This will be a ticked event! wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Even... #music #wisconsin #history #celtic #cornish #pub #fiddle

My Irish Trio The Tooles is playing an awesome historical site - Pendarvis pub night next Friday in Mineral Point, WI! Can't make it? Check out our album at thetooles.wixsite.com/bandotooles/...

I confess after canceling a streaming service online yesterday, I may have sent a letter to the parent company, excoriating them for forcing me to stand in solidarity with the freedoms of some ridiculous cockmonkey who thought getting women to protest their own right to vote was a fun stunt.

My Irish Trio The Tooles is playing an awesome historical site - Pendarvis pub night next Friday in Mineral Point, WI! Can't make it? Check out our album at thetooles.wixsite.com/bandotooles/...

y'all know it's Talk Like a Pirate Day #Filk

This.

Yes, it makes sense that the looming spectre of losing the thing that has regulated me since age 3 would fuck me up. No, I am not coping well. I am, however, calling congress and demanding elected officials be willing to interact with criticism and jokes and take a pie in the face every year.

As a result of an iron deficiency, I have injured my bowarm and am cutting back on performance for the next six months. I am keeping all already-scheduled gigs, I am just not adding any to my calendar until March 2026 or later. Thank you for your patience.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

One of my favorite Robert Redford stories is when Mike Nichols was considering him for "The Graduate" and told him he needed to act like a guy who has struck out with women and Redford replied "what do you mean?"

Good morning to the helpers- and specifically to folks who put caring for their community ahead of their own needs. You are part of your community. Let your community extend you the care you show others. Accept help.

zoomers are called that because they were born during the Zaby Zoom

with all due respect to Ogion the Silent, I feel like giving someone a one-syllable true name is, shall we say, not a security best practice. You could brute-force "Ged" in an afternoon.

it's one of those mornings where I reply to the popup, "I'm SORRY my version of Acrobat is no longer supported: WHO THE FUCK'S FAULT IS THAT? Oh, right, NOT MINE."

These folks are gonna need more help real soon <3

these dear oddballs are getting priced out of the neighborhood they wanted to retire into (& garden they made into a shower of riotous beauty), but it'll be a blessing in the form of extra space if they can manage movers: www.gofundme.com/f/alan-and-d...

okay folks! It's time to sing the "We're Making It To The Weekend" song! Everybody remember how it goes? *bum dum bum* "We're not gonna commit arson, or bite anybody in the face! We're gonna eat food and take naps and panic at our own pace!"

these dear oddballs are getting priced out of the neighborhood they wanted to retire into (& garden they made into a shower of riotous beauty), but it'll be a blessing in the form of extra space if they can manage movers: www.gofundme.com/f/alan-and-d...

Difficult times call for amazing carbs

Ha ha ha it's gonna be great tonight and it'll be easy to be careful, right? Right? Y'all are comin', right? Right?

The most brilliant modern limerick in the world, penned by one Jason Taniguchi: When I wake up, I like to hit "Snooze." Then I wake up again and hit "Snooze." I wake up and hit "Snooze," Wake up and hit "Snooze," Then I wake up AGAIN! ...and hit snooze.

This one is a favorite, borrowed from @aleph3.bsky.social There was a sweet maid from Madras Who had the most marvelous ass Not rounded and pink, As you probably think- But grey, had long ears, and ate grass.

Okay if I'm honest the mental distress of maybe not being able to play is the worst right now, but I would also take help with the bills if y'all wanna pass the hat, and thank you so much. Venmo: infamousfiddler www.paypal.com/paypalme/inf...

Now, if I don't hear anything I'm gonna have to step in myself, y'all know that, right? My jokes are NOT great, most of them, but I know my favorites by heart, all the way from "What's Green and Smells Like Paint?" to a triptych of X-rated church limericks to The Beer That Made Mill Famie Walk Us.

This is A Fact

If you are anywhere around Janesville, WI this weekend, please consider coming to O'Riley and Conway's Irish Pub at 7pm tomorrow night! After tomorrow night, I have to rest my bowarm for a while, and it would be lovely to see some folks out to see the show.

Okay, bluesky. The refrigerator needs a $300 repair. The water heater from when we moved in has died and must be replaced ($2k). And then, there's this: www.patreon.com/posts/medica... Tl; dr? My anemia has burnt out my fiddling bowarm. I'm having a tough time, and I have two requests.

Aug 10th 1988 - Zero Cool was in the New York Times for crashing 1,507 computer systems. 📽️📅 Hackers (1995)

I have heard a sound that is one of two things: Humans fucking; or dogs fighting. The strange thing about the sound is that although I cannot tell if it is one or the other, I can somehow tell you it is definitely one of those two, and not the reverse (dogs mating, humans fighting).

worth saying again the next day tbh

Okay. The week is not yet over, the world continues to be on fire, everywhere is understaffed, everyone is overworked. Do you feel frozen in fear against mounting responsibilities and anxieties and you're stuck with your thumbs scrolling while your panic rises? Come with me for a sec.

Huh! It turns out when your doctor sends your blood to be checked for how much iron in it, the number that comes back is supposed to be more than one digit long.

I find toll roads exciting to drive on because I assume there could be a house there with chocolate chip cookies.

Maybe just the first couple of steps. One thing that’s going to break down under increased stress is your ability to complete and remember tasks, and this is a way to get out in front of it. Separate planning from action ahead of time so it hurts less.

Fuck everything. That Was The Man Who Was, as my friend Batya said, and the voice of my childhood and the founding of my sense of humor. Here's to the pigeon poisoner. #TomLehrer

Any Wisconsin history buffs want to run a very large project? wj.wi.gov/psc/wisjobs/...

*sucks air through teeth and winces* www.comicsands.com/profession-n... The first one on the list is gigging #musicians. Ouch.

I wrote something. Fairly lengthy, for me. About anger. And medical woes, side effects, blood loss, childhood abuse, cptsd, protecting others, and hope. www.patreon.com/posts/134952...

ARE YOU ON THE SQUARE ARE YOU ON THE LEVEL ARE YOU READY TO BUY THIS BOOK FOR ME ABOUT THE DEVIL

new post on mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's newsletter - "The Devil in History" we talk to the editors of a great new volume on the DEVIL HIMSELF in various cultures and traditions. #medievalsky #booksky free to read --> buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

okay who wants to get me a copy of this very large book www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... it has a drawing of the devil playing the fiddle on the cover, every savvy fiddler needs one, surely #devilsdream

You can call them "flunkeys," "lackeys," or "sycophants." It's really just a matter of yesmenclature.

Horror movie pitch: You fall asleep, but then you wake up again and have to keep living.

In 10 minutes I'll step outside my front door and play, as I have for the last few days, two renditions of two songs - Let There Be Peace On Earth, minus the last 2 notes, and the melody of the Star-spangled Banner, To Anacreon In Heaven, but played in a minor key. This, too, is patriotism.

I did it! I managed a Patreon post before the end of June! This is a post on tune transformation, from a slow hornpipe to a reel, and from a fancy gavotte into a rollicking jig. Special thanks to @scifantasy.bsky.social who let me know about a cool tiktok video! www.patreon.com/posts/transf...

I managed 3 things on my to-do list! I'm really hopeful that I'll have a Patreon post tonight before end of month and be able to send out physical rewards in July. If y'all have gotten anything done (sometimes you have to let 'eating a breakfast that isn't ice BEFORE ice' count) let's celebrate.

Heyyyyy. Is it Monday morning and your head already hurts? Mine does. You can stop scrolling and hang out here for a second. Wanna listen to a free pretty song? www.patreon.com/posts/update... No pressure. Give your shoulders a little roll. Stretch your fingers. Have a sip of beverage.

yoooooooooo flash sale of the ebook of THE BRIGHT AGES by me and @lollardfish.bsky.social only $2.99!!!!! #medievalsky #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...