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dbsalk

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Recovering #hospitality professional now working in the tech industry. Husband, boy dad, #Mizzou 🐯 alum, 🥨 lover, MoT ✡️. Left the bird site early Nov 2022 after 13 yrs.

Based in NW suburbs of #Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Talk to me about #books #movies #sports #food #running #Jeopardy #Disney °o° (among other things). My header image is an avatar for my to-read list. I drink (occasionally) and I know things.

I brake for #DadJokes.

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dbsalk, to StarTrek
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I don't know enough people that would appreciate this joke/meme. #StarTrek #STTNG #Aha #80s #Music #Picard #Riker #Humor

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Tell me a silly/funny childhood story!

I'll start:

One time in Sunday School, the teacher was talking about the difference between humans and animals, and mentioned that Animals had Tails and humans didn't. I let her know this was not true, because my Dad had a tail, just in the front, instead of the back. The teacher was silent for several seconds, and tried to correct me in a church appropriate way, but I doubled down, and insisted that my little brothers also had front tails too. This got so heated that the teacher had to go get my parents to take me out of Sunday School.

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr When I was in third or fourth grade, I was on a road trip with my parents and we were driving by a farm. My mom pointed to a silo, and informed me that the tall structure next to the barn was called a silo. Being the smartass that I was (but not really trying to be), I replied, "Duh. I learned that in kindergarten." My dad thought that was beyond hilarious, and it became an inside family joke that whenever something was painfully obvious, we would say "I learned that in kindergarten."

dbsalk, to history
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Today is the 159th anniversary of Ulysses Grant's defeat of the US secessionist slavery movement's paramilitary arm. Please celebrate accordingly.

RickiTarr, to random
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When you read Librarian Erotica and think it's real life:

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr Apparently I've been missing out by downloading ebooks and audiobooks remotely instead of picking up hardcopies (and who knows what else) from the brick and mortar location. @VernonLibrary

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr @dsilverman Spotted that right away and it's been nagging at me. "Hey, Chiron Writer... you had ONE JOB!!!"

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This is probably my worst poll, but I'm curious, for science:

I have/had:

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr now do in-laws

dbsalk, to books
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My heart aches for the children who will no longer have access to their local library because some arrogant assholes decided to be offended by books with new ideas and different perspectives.

The cruelty is the point.

https://bookriot.com/donnelly-public-library-adults-only/

#Books #BookBans #Bookstodon #Libraries @bookstodon on@a.gup.pe

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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Lots of debate about this, so I'm curious about the consensus.

Should children be allowed to act professionally, as in having a full time acting job in movie/TV/stage? Feel free to elaborate in the comments.

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr I'd be curious to know the breakdown of positive child actor success stories vs. negative ones. The failures always get sensationalized in the tabloids, and even stars who seem to be well-adjusted adults - Drew Barrymore or the late Shirley Temple - have horror stories from their childhood. But I wonder if there are former child actors who can speak to a loving and positive experience that they would be happy to repeat. If so, how many?

GottaLaff, to random
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was at the courthouse today:

" seems old and tired and mad"

"He seems annoyed. Resigned, maybe angry. He seems like a man who is miserable to be here."

dbsalk,
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@GottaLaff So many of us felt old and tired and mad during the four years he was President.

Turnabout is fair play.

RickiTarr, to random
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Alright, lots of heavy discussions today, so let's talk about something silly!

What is a movie that always makes you laugh?

Personal pick:

Anything Mel Brooks, but Robin Hood: Men in Tights, it's just funny every time I watch it.

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr Blazing Saddles and Office Space both give me so much joy every time I watch. Also, a dark horse: Colin Farrell is hilarious in In Bruges.

dbsalk, to random
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My employer has made the "extremely difficult decision to reduce our coworker force" #today, so I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now. Relief that I still have a job. Anger and sadness that people I like do not. Jump scare when I got a Teams call from a higher up:

"Hey David, how are you doing?"
"Well, that kind of depends on what you're about to tell me."

To be clear: layoffs are rarely handled well, but I feel like my employer is better than most at this sort of thing.

It still sucks.

dbsalk, to chicago
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I had to switch servers, so this is a good time for the #introduction I never posted a month ago when I joined Mastodon. The bird site was my online home for 13 yrs. The tusk site, it turns out, is better!

I grew up in Evanston, Illinois (near #Chicago). Now living in Buffalo Grove, Illinois (sort of near Chicago). Married to a woman I love. We have two boys, 8 & 10. I enjoy dad things, reading (or listening to) books, and learning. I might like building my kids' #Lego sets more than they do.

RickiTarr, to random
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Avatar: The Last Airbender somehow manages to be for kids, but never talks down to them or assumes they can't understand complicated issues, interpersonal relationships, and the amazing redemption archs.

dbsalk,
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@RickiTarr My boys (8 & 11) just finished the live-action series and loved it. The 11yo thought he was too cool for it at first, but changed his mind ~20 minutes in.

Now they're watching the animated version.

dbsalk, to mentalhealth
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Today, like any other day, is a good day to check in on your friends. They may be dealing with stuff that nobody knows about. #MentalHealth​

dbsalk, to books
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The blurb on the Barnes & Noble website states "Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline’s The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement." I'm not sure I'd go that far. It's good, but I'm almost 2/3 of the way through and still waiting to see how the protagonist got in the situation she's in. I'm sure (I hope) there's a big reveal coming, but I don't get why Cline felt the need to be coy. Seems unnecessary. #Books #FridayReads #Bookstodon #Fiction @bookstodon

dbsalk, to random
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"Today is Thursday. Can we skip today? I want it to be Friday."

I feel like the 11yo is way too young to be having these thoughts.

#today #DadThoughts

dbsalk, to 13thFloor
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I really need to start keeping notes on how/why I put a book to my TBR pile. The East Indian by Brinda Charry was added about a year ago, and I don't remember how I found out about it. A truly unique tale about an Indian boy winding up first in England and then Virginia during the 17th century efforts at colonization, for me this book is historical fiction at its absolute best. It might be one of the best books I pick up in 2024. #FridayReads #Fiction #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

dbsalk, to Teachers
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Serious question for K-12 #teachers in #Illinois: do you incorporate any lessons about Casimir Pulaski into your curriculum? Any acknowledgement whatsoever about why there's a random Monday off from school every March? Does he get a mention? Inquiring minds want to know! #PulaskiDay #DadThoughts #History #Histodon #Histodons

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Ever hear a guy cover an R.E.M. song who sounds so much like Freddy Mercury that if you close your eyes you can imagine it's actually him?

Meet Marc Martel and be AMAZED.

https://youtu.be/7eIiKYsMJDw?si=vElmQrLKIVF0WT8y

dbsalk,
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@Mrfunkedude That is AMAZING. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️

dbsalk,
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@Mrfunkedude I've always loved REM and I very much enjoy the music of Queen, so this was the perfect shot in the arm for me.

The weather is beautiful outside. I'm going to go run a few miles. 😎 🎶 🏃‍♂️

Mrfunkedude, to random
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The "Three Body Problem" on Netflix on it's own is bad, but once you compare it to the book, it's much much worse.

The ONLY really good book to movie adaptation I have ever seen was "Silence of the lambs". It more or less just turned the book into a script. The most accurate adaptation I've seen to this day.

What's YOUR favorite book to movie adaptation? Tell us why!

dbsalk,
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@Mrfunkedude Are we just talking about movies, or do mini-series count as well?

IMO, Hollywood is more likely than not to shit all over the source material. There are, of course, exceptions. Here are a few that come immediately to mind:

Shawshank Redemption
Seabiscuit
The Crossing
Good Omens
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Sleepers
Lonesome Dove
A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version)
The Road
Interview With The Vampire
Into the Wild

dbsalk, to books
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Neil Gaiman ( @neilhimself when he's posting here - which isn't often) is one of my favorite authors, and I'm usually in awe of just about everything he does. It was a cinch, then, that I picked up Unnatural Creatures, an arrangement of short stories that he picked out. So far, all of the stories are good. Surprisingly, I would say that Gaiman's own contribution is the weakest of the bunch, but still entertaining. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #ShortStories #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Unfollow me if you...

  1. Don't appreciate fart jokes.
  2. Take yourself too seriously.
  3. Don't realize that not appreciating fart jokes makes you less then human.
  4. Don't accept apologies for calling people who don't like fart jokes "less then human".
  5. Take me too seriously.
  6. Never felt the fear of having to stand in line at a store and felt a fart you couldn't trust.

Thank you.

dbsalk,
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@Mrfunkedude Fart jokes are always funny.

Have I said this before? Why, yes. Yes, I have. And I will say it again, because it bears repeating.

Fart jokes are always funny.

dbsalk, to escribiendo
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As I noted right here in this feed, this past Saturday was Towel Day. That inspired me to check out The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy from the library to re-read it for the first time since 2000. It still holds up! What a delightful classic.

Also worth noting: Douglas Adams basically described an e-reader device almost 30 years before Kindle came on the market.

#FridayReads #AmReading #Fiction #DontPanic #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: "...he also had a device which looked rather like a largish electronic calculator. This had about a hundred tiny flat press-buttons and a screen about four inches square on which any one of a million 'pages' could be summoned at a moment's notice. It looked insanely complicated, and this was one of the reasons why the snug plastic cover it fitted into had the words DON'T PANIC printed on it in large friendly letters. The other reason was that this device was in fact that most remarkable of all books ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The reason why it was published in the form of a micro sub-meson electronic component is that if it were printed in normal book form, an interstellar hitchhiker would require several inconveniently large buildings to carry it around in."
Sign, white text on red background: "DON'T PANIC AND CARRY A TOWEL"

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I'll admit, when I was a teen I dreamed of visiting Australia and meeting a strange lady who would make me nervous and then take me in and give me breakfast.

dbsalk,
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@Mrfunkedude Would you be traveling in a fried -out Kombi, then?

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