Sprinting around the kitchen making the NBA “too small” gesture at my dog

4 year old nephew wants me to learn Bohemian Rhapsody on piano, an instrument I barely play. Energized to introduce him to life’s many tragic disappointments

We made cookies for the party welcoming us to the neighborhood, and then we made cookies to say sorry to the host for leaving early. This was always how this situation was going to turn out.

Here are some fat birds I’ve seen recently

Now that we have a piano in the house I’m painfully transitioning from “everything sounds good on a piano” to “ok now do that on purpose”

Weird, this is my cat Interzone

Two worlds at war on the book shelf right now

Had one of your better American South experiences today: drove 90 minutes through the country to get a ham sandwich. Chatted with the couple that run the country store for 10 minutes (mandatory). The ham sandwich was fucking incredible.

[kool keith voice] i eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate

Downside to moving to Virginia: we’re in the blast radius of US-EAST-1. Signal went down in our area due to the AWS outage while Jaq was at an eye appointment and our whole communications infrastructure went to hell. Probably sucks for DC too I guess

So far I love living in the south: the weather, the people, the one billion new insect species

Naps are a weapon wielded against the mailman

Went to the local artist’s market today & talked myself out of spending $2k on this even though it would be perfect for the bathroom

If you get fitted for running shoes they will scan your feet then show them to you FROM THE SIDE. Do not do this!

You lost sight of the point of this a few years ago my man

I’ve been following the Guitar Effects feed for 18 months & I’ve blocked everyone advertising super-cheap knockoffs. What’s left is Harriet, the furry sub version of the DigiTech Whammy. And I think that’s beautiful

Shout out to American cities. I’m living in my fourth one and have visited four dozen more. Not a single one I didn’t like.

on that shit that got me forgetting how to use a zipper and then realizing it's part of god's plan

going to a guy named Mose's barn for green corn and having to listen to him dick around on a washboard for 45 minutes

We were doing great at the $1 record sale until Jaq found a sealed 2-volume collection of Texas Funk that we needed to buy. $120 at the $1 record sale. The owner gave us free merch for spending so impressively

The wedding string quartet are putting a little stink on their rendition of Sweet Child o’ Mine

Sometimes AI is actually pretty good

Shout out to Martha, our 80 year old neighbor who teaches math at a public school, drives like an absolute terror, and brings fresh cut flowers to our porch every week. We love you Martha

Now that we all live in a micromanaged society I’ve gone crazy for positive reviews. I’m filling out the surveys and giving five stars and leaving thoughtful commentary about how great people are. Today I demanded to speak with a bank manager to tell them what a wonderful job Abby is doing

Now that Jaq and I live in a house worth decorating we’re learning which of us is a prissy little bitch about decor, and that it’s me

Just heard from a neighbor who wanted some cybersecurity advice. I assumed they’d clicked a phishing link or whatever. It was much worse than that. Someone they’d started dating had “helped them with their LastPass security” and subsequently compromised all their accounts & devices.

Moving into our new house in 2 days. We’ve been in a rental for 3.5 months & we’re really at our limit here

Dear New Tenant is a bonkers horror/comedy story and @fusionfragment.bsky.social is a fearless custodian of weird shit from across the fiction spectrum. Great issue, pick it up

Sometimes it do be like that tho

This is at the Museum of Fine Arts

I love this guy with all my heart but: soldering is still way faster, cleaner, and more reliable! And much less of a pain in the ass! If you know about center pin voltage you’re already super knowlegable! Learn to solder you animals! I get that it seems hard but it isn’t once you start!

Great example of why guitarists should learn to solder. If you know about center pin voltage you should be able to rewire the power jack in a few minutes instead of playing Adapter Roulette

Theodore Entertainment Ruxpin

Shout out to Earthquaker but a reality of the guitar pedal market is that guitarists somehow believe quality pedals should be getting cheaper over time? Guess I shouldn’t be looking to musicians for financial literacy but still

Corporate people get phishing training. Could easily adapt into training for spotting scams more generally. Change your address? Register a new car? All your paper mail will be grifting for the next three months.

Rusty could be having a better time on vacation

We are living through a micro-generation of clueless oafs using LLMs for just about anything. This era is going to burn out quickly.

Learning fingerstyle guitar is a lot of work which is why it’s so important to take a break & celebrate your creativity. Just set the metronome to 2 bpm and let er rip

B-52s c 1979

A beautiful story in two frames from Virginia Beach VA

Love seeing Boston Police at Celtics playoff games. I wouldn’t be scanning the arena for threats either, too much NBA action

I have been threatened and victimized in my own neighborhood. I have been targeted, harassed and repeatedly physically assaulted. The violence must stop. It’s a northern mockingbird doing this btw.

Wikipedia isn’t a source and you shouldn’t cite it. Wikipedia has a collection of sources on each page.They are footnoted at the bottom.

Please pray for Rusty. He’s lost. He wants to find his way home

Been delving deep into fingerstyle & country guitar & there are two types of dudes: * Died at age 89 in a rhinestone suit as a beloved icon * Got too depressed because his wife died and shot himself in the neck

Glad to be in a place where I can tell whether the people I deal with are using ChatGPT to write their texts & emails. It’s just a good thing to know about someone, like knowing if they’re leasing a Dodge Ram or wear their socks to bed. Instantly revealing

I’m having a hard time understanding the blue-haired lib archetype. I’ve never met one. I’ve met ~300 heavily tattooed death metal food service / construction / manufacturing work socialists but the blue-haired lib thing isn’t ringing a bell

I’ve had a few people ask if the tariffs will impact my boutique guitar pedal business. 1) Yes. All my components and raw materials come from China. 2) Not immediately because my suppliers have a ton of pre-tariff inventory on hand. 3) Doesn’t matter because guitarists don’t have any money.

Becoming a libertarian after USPS narced me out to Geico

I play heavy metal guitar ha ha ha