@cheapshow.bsky.social I’ve got a bit of a scattered backlog to catch up on and a long overdue blog post to write celebrating the pod’s 11 years and 500 episodes (or what started as a 10 anniversary thing).
\nIn other words, I’m not going anywhere!
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\nUpping the verdict to a 9.5
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\nThought it’d be overpowering like the Rold Gold Dill Pickle pretzel sticks I had a month ago. Glad it wasn’t but needs a bit more of a kick though.
\nVerdict: 9 out of 10
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\nThanks for continuing to be a beautiful, comedic mess in these insane times!
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vtoftwz56ipgawpyv7goeapi/post/3mpywkt4byy4c","date_published":"2026-07-06T20:29:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Bryan Mitchell","url":"https://promptedink.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1739732.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"PromptedInk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 20:29","date_timestamp":1783369768,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93833307","content_html":"@prompted.ink I’m still a little bummed, but I’m okay.
\nWill be keeping an eye out for future live shows though! 😁
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\nI’m in the States which speaks for itself.
\nMoney and travel-wise, I would be fine.
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\nOtherwise, it’s the full chapter or nothing.
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\nIt’s reminding me of when I learned about (Latin American) Spanish verb conjugations and past/present tense in elementary/primary school. I still struggle with the latter sometimes.
\nI’ll keep you posted! 🫡😃
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\nThis is what happens when I stay up late these days…
\n(Although I haven’t done so in awhile.)
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