David Brent ๐Ÿ“š

@dbsalk
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Recovering #hospitality professional now working in the tech industry. Husband, boy dad, #Mizzou ๐Ÿฏ alum, ๐Ÿฅจ lover, MoT โœก๏ธ. Novemberist.

Based in NW suburbs of #Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Talk to me about #books #movies #sports #food #running #Jeopardy #Disney ยฐoยฐ (among other things). My header image is an avatar for my to-read list. I drink (occasionally) and I know things.

I brake for #DadJokes.

Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1524883-david
Current BookKing Sorrow by Joe Hill
Current AudiobookThe Unseen World by Liz Moore
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#3GoodThings

Had to do some searching, but finally located #StrangerThings / Surfer Boy Pizza at our local grocery store! ๐Ÿ•

The 10yo's #baseball team is the Pirates (as in Pittsburgh) so I picked up this old school BUCCOS shirt. I wore it to his game on Saturday and got several compliments.โšพ ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

Had #tacos for dinner tonight. There's just enough left over for the 13yo to have a couple for his after school snack tomorrow. I feel like that's a peak dad move.๐ŸŒฎ

@3goodthings

Sigh. Almost a third of the 10yo's baseball team isn't showing up #today. They're playing the best team in the league.

Remember: the best ability is availability.

#DadThoughts #WeekendThoughts

"Don't play like you haven't heard this one before. When you create the conditions of war, you get to name the places it happened."

- Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball And Ascension

#Books #Bookstodon #Quote #BookQuote #BookQuoteWednesday

@dbsalk I used to work in an office on Adams St downtown, across from the Sears (not Willis, and also not the Searโ€™s ๐Ÿ˜‚) Tower.

I can confirm that some people who work in offices on Adams are idiots.

You know what drives me crazy? Really gets under my skin?

Misplaced apostrophes.

My office is on Adams St in downtown Chicago. Not possessive. Not a contraction. Named after the sixth (not the second) President of the United States.

I work with someone who - I shit you not - regularly writes "Adam's."

I don't understand how this person gets paid more than I do.

#today #grammar #Chciago

Word to your mother. #HappyMothersDay2026

"That can't be right."

There are currently only three teams in the entire American League that have a winning record.

All five teams in the National League Central Division have a winning record.

Weird.

#Baseball #Sports #Cubs #MLB #Chicago @MLB

Never let anyone try to talk you out of a quick half hour DIY project. Those three hours will be the best six days of your life.
Whoever had this sticker made up, I love you.