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writer, thinker, amateur cheesemonger. senior producer for ministry of ideas | host of pilot. princess. trash collector. former npr, gbh, wbur, wxyc, dth. https://nicktheandersen.com

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · Feb 10

well, it's happening...again...

i'm running the chicago marathon this october to help raise money for breakthrough T1D, an organization that makes life easier for type 1 diabetics — including me myself.

won't you chip in?

2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon - Nick Andersen - Breakthrough T1D Run

Run the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon with Breakthrough T1D Run

www2.breakthrought1d.org

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 7h

signs and portents etc etc

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 7h

i bought some hearty white bread crunchy peanut butter and one banana for my marathon morning breakfast bc i myself am a crunchy hearty white banana and while i was shopping missy elliot told me to put my thing down flip it and reverse it and you know what ma’am i shall

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10h

well, we doing this

a photo of the poster, a mid30s cis white man with shaggy brown hair, standing in front of a large sign reading RUN CHI. he’s wearing a blue t shirt with an outline of the state of michigan, with a runner forming the state’s western lake michigan coast. he is holding a racing bib, reading D17563, his entry number for tomorrow’s chicago marathon

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 1d

we’re at the ‘finding signs and portents in everything everywhere’ part of the race weekend, doing great here

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 2d

who will sing for mipso after they go away for a bit? well, all of us will <3

Who Will Sing for Mipso? All of Us - The Bluegrass Situation

After more than 13 years of making expansive modern string band music born in North Carolina, a beloved group says farewell – for now.

thebluegrasssituation.com

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 4d

you understand

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 4d

i will NOT be sick i will NOT

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 4d

if my husband gives me a head cold the week of my marathon, i get a no fault, full asset seizure divorce, right

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

right? a regular ‘get your things’ moment

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

(see here)

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

look at this GORGEOUS mid-century modern gem @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social highlighted that basically has a conversation pit if you squint

image from a staged real estate listing, showing a multilevel living room area, centered on a lit stone fireplace. wooden floors and walls also lead to a small half flight of stairs along a striking red sofa. this is not a conversation pit per se, but pretend with me, would you?

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

‘you better work (cover girl) // work it, girl (give a twirl) // do your thing on the runway’

a man stands at a podium in front of a large screen that says gbp eur hkd jpy sgd

Alt: a gif of a middle aged white man spreading his arms open wide while standing at a podium in front of a video screen reading ‘GBP EUR HKD JPY SGD’. it’s a scene from the end of the 2018 film ‘jurassic world: fallen kingdom’.

media.tenor.com

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

(we’ve been steadily watching, in order, the ‘jurassic park’ movies and let me tell you, the first one is iconic and cannot be topped. the others…are also movies that exist.)

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 5d

in these difficult times, i think we can all agree on the need for a mashup of the ‘jurassic world: fallen kingdom’ dinosaur fashion show with rupaul’s ‘supermodel (you better work)’, right?

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 8d

how DARE

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 9d

cornerstone cheese (from connecticut!) is AMAZING, the wheel we have in the shop is absurd rn all four of us mongers made an audible gasp upon tasting it

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 9d

backseat baby! hear hear and thank you friend

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 9d

i absolutely do want to brag about the savory apple caramelized onion walnut thyme and cornerstone cheese tart i made for my anniversary dinner last night. it was delicious.

an ios portrait mode photo of a savory tart in a pyrex dish, with a thick brown crust and half of the tart missing. thyme leaves, walnuts, apples and onions are visible. a black and silver knife lies on top of the tart remains. the dish sits on a black stovetop.

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 9d

oh don’t worry, i am. part-time cheesemonger.

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 9d

selling cheese and wine, what else

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10d

a beautiful, simple essay on The Martini

Serious Business

Marlowe Granados on martinis.

www.vittlesmagazine.com

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10d

stilton! stilton. stilton.

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10d

thanks lori!

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10d

aw thanks ben we had a nice time

nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10d

let us just take a moment to applaud lydia, my dear friend and officiant, who correctly followed our ‘aim for florence welch on the cover of dance fever’ vibes prompt