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Kaitlin Ruiz

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I have a zest for despair kaitlinruizplease (at) gmail

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I love this movie

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I am so baffled by this lady, she goes out of her way to be evil

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when I was a kid I used to tie up the phone line by sneaking draughts of our dial-up internet to research the Civil War, and finally my dad, weary of missing calls, said "how would you feel if the Headless Horseman got me, and I could not even tell you goodbye, because you were Online?"

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sometimes I am sad, but then I remember that I am the most fascinating person I know... these are the little falsehoods that the angels allow us on our path...

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why should we have to listen to this author of children's books rant about trans people... this is an insane precedent. it's like saying we should let the guy who wrote Winnie the Pooh solve immigration.

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@nameshiv.bsky.social reminded of your dad, who is apparently my dad

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I was zonked out in anesthesia, but apparently they let my mom in to say goodbye to my adenoids

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my mom, utterly unprompted: I think someday you are going to have bunions

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WOW

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you are nothing if not just

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if the English deliver tomorrow i'm calling for a 3 day humanitarian pause in the merciless mockery

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"I want to hear a man play a banjo in a way that suggests he has seen the devil"

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same interview where he discusses his ability to hypnotize chickens, iirc

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the NSA does what???? (source: ON PAPER: THE EVERYTHING OF ITS TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY, Nicholas A. Basbanes)

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Today, my dog Bolt, a little friend who saved my life many times, is 10 years old. We had a fine party. The cake was raw stew beef. Nola (our rat terrier) attended and had a piece of cake, too. We (Deanna and I) sang happy birthday and a good time was had by all. I love that dog. Many more, Bolt!!

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it remains baffling because this man is *not* known for economizing! this is his lone gesture to thriftiness.

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It’s not obvious, but this is an Eastern Kingbird. They are incredible aerialists who hunt and catch insects in flight. But sometimes it’s just too easy for them. So this Eastern Kingbird dialed up the difficulty by going after a damselfly while upside down! And caught it!🪶

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why does Bond run around after all these women when Ben Whishaw's Q is right there

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Forgot to mention it but we found a very tiny, very scared kitten over the weekend, and we’ve been watching her while we’re figuring out where she’s gonna land. Day 3: She just slept inside my sweater for an hour. She loves me 😭

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something I think a lot about is how during the Trump years, certain people thought it was hilarious to phone their Latino friends, co-workers, employees, pretending to be ICE.

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uh oh. somebody told her she’s the baby

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I love Freddie Fox for being the most glorious onscreen twerp

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love a means of communication that is expensive and scary to use

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I hate email, we need to bring back the fax machine

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incredibly infuriating in that you know these people get all offended when Americans have opinions on *their* politics

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I fell in love with faxing after I saw the Lindsay Lohan PARENT TRAP

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you look like a little lad home from eton

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I also love faxing because it lets me annotate stuff, like if I send a Letter to the Editor complaining about my senator, I print it out and scrawl "I am talking about you in public" or whatever before sending

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I faxed Ted Cruz incessantly until his machine finally went offline

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Ppl are retweeting this and I just want to add that faxing is THE most annoying thing to do to your representatives. There are websites where you can fax for a small fee and those machines are LOUD and then at the very least they have to deal with all the print outs.

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the NSA does what???? (source: ON PAPER: THE EVERYTHING OF ITS TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY, Nicholas A. Basbanes)

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I keep telling myself (and my offline pals) that it's the first week of JULY, things have not gotten off the ground quite yet, etc. at the same time, it always helps me to hear someone else say these things--so thank you for always lending a little sanity to the rest of us.

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kieran, welcome to bean posting hours

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you know what time it is... bean hours

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tonight we are splurging [getting red beans and rice]

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"that is the coward's way. I will keep vigil over the stove." --dad, explaining why he will not cook beans in a crockpot

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"why can I not have this one independent venture" --dad, as his wife of thirty years tries to counsel him on the matter of cooking beans

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