Let's go, Knicks! Let's go, Knicks! Also, Happy National Repeat Day.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: The Who Pink Floyd The Kinks Jethro Tull Robert Plant Neil Young Moody Blues Rush Dire Straits U2

Best spam text ever! My BBQ in NY stinking up whoever's home in OR. 😄

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/15/f...

Emerson, Sea & Palmer

Ok, I've registered for the SABR conference! I'll see some of you there..

Hey Xfinity, as if the frequent outages these last two days while you perform "upgrades" aren't annoying enough, I sure didn't need one of your service trucks putting 10-ft tire ruts in my lawn while doing a 3-pt turn.

Yankee fan and John Sterling fan here. I guess my favorite thing with him was when a rookie or new player on the team hit a home run and wondering what he'd come up with. Sure, some calls were better than others, but most every one made me at least smile. #NYY

Work brought me to North Carolina, and that let me check off another new ballpark) in the inaugural season for the Wilson Warbirds no less) and a new NPS site... Back to conference mode...

This Wednesday @naturetechfam.bsky.social and I take another shot at celebrating the 12th Anniversary of #ParkChat with a presentation on “Park Quests” via #ParkChat. Some questions will be what you might expect, some definitely won’t be. Regardless we think you’ll have fun. Please join us.

It's as good a time as any for my occasional reminder that I'm a NYY/NYG/NYR/NYK fan, and really just need one of them to be doing well to keep me content. A few of them are doing the job right now! 😁

Good night as any for my first Renegades game of the season... 😁

Q11 There have been a number of #ParkChat meetups over the years. If you were to pick one park you've visited for a meetup, which location would you pick? Which chat regular do you hope is able to attend said meetup? @tthrash.bsky.social @naturetechfam.bsky.social

Q10 #ParkChat. When you think about revisiting a national park, is it more of an intention to go there, or has it (or would it) fit into a plan/route of another trip you were taking?

Q9 #ParkChat. For any park you’ve visited more than, say, 10 years apart, what were some of the differences you recall? Crowds? Weather? Preparedness? Other?

Q8 #ParkChat. When you revisit a park, are you more apt to (A) redo everything that made you enjoy it the first time, or would you look to (B) try new things, hike a different trail, attend a (different) ranger talk, etc.?

Q7 #ParkChat. If you’re planning to revisit a park, will you go at the same time of year, or plan to see if in a different season? Why?

Q6 #ParkChat. Picture time. You know that great shot you took during your first visit to that great National Park? Save it. 😊 Show us a favorite picture from a return trip!

Q5 #ParkChat. Bad weather, too big to see in one trip, didn’t see a moose, or just loved it so much—what are some reasons that make you go back to the same park more than once?

Q4 #ParkChat. Do you actually try to avoid revisiting parks? After all, vacation time and funds can be limited, and the chances to see new thing can be fleeting.

A2: Probably a good time to shout out our Cooperative Association siblings @cnhamoab.bsky.social Canyonlands NHA. CANY is such a wonderfully interesting site. #parkchat

Q3 #ParkChat. For any parks that you’ve revisited, how was the experience better or worse?

Q2 #ParkChat. What park that you’ve been to is highest on your list to return to, and why?

Q1 #ParkChat. A fairly common #ParkChat question asks how many national parks you’ve been to. Well, today we’re going to start with a variant: How many have you been to more than once? (Tough question, and I know it might take a couple minutes to answer. :) ) #ParkChat

Yes, welcome to #ParkChat. Glad to be hosting again. Today is also Earth Day of course, and while that's not the theme of my questions, we can't think about our parks without a nod to Earth Day. Bonus Points to any answers that tie the two together.

Yup, and I just revisited one that I first "visited" 10 years ago. Looking forward to my ~semiannual turn hosting #ParkChat, unless there's a "return" to host bumping. IYKYK 😂

Random travel stat: I've flown out of at least five airports in AK, CA, FL, NY and now TX...

The landing was the first day of my trip. Loved it being interrupted with the followups of the missions. Also really glad to work in a stop to the Houston Space Center in the middle of it bsky.app/profile/tthr...

Greetings from Corpus Christi! Final new venue of this trip. Best part of the ballpark so far? Bumping into a young ballpark-chasing couple from the northeast on their way to PHX to join the all-30 club. Congrats to them! Anyway, Whataburger Field means a Whataburger burger, right? Done! 🍔⚾😋

First pitch as the Sugar Land Space Cowboys host the Tacoma Rainiers at Constellation Field. Of note to me, I have now seen all of the PCL (AAA) teams at home, though I'll have to circle back to SLC to be current...

Nothing like being at a ballpark getting ready for first pitch, with everyone focused on the splashdown. Welcome home, crew. Thanks for an amazing 10 days...

RIP Davey Lopes. I always liked the stolen base studs, even if they were on the other team.

Sabre rattling? Idle threat? Don't care. Just #RemoveHim

"The crew is taking a few minutes to take pictures for themselves" Good for them!!

"If you held a basketball at arm's length, that's what the moon will look like to the Artemis crew"...that is incredible.

Went to see the local MLB team last night to catch a glimpse of J Rod and the Big Dumper. Got to see one guy… rob THREE homers! Absolutely incredible You never know what you might see at a baseball game- and that’s a huge reason I love it so…

Of course, Todd is also in the #ParkChat Hall of Fame....

Artemis! Beautiful launch. Safe journey up there.

17 of 30! Definitely see a few favorites among these. Only raised an eyebrow once or twice too. Source: MLB.com share.google/G6GAQ5rRlcVJ...

If I had a nickel for every "order confirmation" spam message I receive, I'd have enough money to order some of the spam that's already been confirmed.

Happy Opening Day, part 2, friends. Whether your team wins or loses, just remember it's a long season. Also, should I randomly bring up the cube of 3, followed by mentioning, say, finger jewelry, it's done with tongue in cheek and good cheer. 😁⚾

👀 New annual members who join SABR between April 7 and May 13 will receive a special All-Time Eras Team baseball card set. Use the discount code AllEras15 to qualify and save $15 off the cost of a 1-year membership. Members who refer at least two new members to SABR will also receive a card set.

Here's the list of my first new stadium visits each season. (Where blank, it's Yankee stadium.)

In one day? It may have been from Arlington TX to Joplin MO and then back around to OKC in '21. Then there was that drive from NYC to Lexington KY in '91. I know I've a few other 500+ mile days under my belt, but not as many as you might expect a self-proclaimed road-trip taker to have taken. 😁

Snow wheels coming off, all-weather ones going back on. Chance of snow overnight? Meh. A few extra MPG on the all-weathers? Giddyup!

Q9. #ParkChat The wonderful Everglades: well, a 2-star Yelp review started "Tbh, its quite boring." [sic]. For myself, I was in no rush to see it either, seeing 50 others before it, but have been back twice since. What NPS site did you completely misjudge?

Q9. #ParkChat The wonderful Everglades: well, a 2-star Yelp review started "Tbh, its quite boring." [sic]. For myself, I was in no rush to see it either, seeing 50 others before it, but have been back twice since. What NPS site did you completely misjudge?

Good riddance. Years ago, his damn jet caused a flight I was on to be delayed out of SWF. Last excuse I ever thought I'd here from the pilot: "The reason we can't take off is because, well, that's John Travolta's jet blocking our path to the runway." 😂 vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-new...

I played around with VSCO long enough to create a National Park gallery, but canceled my subscription since it lacked a few things I needed (like an Edit button, as I'm rather prone to typos 😂) vsco.co/tomttake2

I skipped Dry January this year in favor of a Dry March. I forgot about St. Patrick's Day right in the middle of it...🤷🏻 I'm more Killian's than Guinness, but I can wait a few more weeks. 😂