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It’s spring training right now, people are getting vaccinated, states are lifting mask mandates, and at least the Texas Rangers are planning for full capacity fans in stands…
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Death Note and Sweat and Soap
I don’t know if I’ve written this before, but follow both the White Sox and the OG favorite baseball team and the Dodgers as the local favorite baseball…
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Now and Then, Here and There – 13 [Now and Then, Here and There]- Throwback Thursday
This is it everyone, we have made it to the end of Now and Then, Here and There. It’s been a wild ride, a tragic one to. Without…
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Spice and Wolf: Chivalry, Modernity, and Gender
I took a Medieval Lit Course during undergrad and I’m using that knowledge to procrastinate. Enjoy!
Null and Peta and the Lonely Dream
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Anime 94, and Vigilantes 99 and 100
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the gods lie. and Satoko and Nada
I had a whole thing written, but then I accidentally closed the tab before saving anything and lost it all, whoops. Anyway, the Bears are good, Iowa State…
the gods lie. and Satoko and Nada
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Pluto and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
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