Distracted Dan
@distracteddan.bsky.social
I live on a boat , play the glockenspiel by choice , and believe we podiatrists are the 15th emergency service .
Pinned
As Miss Piggy unwrapped the greaseproof paper , Kermit , like generations of males before him , considered this Valentine gift a mistep.
Somewhere on this boat resides my hearing aids and a open packet of creme crackers I can find neither .
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Somewhere on this boat resides my hearing aids and a open packet of creme crackers I can find neither .
Possibly a 50/50 day , had to go to hospital for a brain scan , but also joined the Glasgow Libraries.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Possibly a 50/50 day , had to go to hospital for a brain scan , but also joined the Glasgow Libraries.
I feel like there should be a name for the day where you're really keen to tell others of a fact you learnt the previous day and it's been playing on your mind since .
BTW it seems Hedgehogs and Elephants get the same form of ringworm.
BTW it seems Hedgehogs and Elephants get the same form of ringworm.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I feel like there should be a name for the day where you're really keen to tell others of a fact you learnt the previous day and it's been playing on your mind since .
BTW it seems Hedgehogs and Elephants get the same form of ringworm.
BTW it seems Hedgehogs and Elephants get the same form of ringworm.
Reposted by Distracted Dan
Because I am not good at taking a night off and I am going to GLASGOW for Breaking the News - on Wednesday night I am doing a free gig with @typewronger.bsky.social - spread the word - last Scottish gig of 2025
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Because I am not good at taking a night off and I am going to GLASGOW for Breaking the News - on Wednesday night I am doing a free gig with @typewronger.bsky.social - spread the word - last Scottish gig of 2025
Reposted by Distracted Dan
Sorry but the fact that the RTE player subtitles just say "speaks Irish" instead of showing the actual Irish words really says it all, doesn't it...
#aras25
#aras25
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sorry but the fact that the RTE player subtitles just say "speaks Irish" instead of showing the actual Irish words really says it all, doesn't it...
#aras25
#aras25
Me " The Certificate on this PAT course only has my surname. Please fix that incase my elderly ex midwife mother gets confused cause to her a PAT test is smacking a new born's arse"
* Far greater laughing that quip deserved followed by " my elderly mum is an ex midwife, nuf said "
* Far greater laughing that quip deserved followed by " my elderly mum is an ex midwife, nuf said "
October 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Me " The Certificate on this PAT course only has my surname. Please fix that incase my elderly ex midwife mother gets confused cause to her a PAT test is smacking a new born's arse"
* Far greater laughing that quip deserved followed by " my elderly mum is an ex midwife, nuf said "
* Far greater laughing that quip deserved followed by " my elderly mum is an ex midwife, nuf said "
Reposted by Distracted Dan
I have two fun Edinburgh shows coming up - and look, this one is free - tell your pals please
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I have two fun Edinburgh shows coming up - and look, this one is free - tell your pals please
Reposted by Distracted Dan
The idea that education is the same thing as job-training and no more than that is so disheartening.
Getting a job isn’t the goal. Human flourishing is the goal. Getting a job might be a step to flourishing, (or not) but to think “job” is the top of the mountain rather than base camp is so sad.
Getting a job isn’t the goal. Human flourishing is the goal. Getting a job might be a step to flourishing, (or not) but to think “job” is the top of the mountain rather than base camp is so sad.
April 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The idea that education is the same thing as job-training and no more than that is so disheartening.
Getting a job isn’t the goal. Human flourishing is the goal. Getting a job might be a step to flourishing, (or not) but to think “job” is the top of the mountain rather than base camp is so sad.
Getting a job isn’t the goal. Human flourishing is the goal. Getting a job might be a step to flourishing, (or not) but to think “job” is the top of the mountain rather than base camp is so sad.
@caimhmc.bsky.social
I have a Helmsman Instructor Course to finish next week .I promised myself to wait til I completed it , then demolish the audio version of Ring the bells .
I held out till 4:30am , enough said .
I have a Helmsman Instructor Course to finish next week .I promised myself to wait til I completed it , then demolish the audio version of Ring the bells .
I held out till 4:30am , enough said .
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
@caimhmc.bsky.social
I have a Helmsman Instructor Course to finish next week .I promised myself to wait til I completed it , then demolish the audio version of Ring the bells .
I held out till 4:30am , enough said .
I have a Helmsman Instructor Course to finish next week .I promised myself to wait til I completed it , then demolish the audio version of Ring the bells .
I held out till 4:30am , enough said .
@robinince.bsky.social I cannot rightly express how gutted I am to miss the Linlithgow gig ( not least as it's 2 years since we last chatted and I have a poetry book for you ) I hold onto the hope a Falkirk Library gig is in the offing . Keep well, Dan
October 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@robinince.bsky.social I cannot rightly express how gutted I am to miss the Linlithgow gig ( not least as it's 2 years since we last chatted and I have a poetry book for you ) I hold onto the hope a Falkirk Library gig is in the offing . Keep well, Dan
Curiosity drove me recently to check out the old homestead , site of the oldsman's dream . Damp and frankly unfit for habitation. A place of misery , violence and resentment. A Celtic Ozimandias tale
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Curiosity drove me recently to check out the old homestead , site of the oldsman's dream . Damp and frankly unfit for habitation. A place of misery , violence and resentment. A Celtic Ozimandias tale
@thenickrevell.bsky.social Hi Nick was thinking of you today . Dan
October 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@thenickrevell.bsky.social Hi Nick was thinking of you today . Dan
Today my day was far less about lock keeping and so much more " yes tree in the canal between locks 19 + 20 ...No cannot get a boat through the gap ! " " Oh how was it at my mooring ? Well the boat thought it was in an episode of The Onedine Line !!"
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today my day was far less about lock keeping and so much more " yes tree in the canal between locks 19 + 20 ...No cannot get a boat through the gap ! " " Oh how was it at my mooring ? Well the boat thought it was in an episode of The Onedine Line !!"
Reposted by Distracted Dan
On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @olibasciano.bsky.social on his new book Outcast. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
Little Atoms 964 - Oliver Basciano's Outcast | Little Atoms
shows.acast.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @olibasciano.bsky.social on his new book Outcast. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
Reposted by Distracted Dan
Outcast: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is published today. It tells the 4000 year history of the disease and its stigma, and the remarkable lives of those affected past and present. I am very proud of it, and beyond thankful to those who told their story.
June 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Outcast: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is published today. It tells the 4000 year history of the disease and its stigma, and the remarkable lives of those affected past and present. I am very proud of it, and beyond thankful to those who told their story.
@olibasciano.bsky.social Given my fascination with the sociology and medical aspects of leprosy I was delighted to listen to you on the little atoms podcast . By strange coincidence one of the Canadian tourists I met today worked in public health we spoke about Canada's last colony .
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@olibasciano.bsky.social Given my fascination with the sociology and medical aspects of leprosy I was delighted to listen to you on the little atoms podcast . By strange coincidence one of the Canadian tourists I met today worked in public health we spoke about Canada's last colony .
@maxrushden.bsky.social I wish to point out your racing correspondent took exception to the safety car being liked to a dad one , however this week I was on a bus that not only burnt the Aston Martin off the line at lights but forced him to concede the lane
September 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@maxrushden.bsky.social I wish to point out your racing correspondent took exception to the safety car being liked to a dad one , however this week I was on a bus that not only burnt the Aston Martin off the line at lights but forced him to concede the lane
Weeks ago we cremated my " kid brother " not blood but life " I watched his youngest daughter ( just 13) thought about the men who were at her christening and out of 4 I'm the only one alive despite being far older than the other 3 . I cannot wipe Tommy's last WhatsApp message .
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Weeks ago we cremated my " kid brother " not blood but life " I watched his youngest daughter ( just 13) thought about the men who were at her christening and out of 4 I'm the only one alive despite being far older than the other 3 . I cannot wipe Tommy's last WhatsApp message .
Whilst prepping a lock and waiting for the narrow boat a gent appeared sat down beside the gates took out a pipe and commenced recording himself . Turned out he has a channel where he pipe smokes and discusses pipe paraphernalia. His dad had been a professional magician .
September 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Whilst prepping a lock and waiting for the narrow boat a gent appeared sat down beside the gates took out a pipe and commenced recording himself . Turned out he has a channel where he pipe smokes and discusses pipe paraphernalia. His dad had been a professional magician .
@mirandakeeling.com Minutes later about 35 women were passing a feather around and stroking the statues. The cleaner who had witnessed my' blather' scolded me . I replied the world is better for folk believing in magic and possibilities.
September 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@mirandakeeling.com Minutes later about 35 women were passing a feather around and stroking the statues. The cleaner who had witnessed my' blather' scolded me . I replied the world is better for folk believing in magic and possibilities.
@mirandakeeling.com just as COVID restrictions started to lift a coach load of older Italian ladies pulled into the Kelpies. I convinced the tour guide there was a tradition of stroking the statues with local swan feathers .
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@mirandakeeling.com just as COVID restrictions started to lift a coach load of older Italian ladies pulled into the Kelpies. I convinced the tour guide there was a tradition of stroking the statues with local swan feathers .
Reposted by Distracted Dan
Reposted by Distracted Dan
Wow , just wow
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wow , just wow
@jobymageean.bsky.social hi I suspect that was you trundelling luggage past me in the Toon last night . Sorry for not being more on the ball . Dan
August 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@jobymageean.bsky.social hi I suspect that was you trundelling luggage past me in the Toon last night . Sorry for not being more on the ball . Dan