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Tim Weston

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Thoughts on #books #AmReading, #travel, #baseball #RedSox, #hockey #LetsGoCanes, #wrestling #AEW sometimes #NJPW, #Disney, and more! “The finest competition of processed meats and condiments in all of baseball!”

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · Apr 17

There are too many great books to be read; don’t waste your time on books you don’t enjoy!

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 15h

The season hasn’t even started yet, has it??

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 15h

Thank you, Ryan! This is the most concrete information I’ve ever received on this subject. Now I need to find someone who was involved with / ran Disney’s “Let’s Make a Deal,” I guess!

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 18h

For years I’ve tried to find out if this was a real Citizens of Hollywood-type character or if she was just a CM dressed up funnily for her job and she gave us a fake, silly name just for fun.

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 18h

The Cast Member interacted with us and chatted about random stuff (“my husband Louie is home on the can” is one line we all remember). She said her name was Mildred Trusky.

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 18h

Afterward, he filled out paperwork, etc., and then we left the studio where the show was filmed. Outside (still in the park), we saw a woman, who I can only describe as Citizens of Hollywood-like, who was pushing a cart containing the various set boxes of prizes from the show. …

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 18h

So this is a really random thing, Ryan…

In August 1990, my family went to Disney-MGM. On that visit, we were in the audience of “Let’s Make a Deal” (not the guests in the costumed section). My dad was selected to play a game and won a TV. …

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 21h

My sentimental favorite: BABY BOOM. Incredibly of its time but in part a nice grown-up romcom.

I also like that she mentioned FATHER OF THE BRIDE. Some of it is very cringey, but, like I suspect a lot of people did, I made sparkly wedding sneakers for my sister because of that movie.

Keesh @carrdiganbutton.bsky.social · 21h

people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 19h

Any #Disney historians on Bluesky? I have a question re: 1990 Disney-MGM Studios that I’d love someone to be able to verify for me. #DisneyParks

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 1d

Bob Ross created thousands of paintings on PBS’s ”The Joy of Painting.” Now, 30 of his works are being sold at auction to benefit public broadcasters suffering under President Trump’s federal funding cuts.

30 Bob Ross Paintings Head to Auction to Support Public Media

The happy little fundraiser will benefit broadcasters affected by Trump’s funding cuts.

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 1d

Question for you, Mark: I'm a *huge* Greta Lee fan; how is she in this movie?

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 1d

Kind of related to “no practice/redo’s,” something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is, “if I should do X (exercise, eat healthy, etc.) but I’m not willing to do it for myself (because I’m tired, lazy, whatever), do it for the people I love.”

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 1d

“This isn’t practice and there are no redo’s.” Such a great line that I need to keep in mind on a daily basis.

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 1d

Really great blog post by @ginatrapani.org at @notetoself.studio

Note to Self @notetoself.studio · 3d

This isn’t practice and there are no do-overs

Halftime | Note to Self

A couple of weeks ago I turned 50 years old, which is a sentence my fingers feel strange typing because in my mind I’m still somewhere in my late 20s. Age...

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 1d

This was one of my many complaints about WDW when I was an AP. I'm all for being able to get a WDW kid's meal to save some money, but I'd much rather have DL-style QS options. I'll never forget how surprised I was by the amazing food options when I first visited DL in 2013.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 2d

Thread:

A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 3d

“God Bless America” is … not the national anthem. At the game I was at recently, some people stood and some people didn’t. It’s a piece of popular song that many people like and feel moved by, just like, say, “This Land Is Your Land.”

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 3d

Or Worcester, Massachusetts

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 3d

I wish you could meet my girlfriend
My girlfriend who is in antifa
She couldn't be cuter
She might be the shooter
My girlfriend who is in antifa

She likes to smash up things
She's very excited
To tangle with fascists
She'll soon be indicted

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 3d

Where are you writing these days, Andy?

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 3d

the one thing i like about generative ai is when it is wrong. because it is always very, very funny. it is so confident and so enthusiastic while failing, like the very best clown.

so, i'm here to tell you that there MAY be NOTHING FUNNIER than asking ai to do ASCII drawings.

here's donald duck:

"please make an ascii art drawing of donald duck"

"here's a cute lil' donald-inspired ascii (sailor hat, pouty beak and all)"

an absolutely incomprehensible ascii art drawing of what seems to be a… maybe a robot with a baseball cap and long arms, with another… telephone robot on his head? i don't even know. there's a space ship underneath? maybe? what is this

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 3d

I’m answering all your dumbest questions at www.reddit.com/r/trivia/com... today if anyone wants to come hang out for a bit!

I am Ken Jennings. I host Jeopardy! now, but apparently I'm still using my old, bad Reddit username. My new trivia book is called THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS. AMA!

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 5d

Looks like a manager making a mound visit.

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 5d

#AmReading “The Incandescent,” by Emily Tesh #BookSky

2025 Reading Challenge book 23 of 25: read a romantasy

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Incandescent

Check out The Incandescent - <p><b>Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets <i>Plain Bad Heroines</i> in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily...

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Tim Weston @timweston.com · 6d

Love Big Papi 😂 (this is from after game one)

Tim Weston @timweston.com · 7d

YES PLEASE! Literally a dream of mine to do this someday. And ditto to the livestreaming of events. One of the things I miss the most about Covid lockdown is the live events that you could attend from anywhere. I’d even pay a (discounted) rate to attend such events live online.