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Monica McLaughlin
@rococopacetic.bsky.social
Named after the patron saint of difficult children I write Dearest, a newsletter about beautiful, unusual and occasionally batshit stuff at auction: dearest.substack.com/
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Oh man, NOTHING beats cancelling plans

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Yes, CLEARLY I can see that, Smartfood, but I don’t think I like your tone

Photo of the bottom half of a bag of Smartfood kettle corn with an image of a popped kernel and the words “Clearly this popcorn has been enlarged to show texture” next to it.
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Some guy on my very quiet train home scared himself awake with an actual blood-curdling scream, and I swear to god the white streak in my hair is even whiter now.

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Just scrolled through my phone contacts and realized I have no idea who at least 65% of those people are.

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What's your frickin' problem, South Dakota?

Map of the U.S. showing gradients of color for the amount of Dearest subscribers per state. There are subscribers in all states except South Dakota.
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Newsletter's out! Full of lovely, old things and a side note about a an inscription on a 17th century Spanish jug that made me snort tea up my nose:

Smother me with rose petals
Smother me with rose petals

And give me that armlet.

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Newsletter's out! Full of lovely, old things and a side note about a an inscription on a 17th century Spanish jug that made me snort tea up my nose:

Smother me with rose petals
Smother me with rose petals

And give me that armlet.

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I’m from the Off-Topic section of the Mediabistro forums and early Gawker (“LolCait’s a DUDE?!?!????”). Literally spent all day toggling between the two tabs.

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Good lord, a GMA promo for the 7am show just talked about how to ward off “would-be burglarers.”

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Monica McLaughlin
@rococopacetic.bsky.social
Named after the patron saint of difficult children I write Dearest, a newsletter about beautiful, unusual and occasionally batshit stuff at auction: dearest.substack.com/
295 followers633 following323 posts