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My partner recently had me set a screen time password on his phone so he’d be forced to stay off of X-Twitter. I don’t quite get how that works, because he still reads his phone, but I’m happy to support the cause.

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Sep 18Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Omg Paul is right about crickets! We pranked coworkers (when I was younger working at my fun job at mini golf arcade place…to go back to only needing fun job money!) and when they got my friends and me back….ugh! I went out to my car, they put ‘caution live animals’ signs on my Chevy cavalier…I open it up THEY WERE GD EVERYWHERE! Coming out of my air vents, under seats every single crevice. I had to set off a fogger (meant for a home…) that smell never left lol once I knew they were ‘gone’/dead…I was like “do large numbers of crickets, when together in a small space…smell like bacon?” Which is when I finally found the pizza ham they’d put under my seats. Thanks for reminding me of that, gotta be loved to be pranked (or I guess hated enough for revenge…woulda worked both ways!)

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Right?! I agree with Janie, excessive and nightmarish. I have my own swarm story, about baby praying mantises. They hatched in a shower/bathtub in the country, the hill country to be precise, Wimberley TX, and I didn’t see them EVERYWHERE until I was naked, in the shower, with shampoo in my hair. They stare at you, praying mantii do… it was quite the experience, and I’ll never forget the absolute horror I felt at being surrounded by hundreds of teeny tiny, perfect, praying mantises. Some of them got washed down the drain accidentally.

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THAT SOUNDS EXCESSIVE!!! And nightmarish!!! 😱

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I don’t remember if it was a Threevisiting on the Tues or a new Threedom, but Scottie Auks has a story about hundreds of frogs that I heard recently. Janie, you should ask Paul if you hadn’t heard it!!

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Sep 18Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Woulda been great revenge had we not pranked them first FOR SHO!

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Sep 18Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Just wanted to pop in and say that Alan Zweig has made some of my favorite documentaries ever. I don't know how accessible any of them are outside of Canadian public television, but Records, Lovable, Coppers, A Hard Name, are all great.

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I went on a mission to watch one before the recording last Spring! I could not access any of them. I’ll keep an eye out, though. Thank you for listening🙏🏼❤️

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Sep 18Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

It looks like 'Records' is up on Youtube for free, but I think it's blocked internationally. So if you're ever in Canada, or have one of those VPN things, just search "records documentary" or "records tvo" and it should pop up. Really enjoy your podcast, cheers!

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

I am still lingering on Twitter and I do abhor the new ownership but I will say I never ever go to the For You tab and I think that saves me from 99% of the hell that exists on that site. For me it is mostly worse just because of the number of people I follow who left. And I support that decision fully.

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

I’m going to have to defend a fellow southerner here and point out that terpsichorean is in fact pronounced turp-suh-korean. Check out the pronunciation on google.

And I apologize for being the well-actually guy. Feel free to hate me. PEEcan for life! ✊

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Boots on the ground perspective! 👍

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

🤞🏼 A Haunting in Venice 🤞🏼

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Great episode, as always! I would encourage Janie to come join us on the CBB Discord server if you're looking for fun community!

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Omg. 😳

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Hope that's a 'good' omg! 😀

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Just a funny thought is all 🤣

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Sep 17Liked by Paul F Tompkins, Janie Haddad Tompkins

Nice podcast, kids. I hope one of next month’s Watch-alongs is “The Exorcist.” The power of Christ compels you!

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Oh that’s right!! I forget why that didn’t happen last October!

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Sep 17Liked by Janie Haddad Tompkins

Yowza! Thanks for more ear candy!

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