one time i was staying in the same hotel as billy joel and i was in the elevator when the door opened and he stepped in then someone on his side said, "they're going down.", and he stepped back out and the door closed and the elevator went down, with me in it.

i knew there is a lake pontchartrain in new orleans and TIL that name is also part of detroit's history. i love learning stuff like this but it also makes me feel like i don't know anything at all -- that there is So Much More to know.

if someone who was part of a couple said to you - this is our song. what would you think...? Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg www.shazam.com/track/240703...

kingkiller chronicles - first it will be spectacular and second maybe it will incent patrick rothfuss to buck up and finish the thing.

compare and contrast. I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow www.shazam.com/track/303452... I'm A Song (Live at The Print Shop) by Stephen Wilson Jr. www.shazam.com/track/807699...

mr buckingham is underrated. Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac www.shazam.com/track/226423...

@jdotclarkson.bsky.social is this a picture of you?!?

did kalen deboer and brent venables dress alike as some sort of joke? more than once tonight, i have been like, well why is HE mad - wait - ugh.

dedicated to escapees @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social and @jdotclarkson.bsky.social ... Christmas in Dixie by Alabama www.shazam.com/track/542230...

this strikes a lot of nerves.

But I believe, in part because I have to, that we will survive this. Because we, as artists and lovers of real art, know the work. How to suffer through it, survive, and make something again tomorrow. Some of us because we want to. Others because they feel they *have* to. But we shall persist

stew profuse lives there - in the house nextdoor to mine. he is quite the cook! #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt 12/15 Stew Profuse @dailyhaikuprompt.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

living in sunshine much better than being in dark cloud waterfall #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt 12/13 Dark Cloud Waterfall @dailyhaikuprompt.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

double dated to see fatal attraction then debriefed* for a couple hours at shoney's. *sat around having pie & coffee, debating the reality of rabbit soup and deep bathtubs.

standing in the field i gaze into the night sky breathing stars' fragrance #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (star fragrance)

out yon window i did see a camillia grazing...twas a dream. #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (camillia grazing)

you will be visited by three spirits

@kmaustinyoung.bsky.social you need a sidekick like this.

He's a priest obsessed with the radio He's a saint's skull in a fancy box Together, they fight crime!

This might be a hot take, but if you don't want games to be overtaken by AI slop, you have to choose not to play games that spotlight it. Companies don't care that you wag your finger, they care that you withhold your money and attention.

my breath goes in and on this cool pink evening it goes out again #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (breath cool evening)

they ask if i am ready for the holidays why...is there a choice #haiku

today’s affirmation: I am within the acceptable range of deviation. I am a perfectly roasted quail. if I was a car the mechanics would find nothing weird or rodent related in my air filter. I am upright. There are no stones or excess debris in my shoes. I still have all my bones.

sixth sense

i’m taking more portrait commissions this month! i cannot guarantee delivery by the holidays but if you’d like one, check out the thread below ✨

show me a picture on your phone which has your energy but isn't a selfie.

i ordered the "colorado" and found it delightful yet oddly gas-inducing. @jdotclarkson.bsky.social is this the norm for you people?

@kmaustinyoung.bsky.social hi. this one is you as well. it's like your day on my feed!

Either way, keep doing it. Not just writing, but art generally. There will always be people who would rather you didn’t.

@kmaustinyoung.bsky.social **speechless and pointing at my phone and pointing at you**

i sincerely, unapologetically, unironically love this song. Last Christmas (Single Version) by Wham! www.shazam.com/track/680065...

pantone, despairing in the face of myriad upon myriad choices, chooses to literally fly the flag of surrender.

my cheap imitation high style puffy jacket works best if there is low wind. like inside. by a blazing fire.

when i tell people what i do, the next question is generally: "say what now?"

"i said I'LL have the window seat."

introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen... billy joel mary chapin carpenter amos lee brandi carlisle david grey

chess pie is the bess pie!

"you'll be visited by three spirits" the three spirits:

YES, MARY KNOWS. YES, THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMASTIME. YES. YES. STOP ASKING - IT'S YES!

For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...

we are off to see the wizard this morning -- 26.2 miles in monkeyville at the circus of @trentrosenbloom.bsky.social. wish us luck! 🐒 🎪

bottle'a red...bottle'a white...whatever kinda mood you're in tonight...

@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social got anything for this? www.tiktok.com/@nflonfox/vi...

this place plays interesting stuff... Leave (Bonus Track) [Bonus Track] by Jake Minch www.shazam.com/track/846282...

interesting. holds potential. Frostbite by Waylon Wyatt www.shazam.com/track/845973...

are these actually the same song? When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker www.shazam.com/track/400560... Follow Me by Uncle Kracker www.shazam.com/track/460411...

open note to every author ever -- southerners do not talk that way. yes, you do know what i mean, and no, we do not. ever. yours aye, r2e

paging @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social....

this has @jdotclarkson.bsky.social and @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social feels.

espn and youtubetv have reached a deal!! sacrifing those chickens worked!!