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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @joshuadysart.bsky.social. I'm teaching 8th grade this year, and my students just got homework this week to read Living Level 3 as a companion piece to the novel A Long Walk to Water. We're going to be doing some compare/contrast writing pieces with them.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 4d

You know how I feel about Scheider. Highly underrated in a decade with Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro at the forefront. All of them were great actors, but he always felt a bit more natural or authentic to me.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 6d

I have a six-year-old grandson, and he's an absolute blast. We have a lot of fun, and he has a wonderful imagination. You'd make a great Pops Zircher.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 22d

Those are some tough choices. C or D if health is a factor with D being my first choice.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 23d

Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:

1) bacon breakfast burritos
2) An Isaiah Whitlock Jr. "Sheeeeit!" Bobblehead
3) grocery shopping
4) Criterion Channel
5) Friends who will read your writing

Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 23d

Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:

1) gin
2) libraries
3) Arby’s mozzarella sticks
4) laughing with friends
5) A Jellycat bunny.

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 23d

battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures in life:

1. entenmann's crumb cake and a cup of tea
2. flipping a record
3. cats
4. opening day
5. a box of tropical flavored popsicles in the freezer

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 23d

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 28d

Looking dapper, amigo.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · 29d

I had to steel myself to watch the Jeff Buckley documentary. A period of my life revolved around his music, my radio show, and his mother, who was a friend I made through his music. It hit me with an emotional wallop. But that was his music in a nutshell. His life and his music were inseparable.

Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 7

Do it. You will not regret it. The pastries alone are worth the journey ;-)

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 7

*help

Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 7

I have been to Carcassonne, so let me know if you need any helps or insights.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 7

This reminds me of La Rochelle in France with the brick structure and color. You definitely got those old world vibes into this.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 7

I had a chance to read this when Liam finished it. I was hooked right off the bat. Make sure to get a copy. Or buy it for someone who is a reader in your life.

Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here’s a little secret - anybody can order the incredibly rare advance Rose City Comic Con variant preview edition of my new novel TODAY ONLY on Amazon. After that it is gone forever.
Don’t tell!!! (Link below… shhhh!)
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Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · Sep 7

Last day to support this today!!! 🙏❤️😎

Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

My poster to help promote the campaign! :-)

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great film and great score. I'm a huge fan of William Friedkin and Roy Scheider. Tangerine Dream was on a different wavelength and still are.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 30

Two people to take the Ring to Mordor?

Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 30

As a teacher, I suspected this would happen based on my observations of student engagement and attention spans over the last few years, but it's worse than I thought.

Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sounds like my late night burger place I went to last night. They have mini margaritas called "Lil Larry." It's really a shot of tequila with a little bit of margarita.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a new constant companion at my side. This is all I wanted for my birthday, and the family delivered.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 26

There are a lot of things competing for our attention, and it's big business. I feel like future generations will look back harshly on us for giving kids such easy access to social media and smartphones.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Washington Post published an article about the decline of reading last week. Leisure reading among U.S. adults 15 and older has dropped 40% in the past 20 years, and people’s attention spans while looking at screens averaged 2½ minutes in 2004, later falling to an average of 47 seconds in 2016.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 24

I went to Peche on my last trip. A genuine delight. Cane and Table, Commander's Palace, and Loretta's (Best beignets in New Orleans in opinion) were some spots that I loved.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 24

I miss you, mate. I hope you and your family are doing well. Please give them my best!

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 24

It certainly hits hard with the ending. Joyce described Dubliners as a novel about a city rather than a collection of short stories. It's stages of life and the use of epiphany as a motif felt so natural, not didactic at all. I keep coming back to it.

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Dave Gillette @davegillette.bsky.social · Aug 24

Joyce was the 1st writer to have a profound impact on me. I read Dubliners in 9th grade, revisiting it many of times over the years. While in Dublin, I did the Joyce walking tour. We finished at the Gresham Hotel. I was asked the read the end of The Dead by the guide. It was the highlight of my trip

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