Bill Childs

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Saint Paul. Not a real doctor; real worm. I've done radio for kids for a weirdly long time. Not your lawyer, maybe your adjunct law professor. Sparetherock.com, recreationandrisk.com he/him; my views only here, of course

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Top ten weather evening.

1919 text art, courtesy of a letter to my grandmother from her grandfather, who had just become dean of the music school at Indiana (www.myiu.org/stories/jaco...).

I too was the first in my family to attend law school and interview with fancy firms, and managed not to be weird about water options at dinner and, like, silverware

Frank Adult Discussions is a lesser known but solid Guided By Voices album

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Mostly it all puts one in mind of that whole “Life finds a way” thing, except in this case it’s “Adult-oriented businesses find a way”

I would like to live in considerably less interesting times. If I realize, oh no, that's too boring, I have books awaiting me.

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If you would like to read and think about people from Butler Co, Ohio who DON'T SUCK, may I suggest my book about WOXY uncpress.org/book/9781469...

The Future of Rock and Roll | Robin James | University of North Carolina Pressuncpress.org In 1983, an Ohio radio station called WOXY launched a sonic disruption to both corporate rock and to its conservative home region, programming an omnivorous ...

TIL that, at least in the ‘70s, adult-themed businesses in Saint Paul were known as “conversation parlors.” (There’s now a very cool lamp store in the building; the owner knew some but not all of the history so I poked around and found this.) www.newspapers.com/article/star...

Article clipped from Star Tribunewww.newspapers.com Clipping found in Star Tribune published in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 12/18/1976.

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Student: I'm thinking of going to law school... Me: Why? Student: Why do I want to be a lawyer? Well - Me: No, I mean, why even bother at this point? Do we even have "law" anymore? Student: Me: No, it's okay, go ahead with whatever unrealistic thing you were about to say. I'll pretend with you.

If anyone would have an incentive to be against the use of fossil fuels, it’d be those guys, I suppose, and I’m glad they’re out on the speaking circuit

It’s neat how Fox has the audio and video out of sync for Copa America; very artistic vibe

Pre-ride nutrition is key, y’all.

There’s other stuff today, but (a) Andrew Bird was charming and (b) MN UFC finally didn’t lose a game

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Welp here we go...

Just remarkably terrible responsiveness from CenturyLink

Well at least it’s finally raining

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Stories like this - as heartbreaking as they are - are why Mary Divine is one of our true journalism treasures: www.twincities.com/2024/07/12/r...

Obituary: Homeless man in Vadnais Heights believed ‘love is bearing one another’s burdens’www.twincities.com Rob Deck was found dead by suicide at a self-storage facility, family members said.

This is how my grandmother addressed a love letter to my grandfather, a forester (c. 1941).

I’m sure this will go over well in the neighborhood

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this is by far the craziest longshot candidate replacement idea I’ve heard, but if the technology’s there I’ll hear them out

I have gotten identical Trump flag spam emails so far ten times in the last half hour

Hello. @titonka.bsky.social is the only person I will always read about elections. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...

Guys, Men, and Old Men: the 2024 Presidential Raceopen.substack.com Hello I'm joining the discourse.

OK Go uses rather a lot of confetti. This isn’t even probably 20% of what was swept up.

Judge John @hodgman.bsky.social has an unexpected discussion of our little radio show right off the top this week. maximumfun.org/transcripts/...

TRANSCRIPT Judge John Hodgman Ep. 677: May It Freeze the Quartmaximumfun.org

Probably my favorite part of the New Pornographers show was Dena returning from the restroom and affectionately rubbing the arm of the guy standing two feet to my right, half a head taller than I am. He was, as she notes, wearing glasses, so the confusion was understandable.

I don’t mean to be difficult about this, because I understand that Ticketmaster takes my personal information very seriously, and I’m sure that’s sincere, but just doing the math, it’s been 47 days since they saw that my information was compromised and they just got around to emailing me today.

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Bowling ball or go home

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All the deep-fried ranch

Perfect; that’s my daily toilet goal