Checking on some music--just in case...

Day late on this one...sorry, all...

Roses are red, Brown sauce a decoction;

She always knew the expensive film [Nalah sniffing a large piece of driftwood instead of looking at the camera]; taken Thurs.26.Dec./'19. on Kodak Ektachrome100 with the 1934 Rolleiflex Old Standard (6RF621, uncoated Zeiss Tessar 3,8) at Warren Dunes, developing thru Central Camera Co., Chicago

#TodaysTimepiece I'll probably trot-out all weekend: a 12Size South Bend Watch, Grade411, with a gorgeous Jugendstil arabic numeral paper dial has been augmented by a custom "Sacred Heart of Jesus" wreathed flaming heart crowned with a cross, ca. 1920

The string of hits with which L*nked*n has provided me now spans nearly 20 years:

"Which Way to Smith's?"* [First National Bank building, Mishawaka Ave. & Main]; taken one late night July 2021 on long-expired KodakPro unperfed 35mm with the 1926 Vest Pocket Kodak Special; developing & scanning by me. (* - someone actually shouted that to me as I stood with my camera on tripod)

On this #TransDayofVisibility, if you're seeking an authoritative collection of TransJoy, look no further than "We Deserve This. A Transfeminine Automotive Lookbook" [Carrara, 2024], by @victoriascott.bsky.social. Truly a love-letter, & one everybody ought to read

Eddie Duchin & the dancing bunnies wish you a pleasant evening from the first of the ConcertSeries in my parents' backyard (Duchin w/"Lights Out" on the Birch 41-A offered-up as #FairUseMotherfuckers from my own 1934 copy of the 78 single; S*nyMusic can pay ME for use of my record)

Bathing Beauties, Sun.01VIII.2021. Taken on ReraPan400 Black-&-White-film with the 1926 Vest Pocket Kodak Special. Developing & scanning by me. My nieces hate this picture.

Untitled [DEAD END; Where Club meets Byrkit]. Taken Fri.01.V.2020 on CineStill50D color film with the 1934 Rolleiflex Old Standard [6RF621; uncoated Zeiss Tessar 3,8]; developing & scanning by me. Sometime soon I really must grab this roll & re-scan it, after dusting the negs...

<<lightly boops snoot on way up the stairs>>

"Transfer at Clark & Lake," Fri.07.XII.18; taken on Kodak TMax100 film with the Kodak Junior Six-20 Series III (ca. 1938); developing thru Central Camera Co., Chicago

I ought to call him

John McCormack wishes you a a Happy St. Patrick's Day from beyond the grave in this 1916 recording (which makes it #FairUse AND #PublicDomain...

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

The best time to stop posting on X was June of 2022. The second best time to stop posting on X is now. Also I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone use that hashtag, maybe stick to #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #ShittyCameraChallenge

This afternoon's #TheWholeAlbum from my Dad's stax of wax

Someone over on Instagram saying that genAI is bad for art, but can still be used by artists who have trouble visualising their ideas. I had to reply.

Looks like the anti-antiAI- Brigade has decided to try & teach me a lesson (talk about taking things personally)

Umm, exactly when the fuck did this become de rigeur over here?! Please, bluesky, FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK!, don't try to ape InstantGram. Give me back my sk@ts from those I follow--MAYBE STOP USING AI SHIT TO DO YER JOBS, Paul & Waffles & SecurityGooner...

"I'm afraid to fly, & I don't know why; I'm jealous of the people who are not afraid to die. It's just that I recall Back when I was small, Someone promised that they'd catch me, And then they let me fall: And now I'm fallin-- Fallin fast again, Why do I always take a fall When I fall in love?"

My fur-nephew came to wisit his grandparents this weekend, & was tremendously pleased to be able to nap-out on the couch several times on Saturday

"...no one in your life is with you constantly, No one is completely on your side; And tho' I mov'd my world to be with him, Still, the gap between us was too wide..."

Sure do miss singing along to the old tunes with friends, or even just all by myself...

Many times I've shared my love of anchovies--& how I used to share tiny bites of them with my kitties. I've purchased a couple small jars to share with the puppers, each time mentioning what they were to each family member nearby. My Mom just handed me this package (the 2nd time she's done so)

Just had my own Sue-Simmons-to-Chuck-Scarborough-eruption as I stepped outside to see MORE SNOW FALLING that I'll have to move in the morning (I know it's just a light coating now, but I've been outside salting/shoveling/scraping/blowing the elements for 130 hrs so far this winter

the athletes in the olympic village ran through 10k condoms in 3 days, what are you doing with your weekend?

the man is so senile he's late to his own tantrum. jesus christ it is so embarrassing to be an american

Tried to go to bed early; can't sleep...so, why not keep in-practice with some lettering?

"...there's no rewind, So you might as well play While your time is rolling away..."

With yewChube down tonight, I've had to go back to my entertainment roots (& I suppose this is as good a time as any to check that the Victor-I is still in spinning-order [Alt text never carries over in vids, so yall are seeing an early 20th century hand cranked phonograph playing an old record]

Apart from having had to report his organization's ads on yewChube as "harmful violent or dangerous," I haven't been subjected to that punchable face or its bigoted arguments masquerading as "true statements" in quite some time. It's been nice; now I really need to mute/block Tw@tter screenshots.

"Disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose" is all of social media. We all would have the Rude tag if it were applied fairly. What is the appeals process? What is even the point? We are all essentially participating in a secret blocklist. Where is Kafka when we need him?

"Johnny, if I DIE" was a phrase often uttered by Dad from my late teens to early 30s, wherein he'd set you up for change-of-season-info ["the air conditioner cover's on top of the cabinet down the basement"], auto supplies ["the antifreeze for Mom's car is just behind the Coke cooler in the garage"]

Folx--I am finally AutoCorrect-free for the first time since 2015 (really not sure why it was so hard to find the shutoff among the menus, but here we finally are!)...from this point forward, any errors are mine & mine alone #BurninHellPredictiveText

Resk@t mit eine Foto of yours that would make a good album cover

A Night at the Opera [1935, M-G-M; dir. Sam Wood]. Here Harpo decides to rip skirts off the chorus during I'll Trovatore's "la Zingarella"--with Groucho offering his commentary from the wings

Maaaannnn, the 1980s was just a different time...I remember getting compliments from teachers on the "adorable" hyper-aggressive-pin #HappyHeartOn

To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them

Much as my college touted itself a "family" (esp. when I was a student), I've found the alumni network to be less a "force for good" fraternity, & more an "I got mine--fuck you" social club...unless you can provide one of 'em with football tickets (in which case they'll string you along forever)

A bit late for #ThingThursday, but here's a snapshot I found among my Great-Grandma's souvenirs--of HER Great-Grandma, ca. 1926 (when she'd've been right around 80). 70 yrs later, my g-gma shared a story about her, that I had the presence of mind to jot-down (which I just rediscovered) #SaveYourLore

Oh, Knaur...

Seems an appropriate time to repost this strip from 2002. As a matter of fact, a German in Spandex just won Gold in the luge today!

He sent me another e-Mailed-survey--asking me if I supported "bigger paychecks"...I know he probably won't see my replies, but I just can't help myself.

For today's #ThingThursday, I have a rather-weathered-bible that belonged to my great-grandpa, that's been autographed by multiple evangelists ftom the 1950s on

ok fine #art

Anybody else have forearm splints from all the shoveling? (on the plus side, the 105-yr-old-coal-shovel I've been using against the snow now feels like it weighs as much as a pencil)

Hearing this makes me wish I still played in a band or had someplace to sing it with friends

My heavily Republican representative just sent me a mailing, asking my opinions on stock trading among members of Congress. I responded accordingly.