I am in Philadelphia for one night. I leave by train early tomorrow morning. I just discovered the Philly marathon is tomorrow morning. The station is inside the race route. I visit the marathon website to learn when the race begins. The "information" page redirects me to an AI agent.

It’s a misconception that ADHDers have trouble being productive. We are often incredibly productive. But there is no power on heaven or earth that can predict what, exactly, will be produced by the end.

"She'd LOVE that ship." "I know. She loves ANY ship that's gay." "It's not just GAY. It's DOOMED." ~ my kiddos processing their current Minecraft-based YouTube soap opera obsession

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i didn't run in the Baltimore Running Festival today because I didn't train for it and I wasn't sure I could do it safely. but i HAVE been running a lot this year, so I did my own run. I figured that way I could stop at any time. anyway, i ran my first half marathon today, and that feels real nice

my wife and i have recently come to the conclusion that the secret to understanding New Yorker cartoons is to become middle aged, around which time they mysteriously become hilarious instead of puzzling. no i can not really explain this further.

lying in bed for 4 hours with your stomach a churning knot of anxiety snakes is probably *almost* as good as sleeping, right?

i think i may be turning into a full-fledged homebody? which is extremely unfortunate since my chosen field is theater

my amygdala really wants me to think that reaching my gate before boarding is what determines if i live to see tomorrow

i took an electrical safety class a few weeks ago in which the teacher encouraged us to frame a good electrician as someone who know hows to manage heat and in that light i am now thinking of a good government as one that knows how to manage & abate conflict (including its own)

if i could pick one thing for people without ADHD to understand about ADHD it would be how the importance of something does not translate to us being able to prioritize it

please everyone in Baltimore sign up for this so they come here, this is my dream dance event: early-birds.club

the world is a hot mess right now but the elementary school near my house had a marching band who were playing and dancing their f*%kin hearts out to welcome the kids this morning and anyway long story short i'm not sure i've ever both dance and cried on a run before

In Terry Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight", the young witch Tiffany Aching tends to a dying man by taking his pain. To do so, she holds it in the form of an invisible spinning ball that she must balance carefully over her shoulder until she can redirect it. I think about this a lot recently.

The family of my teammate Siobhán first experienced the loss of their neighborhood to wildfire, and now, additionally, the terrorizing of their community by their own government.

Although they're not fully orthogonal; low craft often turns a personal piece into a self-indulgent one.

As an artist, what audience are you imagining? Just yourself? A few people? Many? What obligations do you have to them, if any? Which audience do you care about most? How do the answers to these questions affect how artists make art? Does your favorite artist have clear answers to these questions?

A report from the field, living with two middle schoolers: The word "lore" is working HARD out here among the fandoms.

in my heart i think i still believe that the world of humans can still be gentle and sweet. that this option is always sitting right there, right in front of us. but right now it takes a certain kind of focus and attention and mindfulness to keep that flame lit

my philosophic arc has been gently pessimistic — these days believing that it's harder to make things get better than it is to make them get worse, but trying not to be obnoxious about it — but as a kid, gosh, i was so earnest about believing that compassion and thinking and gentleness would prevail

someone accused me of "shitposting" with this on instagram which is not true at all, i am being VERY serious here!!!! thank you for your attention to this matter!

i don't usually post about work on this account but today is a big day at work!

three long exposures under a full moon

this kite is named "Squeaky the Octopus". we don't know why.

a 1 second slice of today at the Flying Horses Carousel — the oldest operating carousel in the United States. IMO the best part of it is the music from the 1923 Wurlitzer organ. do you prefer the color or the black and white?

a few minutes ago i picked up a hitchhiker on Martha's Vineyard. he told me that there is a law here since the 1600s that you can walk on any private land as long as you're holding a fishing rod or a fowling piece (shotgun) "i can walk through all these billionaire's lands if i have this rod"

"Oh, this is nice!" we exclaim, as we walk into a hotel room that is appointed exactly the same way as every other hotel room we've been in from the last 10 years

this hotel has a TV tuned to a Fine Art Auction show and i am obsessed the sales pitches (a focus on anything hand made, uniqueness, stature, lots of mention of "the attention to detail") what effects they want you to think the art will have on your life or space the entire vibe

not feeling even mildly optimistic about my country these days. heck, not feeling particularly optimistic about my entire species anyway, keeping on keeping on, as one must

4 moments from this weekend in Collingswood, New Jersey

happy summer 😬

from the archive: on the jungle gym Baltimore, October 3, 2023

today's garden friend

Mount Washington Farmers Market

"no reply" email addresses are extremely user hostile

Here are three full-frame fixed-lens cameras. Likely all use a Sony sensor. The Sony camera probably has much better auto-focus. Similar high quality lenses and features. Guess which one people are flipping out about the price? Psychology is weird!

bye, Louisville

a few weeks ago our family got ice cream after the Pride parade & an older white woman there asked if we'd just come from the No Kings protest & we said no, Pride, & she said "right now that's not as important" & I asked her how the protest was & she said "i didn't go, i was worried about traffic"

two recent moments in Louisville KY

hi from Louisville

watermelon relay Baltimore - July 4, 2025

dogs of the 4th

a girl washes her feet at the pool. Baltimore, July 4, 2025

belly flop competition. Baltimore, July 4, 2025.

if your elected official is reading the Declaration of Independence today, I beg of you to help them with mic technique

@bertrom.bsky.social for what it's worth I really appreciate learning about different photographers from your posts — I have enjoyed those very much, but I don't have much to offer back so I just read. But I do read!

the scene / the selfie the old farmhouse we stayed in was on a mountain with a "hill" you could climb — 40 minutes of climbing later we decided we'd gone as high as we wanted to go the stream running down the mountain was safe to drink, and we did — cold and delicious West Virginia, June 2025

more nighttime experiments on a mountainside in West Virginia, June 2025

Common Yellowthroat, West Virginia, June 2025