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Ken Rhodes

@knrhds.bsky.social

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Saint Paul now, Portland OR then. Soccer, baseball, bikes, dogs, and cats. Timbers, Thorns FC, MNUFC, MN Aurora, Minneapolis City. Twins and Mariners. He/him

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 22m

This is the kind of heroic Minnesota cold-weather prep story I love to hear.

Maybe somebody who had to get to a lake-level cabin lakewater system valve to drain it after all the boats were winterized could chime in with a story

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 3h

Note to my biographer: Disregard all previous posts about having made “the worst omelette so far,” today’s omelette is the current worst

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 16h

Turned into a pretty fun evening

Two cartoonishly-carved pumpkins glow beside the entrance to our porch, one on a pedestal and the other in wet but pretty leaves

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 16h

The teens in our neighborhood know that no one wants leftover candy, so they roll in late and pillage

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 16h

Was raining hard here at 5 when we set up, so we don’t have our usual bonfire, but our neighbors said fuck it at 6:30 and lit one

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 17h

We’re having a pretty normal (busy) Halloween, despite the rain. Our block is pretty turned-out with decorations. I’m almost through two costco bags

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 17h

That would be funny to roll up on a bike to push out cars

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 17h

Nothing funner than pushing cars in a big snow!

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 23h

You’ll never hear me complaining about pumpkin carving tools. Million times better than the knives we used as kids

A couple of carved pumpkins sit on a wooden table with a scoop and a pumpkin-carving tool in the foreground

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 1d

Like the line in Guy Clark’s Dublin Blues:

I have seen the David, mmm-hmm
I’ve seen the Mona Lisa, too
And I have had smoked cod roe
Eaten straight out of the tube

Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 1d

The face of a dog who has just tasted Norwegian smoked cod roe straight from the tube.

A salty black chug on a sofa looking intense in the tv glow

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the terror I felt as a teen experiencing my first one. Good times!

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, but it was Shoot Out the Lights with his wife Linda that blew me away. I was young and going through some stuff that album had a lot to say about

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

Letting the record show that I am shutting up with advice on where to start but I’m very excited for you

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

The key to my equanimity is not watching scary shit

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re not familiar with Richard Thompson, there’s a lot of excellent stuff to explore, both electric and acoustic

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/VE_RkWOPWgQ?...

The Angels Took My Racehorse Away

YouTube video by Richard Thompson - Topic

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

“Smart boy”, two words I would not have applied to him. But the proof’s in the plodding, and we’re very proud

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

He’s very curious and treats when he investigates are keeping him interested. Shortly after the previous video he started to get the hang of it

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm, I added alt text to the above video but somehow I can’t see it? The video is of Wooster, a good-sized tuxedo cat, exploring a cat wheel our daughter assembled over the weekend. He’s just wobbling on the wheel so far

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 2d

Wooster is curious about the new cat wheel. It appeared over the weekend and he was given treats for investigating it

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 3d

People have told me “I like John Scalzi’s books” or “You should read John Scalzi’s books” but where I fault them is for not sitting me down with “Starter Villain” or “Redshirts” and making me read page 1 of either to get me hooked. I need to be led by the nose, people!

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 3d

You love to see Otahni whipping around on the mound to watch one fly out

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 4d

We do it this way and I recommend it highly

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Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like MN United went a little long last night, too

Ken Rhodes @knrhds.bsky.social · 4d

lol