The first year Leicester City was relegated from the Premier League, with 10 games to go in the season, I told my wife they'd stay up. (They didn't!) In their second relegation to the Championship League, with 11 games to go, I still believe they will at least stay up in the Championship League...

Don't forget that Minnesota is still going through some ol' bullshit... (From a friend in Texas...)

Bad Hand Books are good people.

Needed some metal sounds from a bridge, so...opted for the Old Alton Bridge. More at this free Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/making...

For no specific reason... youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...

"How'd you spend your Friday night?" "Went out partying. How about you, Chris?" "Oh, you know...attached a couple different contact mics to our AC panel to test the differences in tone...just to make sure settings are right for a recording session on a supposed haunted bridge tomorrow morning."

My first concert was the Clancy Brothers in the Civic Opera House in Chicago. I remember it was more like a party. Second concert was Andy Gibb and Neil Sedaka. (My older sister was a HUGH Andy Gibb fan, so...I was dragged along.) Neil always seemed like a cool dude. apnews.com/article/neil...

Awww, man! 😔 Her coloring on Swamp Thing and Animal Man are one of the many reasons they are all-time fave comics.

Congrats to the mighty @ajfidalgo.com! This is way cool. AJ narrated the middle story of last year's Not About Lumberjacks Christmas episode...a post-apocalyptic tale about a billionaire bunker (and those on the surface after bombs drop): nolumberjacks.com/christmas-mi...

First trail ride in years during my lunch break yesterday. (Decades, really.) Had a blast!

But hey, Gavin Newsom assures us that we're all overreacting by making trans rights a bigger issue than they actually need to be! 😜 (Silly us, equating trans rights to human rights...)

Did the orange skin tab of a human-like thing stand vaguely upright and sort of speak tonight?

Lis's art always makes me happy. Some pieces a little more than usual.

A handful of other photos from the art reception we attended yesterday. (A full report over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/151375...)

Attended the coolest art thing today! (More tomorrow.)

Holy shit, they need to create a platinum medal and award it to Eileen Gu for WRECKING this dude! This is glorious!

Did that thang... If you're in Texas, you can check out your ballot and learn about candidates and propositions here: www.vote411.org/lwvtx

nolumberjacks.com is more than 10 years old and has 88 free stories ready for [free] listening. In the latest behind-the-scenes look at the show, I talk about the realities of producing a narrated short fiction podcast [mostly] by myself.

After back-to-back episodes of Not About Lumberjacks in November and December, I took a break to write. So, it's fitting the latest Behind the Cut episode is about the time constraints of producing a fiction podcast [mostly] by myself. nolumberjacks.com/behind-the-c...

It still amazes me, after recording piles of narrated short stories, a novel, and behind-the-scenes commentary for each episode of Not About Lumberjacks, how some days when you think a recording session is going bad, it barely requires cleanup.

This sums up many good things in life...

Sometimes this pops up as a recommended thing in YouTube, and I must ALWAYS watch and listen! youtu.be/F7R0QX010UI?...

Nevermore will you see such snazzy Poe art...

I really wish we had better bike and walking infrastructure in the area. Or at least in larger towns and cities where it would not be difficult to put in...except, ya know: people! tooledesign.com/insights/202...

Folks, I need your help. I am short about $500 to pay rent this month. I lost 6 days of work due to the winter storm here. I haven’t been able to catch up. If you can, please follow the link my bio and click the donate button. I know it’s tight everywhere so I appreciate anything you can give. 🙏🏻

The best thing about SuperbOwl Day is ALL owls win! (Especially those painted so well by the mighty Julia!)

Really been enjoying the lunch break rides with Cynthia. I know it will soon be too warm/hot for me or...not enough time because I'll get all swampy and need to shower right away, extending lunch beyond an hour. (We'll switch to early morning soon.) But right now, I'm loving it.

Marc's finished art is always jaw dropping! But man, I adore his thumbnails sooooooooo much! ❤️

It still holds up as a fave album from the 1990s... youtu.be/C5-8wUl82-M?...

Still icy in North Texas...

The urge to take today off for one more day outside was strong. A 5-mile hike in the ice yesterday had us finding (and trying out) an abandoned boogie board used as a sled. Of course, we also had to go for a bike ride...

Rowdy is one of the many badass animals living at The Farm Micro Sanctuary.

From yesterday morning's walk in the "snow." (Hey, we'll take what we get in Texas! Got a bit more overnight, and I guess a little more will fall today.) Had outside mostly to ourselves. Looking forward to getting out in a bit to see how things are today.

I hate how this administration steals joy. I jumped on Bluesky to post photos from a walk with my wife on a "snowy" morning in Texas. Instead, I saw this...and it seems off to share fun photos of us out for a walk when this shit is happening elsewhere: bsky.app/profile/bell...

This video by natasailincic.bsky.social is phenomenal. Anyone who sees generative A.I. as the shit it is (or those wondering why many of us are unimpressed)...this is worth the watch. Damn... (A shame it doesn't have more views...) youtu.be/MHi6vOLkcLA?...

My wife is a much stronger rider than I... youtube.com/shorts/D8aQ9...

AJ narrated the 2nd story of this year's Not About Lumberjacks Christmas episode ("Above and Below"): nolumberjacks.com/christmas-mi... It's been fun watching this build, and it's nice seeing that he's [mostly] done!

The next Not About Lumberjacks story, "The Sinister Quilt of Agnes Burr," is about a group of older women in a quilting circle who accidentally summon Satan through a design. I can't wait to work on sounds for this one...

He would have been 80 today. I will always love this clip! youtu.be/Fxr-7O1Bfxg?...

"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice..." Martin Luther King Jr.

John is snazzy...and correct. If you need a machine that seeks out the mundane to "create" things for you, you're a terribly sad and uninteresting person lacking even a semblance of grit and curiosity.

Chatting with friends about the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) Senate hearing in the 80s, I mentioned this: "I remember a friend (stoned and drunk at the time) talking about the hearings. And him: 'You know what's fucked me up more than music? My parents never being around...'"

If you encounter some fascist piece of shit who says this was justified (or even someone who saw one other angle that looks like the agent was grazed), share this. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The result of giving a bunch of crayon-eaters with no better prospects money, power, and guns 😔

Damn, this is soooooooo good and worth the time to read. I wish all the people I know who are usually like, "I don't do politics," but suddenly quick to post, "We ousted a bad guy and you're still not happy!" would read this.

So now the U.S. will run Venezuela until new leadership is in. When they get in and look at the constitution: "What's this?" Written in black Sharpie: "And the U.S. gets 99% of all our oil now and forever (times infinity) with no take-backs!"

A.I. Jesus needs money to run those data centers! (Just ignore the unholy genetic abomination on his shoulder demanding...your soul!!!)

Been thinking about making a video about old street performing days (juggling, magic, and escapes) and the coolest thing I own: a tie-dyed Posey straitjacket signed by Penn and Teller...