TheCommonToad

@The_Common_Toad

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TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jul 16

Before the internet people helped each other out by leaving obituary clippings in the books of the writer who died. Whether it was incidental doesn't matter. Knowledge was a different currency

The_Common_Toad's tweet image. Before the internet people helped each other out by leaving obituary clippings in the books of the writer who died. Whether it was incidental doesn't matter. Knowledge was a different currency

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TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Feb 10

Hilarious John Ford scene, The Horse Soldiers. Union Cavalry retreats from an unexpected band of boy cadets. A mother dragging her son from ranks, only to see him escaping down the road to rejoin = more poignant than any SERIOUS modern dram.a might convey youtube.com/watch?v=vpsJF7…

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · 5 h

I wonder how that kid's doing now

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jul 17

So glad to see @malcolmguite's first of his 4-volume Arthurian cycle is available for preorder. Many of us have been following its progress and looks like it's getting the treatment it deserves; can't wait to crack it open next spring. Pre-order here: store.rabbitroom.com/products/merli…

The_Common_Toad's tweet card. Choose from 3 Pre-order options: Hardcover Book Hardcover Book + 1 Print (black & white, limited edition, numbered, archival-quality print of one of Stephen Crotts illustrations) Limited Collector's...

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TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jul 17

We got you covered either way

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jul 7

"But thinking is to be a corrective in our life. It's not supposed to be the center of our life. Living is supposed to be the center of our life. Being is supposed to be the center." flashes on @dr_mcgilchrist in Bradbury describing the creative life youtu.be/tTXckvj7KL4?si…

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jul 1

Poet from Lancaster MA. Born in a room of a grand house Lafayette visited a century before. Became library director on 1890s. Started compiling poetry when she went blind. Said she could still see her garden. Almost entirely forgotten. Harriet W Forbush

The_Common_Toad's tweet image. Poet from Lancaster MA. Born in a room of a grand house Lafayette visited a century before. Became library director on 1890s. Started compiling poetry when she went blind. Said she could still see her garden. Almost entirely forgotten.

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TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Feb 28

I've really lost the plot on this one. What is the point of all this? To look dumb?

MMisha Komadovsky@komadovsky · Feb 28

‼️A heated back and forth between @ZelenskyyUa, @POTUS, and @VP now in the Oval.

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Feb 22

Happy spring training

6633 Stag Trail Road 🤌@pityforyourself · Feb 21

A hit is a hit...unless it's an era ⚾️ "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (S8E9, 2011)

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Feb 16

It's like shoveling wet laundry out here. Time for some New England cardio

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Feb 8

Strangeness in the air. Probably just me.

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jan 23

Sometimes selling books means feeling secretly glad a volume is in bad shape so you have no choice but to keep it

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jan 23

How do people write songs this good? Not complicated or revolutionary but GOOD... lively, great hook, perfectly laid out, lyrically funny and poignant, tight... who knows? youtu.be/oCVWpZRuF_w?si…

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jan 16

Damn. RIP and a job well done

FFOX Sports: MLB@MLBONFOX · Jan 16

RIP Bob Uecker 🙏 Last season, Tom Rinaldi did a special sit-down interview with Mr. Baseball, where he reflected on his experiences and the moments that made him a beloved figure in the sport. 💙💛

TheCommonToad@The_Common_Toad · Jan 14

So sad. You'll have to explain it in Heaven to all the men who have ever existed previous to those two generations who still figured it out.

The_Common_Toad's tweet image. So sad. You'll have to explain it in Heaven to all the men who have ever existed previous to those two generations who still figured it out.

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