and make something unforgivably worthless, all at the same time – and it's all hidden from you in a frictionless distraction.
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C. A. Bridges
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Google translates the Finnish words for “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” as either “The Taste is Sweet” or “Call for Thirsty,” if you want to know how accurate Google Translate is.
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C. A. Bridges
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Adventures in thrifting: If you’re annoyed there aren’t enough books in Finnish in Central Florida, I have good news for you. (Noticed them because I didn’t recognize the Alan Bradley title, which would mean there’s a Flavia de Luce book I haven’t read, which seems unlikely.)
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C. A. Bridges
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If you’re not going to factcheck at the time, debates should never be broadcast live. Shoot the debate and only broadcast it after you’ve added chyrons or, better, “Pop Up Video” style messages (with the sound effect) to add facts and context.
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C. A. Bridges
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That is a very awkward-looking holster. No wonder guns keep going off by accident.
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C. A. Bridges
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I discovered Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus” solely because I had just finished listening to a HP book and decided I wanted Jim Dale to read something else to me. It was the right choice.
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C. A. Bridges
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No matter how good the Murderbot TV series is, I already know I’m going to be subconsciously angry the voice doesn’t sound like Kevin R. Free.
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C. A. Bridges
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YES
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C. A. Bridges
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If you love artists who create explicit content and sell it on Etsy, you might want to buy something off them soon.
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