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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 4h

I'm going to keep reading, and doing my best to get every single title the library patrons want from outside the system (including the titles/authors I disagree with).

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 7h

I bet he has a big ol' motor!

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 17h

1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are on two lists:

Popularly banned books I was assigned for school
and
It was supposed to be a warning, not a guide!

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sure it's An Experience, but I'd rather take that money and spend it on an actual full meal.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 17h

If you need to ask for directions to my compound, stop and think that I'd have already shared if you were welcome.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 17h

Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day in the US. To anyone inclined to get mad about the name, Columbus was a suboptimal human disavowed by the Spanish Crown, and open to verbal dunking by said rulers.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Slim(mer) ones are out there. Puss is in another friendly household, and was definitely a lighter weight on my chest than Louie.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Also realized Bacardi is Puerto Rican, and I've had a pint of their Oakheart spiced sitting here for a while.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Louie lives with friends of mine and claimed me last time I visited.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Something about "If things go to hell, meet me at the library - they don't know where that is."

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Something about "If things go to hell, meet me at the library - they don't know where that is."

Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 19h

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 18h

Dad trying to talk to me while he's got the TV on with volume up where he needs it.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 20h

Someone told me the only thing he MIGHT get a nod for is if getting Israel to back down goes through. My thought was, after everything else he's done and is doing, f'ek that.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 21h

So far so good! I enjoy ghost stories, sometimes especially when they come from a perspective outside my "normal."

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 21h

Snagged a pint of Don Q Gold for now, if I like it a full bottle with more age and/or spice will be in my future.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

I'm seriously considering picking up some Puerto Rican rum just because.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

How many supposed antichrists have we already been through without the apocalypse kicking off?

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

I believe I've fully discarded all of that hateful wossname's IP that I still had lying around.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

Who tf is Lee Greenwood? I'd at least heard of Bad Bunny before this whole thing started, and I'm definitely willing to listen to his music.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

Fair.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

Do you add spicy for extra mojo? I remember hearing many years ago to heat up chicken broth/soup, add as much chili oil as you can stand, and drink up.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 1d

Can't think of anyone on this continent who's less qualified for that particular award.

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Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 2d

I finally tried watching that a few years back, didn't make it very far because it was too close to current reality.

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 3d

*Bizet

Gibbs Moryss @gibbsmoryss.bsky.social · 3d

I know there are English-langusge operas but I much prefer to hear Verdi, Mozart, Wagner, Biden, ect. as written.

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