It has been a busy week as will be the next few as I try to fit writing for an August project that may be too big for the timeframe in and still get the rest of my job done So enjoy the chaotic table that reflects my brain today, a couple of #CatsOfBluesky and Thomas the TIE Fighter #D&D #History

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund in major loss for Administration—the money is frozen. I spent the morning with survivors on Capitol Hill—Pam Bondi would not look at them. Survivors are blasting the Administration. Six performers for Trump’s state fair pull out.

Quite the stack. Through two and a half books and a bio summary of Max Nohl. A little worried I’m going to have to cut corners to get things done in time and we are getting push back from the web and marketing teams. So my cool cool job was a bit stressful for the first time today. It happens.

Solid Ghost Walk and 2 solid shows yesterday! I prefer the Forest Hill Cemetery tour to the east campus tour but know bonus bits in both areas over the base script. Enjoying a bit of a lazy Sunday since tomorrow is Memorial Day (though we did fence off our last aster and took Goose out twice)

Well, well, well! What could I be doing?! #WHS #D&D #DND #5E

Practice Ghost Walk! #Madison is such a beautiful city. Especially at #Sunset #MadcityGhostWalks

The era of the doomscroll is too deeply upon us. Take a moment and enjoy some cute #CatsOfBluesky in the form of Anathema and Goose. We need to all be ready for action, so lower your blood pressure a moment, steel yourself, and scroll on confidently.

In other OTHER shenanigans I have a short list of “training apps” after a brainstorming session over what to try to do with Flutter/Dart. I won’t share the details in case I like them enough to go further with than self-teaching moments. On the food front: We’ve been iffy. Time to get back to it.

The other thing I’ve been up to is auditioning for a ghost walking tour: Mad City Ghost Walks. I’m basically in but need to practice the content for the main tour and the Forest Cemetery. Prefer the cemetery tour for content. Both pay reasonably and you can set your own availability. Excerpts:

Society work is ramping up, this is the start of my 11th week. Got assigned some biographical research for the Wisconsin History Makers tour — aiming to have all the content written in a few weeks. Deadline is mid-June. Oh and the colander? Don’t yell into it. You’ll strain your voice.

Let them eat face! #Cult45 #LeopardsEatingFaces #LetThemEatFace #FooledAgain

Looking forward to a soft audition for a ghost tour on Saturday morning. We shall see. The tour runner wants us to make the script our own which is for the best as it’ll make it easier to “memorize” if I’m using my own words. Purports to pay the guides well — $25 per head plus tips, 6-25 per tour.

The weekend in review: A new week, so a new menu! I was obviously feeling doodle-y. We planted our first Calico Aster in the backyard. Two amazing shows with what was probably the best audience I’ve seen to date. A hell of a sunset otw home from Mother’s Day. And the kittens are sharing more!

#NotACult #Cult45 #IQ47

And thus to all cultists. May the leopards eat well tomorrow, too.

A single reporter asking him to recite John 3:16 will clear this up immediately. And it’s totally not a cult, you guys, seriously!

Someone asked a bunch of kids what the first thing was that cane to mind when they thought about Trump. Their answers are priceless. Check out the video.

We are so much better than what we're being put in front of. This is almost 100 years old. I know I posted this recently. I will post this weekly.

Jalapeño cheese curds and Cotton Candy grapes are a terrible combination. Learn from my mistake.

This song is 40 years old. FOK. A MAGAt former friend of mine introduced me to New Order (amongst other things) in the early 90s. I am not happy about losing a friend, but some good comes from it. As a chronic insomniac & perpetual weirdo: No shocker that this song has always resonated with me.

Living my unreal life to the best points I can. Another healthy week after a less than cuz we missed the butcher. Bonus for 8 loaves of banana bread — as good as my best the last time. A license plate that matches my routine “buck buck” pronunciation. And Laura with a hat she didn’t buy. #Life

I’m diving into Flutter and Dart this weekend. I’m prepping a dry notebook from ages ago before we knew JK was a C U Next Tuesday. The goal? Useful applications. TBD what that is. I had a lead with a friend but that’s on hold. NBD as I’ve got a dozen more. Here’s hoping. Other plans? TBD.

Hitting the two month mark next Monday with the Wisconsin Historical Society. Last week and part of this week I’ve been doing research on where we might source classic milk bottles. This next week is Wisconsin river pebbles. Plus various other things, just highlighting how random the job can be!

Glad to have a late start for a Society all staff today cuz it’s a mucky brain day and it afforded some extra meditation and kitten time Debating whether to May Day tomorrow given my role is positive for civics and historical engagement both of which are vital to my he survival of our nation. Hmm.

Has to call a lot of audibles for this coming week as our butcher was closed. Not as healthy of a week but what can you do. Still better than the “Oops! All Comfort Food!” Diet we had been kinda on for far too long. Also picked up a lung and throat bug that hasn’t moved anywhere else… yet. Boo.

The door into the house from the garage is jammed. The one day I forgot my keys but was like “ah it won’t matter”… Laura is coming home early to finish up from home but my dumb ass still has to wait an hour and a half since we both bus. It’s boiling lava hot out and I’m stressed for work.

Dubai-style chocolate is not what I expected but I can now see what all the fuss is about. Solid taste combination between the chocolate and pistachio (somewhat unexpected, TBH) with interesting texture and just enough of a hint of a crunch to be satisfying. Give it a shot! 10/10, no notes.

Sigh. Bathroom ants. I guess at least it’s the bathroom where they can’t get into anything? Blocked the door with a line of cinnamon and sprayed the counter and floor with a mix of vinegar and water (which also repels them and messes up their pheromones trails). Mrs. T is getting traps otw home.

Woke up around 8:30 to a massive Velma session of hunting for where my glasses went. One of the worst things. Got Mrs. T involved and nothing for an hour. Asked Goose to find them and that was the trick — they got stuck somewhere on the bed itself and he started batting at them and they fell!

Solid shows tonight, 1st post owner-transition for my troupe. The new owner handled door since we didn't have a door person, much appreciated given it was a sold out show. There's some work we need to do on the new folks' hosting. Also still getting used to all the in person work plus shows.

Happy Friday! Take a second away from doom scrolling to revel in the cuteness that is Anathema and Goose. #CatsOfBluesky #Furriday

I'm tired. We're tired. We're all tired. This week has been 4 days full of "How did it get to be the end of the day?" WHS had a web launch Tuesday and I've been making adjustment feedback all week and probably rocking boats but with the best intentions. I'm tired, beyond work, and sleep comes...

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. www.wired.com/story/the-in...

I was asked this morning to participate a filmed #D&D one shot from Gary Gygax's basement (hopefully w/Harold Johnson) in May. The footage is for entry film reel for use at the new Wisconsin Historical Center that opens next year. Details are still TBD but what a fun opportunity! #DND #History

BBC is reporting that Tisza has won 138 (!!!) seats in Hungary’s parliament, which gives them a supermajority sufficient to change their constitution. They needed 132. Astonishing.

I decided that since Asian food was a weakness of mine that I’m going to try to overcome it because it tends to be healthy and I need more healthy recipes that still taste great. Plus the place I am getting my yellow curry for the ka ree has amazing prices over the grocery store for the same stuff!

Everything has gotten a bit crazy as far as inflation goes. The rate of increase has tripled since the illegal war in Iran began. Thankfully our local butcher hasn’t been gouging so meat prices haven’t gone up for us. But grocery bills, especially for fresh things, are doing more than inching up.

Trump wants to purge funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities in the next federal budget. We can’t have people learning things and thinking for themselves now can we? #IMLS #NEA #NEH

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The ONE time Jesus lost it is when the money changers set up shop at temple. That's what's happening with right-wing Christian Nationalism right now. The GOP is comprised of both the Pharisees and said Money Changers: Separation of church and state was intended to protect BOTH from corruption.

NEW: Trump promised to lower costs on “Day One.” A new Senate report finds the opposite — Americans are now facing an $86 BILLION annual burden as consumer safeguards disappear. 👉 meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...

🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”

Did a Tuesday date night -- saw Project Hail Mary after Rocky's for a quick dinner. I've officially hit too old for weekday date-nights cuz we got home at 10 and I'm still up from the huge delay in "winding down" which is an activity you don't think about in your 20s. Good movie. Good times. But:

Yes, but Epstein was a Mossad op and so Israel has *all* the dirt on Trump. So they could've warned him the world would end and it'd still have gotten a green light from King Puppet.

Instead of celebrating traitors during #ConfederateHeritageMonth, we are enraging Lost Causers by teaching you about Southern Unionists, who remained loyal to the US, like Cassius Clay. READ: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonsoflibertyofficial/p/confederateheritagemonth-cassius

It’s still surreal to be trying to live a normal life in insane times. There’s an illegal war being waged and rather than fund things to benefit the 99.9% they want to spend is into poverty to murder kids in Iran. May Day is coming up and it’s a buy nothing day and a #GeneralStrike day Need more.

I'm behind! April 4th, ey, dog and cat, EY!? #RepostYourArt