ben a.

@benjamimmmmm.bsky.social

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Love music and sports, hate markets and capitalism, have never read a book

"The Boys Are Leaving Town" by Japandroids "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy
Tweet from JD Vance, the guy last seen with the now-dead pope "I just learned of the passing of Pope Francis. My heart goes out to the millions of Christians all over the world who loved him. I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill. But I'll always remember him for the below homily he gave in the very early days of COVID. It was really quite beautiful. May God rest his soul."
Ernie from Sesame Street, with messy hair, a horizontal striped shirt, cuffed light jeans, and dirty red Converses.
A fully empty movie theater.
Screen grab of a fangraphs page showing the best ranked players using only seasons since 1947. Bonds, Mays, Aaron, ARod, and Mantle round out the top 5. Rickey Henderson is 7, Mike Trout is 27, Teddy Ballgame is still 22 despite this chart lopping off half his career.
Muffin on July 4th 2014, small and on my porch in Southie at about 4 am.