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John Leschen @johnleschen
Joined April 2008
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One o'clock AM internet shopping binges are different at 59.
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My three minute walk-and-talk about living near an explosives plant was condensed to an oddly croaky "I felt big boom". Also, it may be time to emerge from my feral summer look.
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Every summer for over forty years, an eccentric faculty member/alum of my high school would take two students on his boat to explore the Georgian Bay in Ontario for a few months (it was a different time.) I was invited in 1982.
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He would set up a reel-to-reel tape player and we would  listen to either the "Reg Tapes", an oral history of the area he had compiled in the 60s from an equally eccentric octogenarian, or Tom Lehrer albums.
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All these years later, I still remember many of the words to "Pigeons", "Elements", and "Brotherhood Week", and a rather convoluted tale of Reg, a bear attack, and revenge.
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If someone had offered Thomas Crooks a little remedial coaching his freshman year, the world would be a better place.
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Most days go by without any acknowledgement of Kid Rock's existence. Today is different. tennessean.com/story/enterta… thecut.com/article/lauren-bo…

Kid Rock cuts Nashville performance short, storms off stage after audience won't clap

Singer and rapper Kid Rock cut an appearance at a Nashville show short this weekend after his audience members wouldn't clap along.

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I am very comfortable with the Real World contestant and the drunk FOX news host leading the response to the crash. I'm certain that their report to the psychopathic Apprentice star will be accurate and free from political hyperbole.
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It must be discouraging when the racist you went all-in on turns out not to be racist enough for you
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. @AccidentalP npr.org/2024/12/24/g-s1-3986…

H-1B visas face uncertainty during Trump's 2nd term. And, the perfect mashed potatoes

Foreign-born scientists may face challenges working in the U.S. during President-elect Donald Trump's second term. And, cooking tips for the perfect mashed potatoes this holiday.

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. @dannywallace Amazing nytimes.com/2024/11/14/busin…
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My old high school celebrated all their National Merit scholars this wek. Tennessee schools celebrated banning books.
Steve Cavendish@scavendish
25 Oct 2024
The irony is not lost on me that this was done right before the opening of the Southern Festival of Books
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Laissez-faire capitalists vs nazis with graphic tees and podcasts
Sean Parker is FOR Transit@SeanForFive
26 Aug 2024
Spent a couple days in rural MA/NH. The libertarian right up there is so much less annoying than the christian nationalist dorks flooding TN
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@JamesBlunt
16 Aug 2024
Quick reminder that you owe me everything. bbc.com/news/uk-politics-117…

Singer James Blunt 'prevented World War III'

Singer James Blunt tells the BBC how he refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British army officer in Kosovo.

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2021: Ah ain't wurrin' no face diaper, sheeple 2024: Tape a Kotex to my ear, daddy
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The locals are just fine. I nearly choked on my vaccine lettuce
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70°. This is the magic number rural southern men wait for to initiate zero-turn season. I have two neighbors out happily mowing nothing.
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I just supported David Ha on @buymeacoffee! 🎉 #taskmaster #taskmastermn You can support by buying a coffee ☕️ here — buymeacoffee.com/taskmasterm…

https://buymeacoffee.com/taskmasterminnesota

Hello! I'm the creator of Taskmaster: Minnesota. It was very expensive, so if you'd like to help me recoup some losses, I'd appreciate it!

buymeacoffee.com
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