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Reverend Lars 🌊

@reverendlars.bsky.social

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American. Also Canadian, and feeling more so every day. Lover of things with six strings. Cancer survivor. Not religious. Lifelong Democrat because modern Republicans embrace fascism. Everybody be nice to each other, m'kay?

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · Jan 16

Be sure to encourage the young people in your life to get checked for colorectal cancer, it's never too early. The oncology nurses at City of Hope tell me they see more and more young people there for treatment. Don't be one of them. #Cansky

People who got colon cancer in their 20s or 30s describe what it was like and the signs that were ignored

Colorectal cancer rates have risen dramatically among young adults, but diagnosing patients in this group has proven difficult.

www.nbcnews.com

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 13h

I mixed the cartoon series based on the movie.

Yes, it sounds very glamorous. Rest assured, I haven't let it go to my head.

The further time travelling adventures of those two most excellent dudes.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 13h

I do the same thing in my kitchen after flipping a fried egg without breaking the yolk.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 1d

Normally I'm quite welcoming to backyard wildlife. This guy I'm not so sure about. He's kinda bitey.

An enormous lizard, scaling my pool fence.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 2d

Grandpa is forgetful.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 2d

This would be a good time to debut the Eephus pitch he's been working on.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, Clayton Kershaw struggling in the post-season. Who woulda thunk it? 🙄

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 3d

That was the Wednesday special in my elementary school cafeteria.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

From there, you can segue right into explaining buggy whips.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, Mike was larghissimo while the truck was accelerando.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

Adorable, but I hope he's getting quality sleep. If not, solutions do exist.

A handsome dog wearing a CPAP mask. A TV remote control is on the sofa.

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

#GrumpyCat

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe someday this technology can benefit mankind, but don't hold your breath.

Miles Smith @milothepsychic.starbase80.net · 4d

So you know that liquid they used in The Abyss to breath in the depths of the ocean? Turns out mammals can breathe using oxygenated perfluorocarbon pumped up their ass:

Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure

Okabe et al. report the exploitation of intestinal breathing phenomenon in mammalian pre-clinical models, potentially offering an additional route of O2 administration to patients who are in critical ...

www.cell.com

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

Well, at least you and I have the self-control to resist her considerable charms. 👊

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever an attractive woman was mentioned at the office, my boss would say "Someone is tired of BLEEPing her."

In retrospect, that was one of the least inappropriate things he would say at the office. The guy had no filter.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

When I'm swimming (okay...floating) in my pool, several bees always end up in the water while trying to drink. I carefully rescue each one, placing it on the deck to dry off and warm in the sun.

Still, at least once a year, one will land on me while I float and sting, with no provocation. Ingrates.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

I've got a nesting pair of GHOs living in my backyard this year, I sometimes get a glimpse of one but I hear them every single night.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

I play nice, for the sake of my beloved nieces. He knows better than to talk politics around me because he knows I'll either leave or verbally shut him down.

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

It's been a difficult thing for the family, for a very long time now. One of the greatest disappointments of my parent's lives.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

Way to bury the lede...I'd have gone with the flannel shirt first.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 6d

Please tell this to my brother, who just bought a Tesla and idolizes Musk. 😞

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Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 7d

And it always will be.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 7d

I use these occasions to remind myself that I no longer obsess about cancer 24/7. Not so long ago, it was pretty much all I could think about, to the detriment of everything else.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 7d

I bet you couldn't distinguish between Jon Hamm's right foot and my right foot if they were presented side by side. Admittedly, this is an unlikely scenario but I've got to start somewhere.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 8d

I'm gonna check eBay, I bet these things start popping up there.

Reverend Lars 🌊 @reverendlars.bsky.social · 8d

Perhaps we traded oppressive bronze age superstitions for enlightenment and a healthy respect for reality?

Next, perhaps we should gather data on the tooth fairy.