Thomas Hogglestock
@hogglestock.bsky.social
Books, classical music, prone to hyperbole. Just moved back to Minneapolis after 22 years in DC and I’m loving it. Someone assumed I was straight, so here’s this:🏳️🌈.
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New Year’s Day with the @minnesotaorchestra.org and Tilson Thomas, Timo Andres, Bernstein, and Copland.
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
New Year’s Day with the @minnesotaorchestra.org and Tilson Thomas, Timo Andres, Bernstein, and Copland.
1965: A Flatshare in London | Man Alive | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
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December 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hold on, let me check my bag of Trollopiana. (Seemed worth five bucks.)
December 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hold on, let me check my bag of Trollopiana. (Seemed worth five bucks.)
As if Trollope’s books weren’t big enough. And then the audacity to choose three? Who has those kind of balls? (I don’t think I’ve ever come across An Eye for an Eye before. Still, not enough to buy this weird omnibus.)
December 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As if Trollope’s books weren’t big enough. And then the audacity to choose three? Who has those kind of balls? (I don’t think I’ve ever come across An Eye for an Eye before. Still, not enough to buy this weird omnibus.)
Doesn’t everyone hop in their car during a snowstorm to go used book shopping?
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Doesn’t everyone hop in their car during a snowstorm to go used book shopping?
Whether you like bookshelves, home renovation stories, or both, this post is for you.
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Getting moody about my library
Since I moved back to Minneapolis in August 2024 my books have been smooshed into a den in the condo I’m renting. I was lucky to find a rental that had that much book storage, not sure what I…
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December 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Whether you like bookshelves, home renovation stories, or both, this post is for you.
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Over 20+ years, in various parts of the country, I don’t think I have ever had a good customer service experience at Williams-Sonoma. Fucking hate that place.
December 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Over 20+ years, in various parts of the country, I don’t think I have ever had a good customer service experience at Williams-Sonoma. Fucking hate that place.
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I like an up-tempo carol and reckon there aren't enough, so have written a few. Here's an extract from my A Babe is Born
#ClassicalChristmas
#ClassicalChristmas
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I like an up-tempo carol and reckon there aren't enough, so have written a few. Here's an extract from my A Babe is Born
#ClassicalChristmas
#ClassicalChristmas
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My friend/travel partner who is going with me to Patagonia asked me to supply reading material for our trip. Find out why I chose what I chose.
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Reading for two
In January I take a bucket-list trip to Chilean Patagonia. I’m going with a good friend I’ve known since college days. Our friendship was forged in the early 1990s, period adaptations g…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My friend/travel partner who is going with me to Patagonia asked me to supply reading material for our trip. Find out why I chose what I chose.
bit.ly/3L87fXb
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@tmhwrd.bsky.social Read your review of OTB with interest. I'm a big Shute fan, but think he's an acquired taste so I understand most of your criticisms. I relish his fetish for engineering details and his virtuous 2D characters plugging away even in the face of Armageddon.
December 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
@tmhwrd.bsky.social Read your review of OTB with interest. I'm a big Shute fan, but think he's an acquired taste so I understand most of your criticisms. I relish his fetish for engineering details and his virtuous 2D characters plugging away even in the face of Armageddon.
My friend/travel partner who is going with me to Patagonia asked me to supply reading material for our trip. Find out why I chose what I chose.
bit.ly/3L87fXb
bit.ly/3L87fXb
Reading for two
In January I take a bucket-list trip to Chilean Patagonia. I’m going with a good friend I’ve known since college days. Our friendship was forged in the early 1990s, period adaptations g…
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My friend/travel partner who is going with me to Patagonia asked me to supply reading material for our trip. Find out why I chose what I chose.
bit.ly/3L87fXb
bit.ly/3L87fXb
Test pack for 17 days in Patagonia with only carry-on.
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Test pack for 17 days in Patagonia with only carry-on.
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Hell is freezing over, I've managed a best reads of the year post!
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The end (of the year) is nigh
I will probably finish at least one more book in the next 11 days, but given how bad I have been about posting anything here I am going to write this post while the iron is hot. A rather slow readi…
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December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hell is freezing over, I've managed a best reads of the year post!
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bit.ly/495RwQq
Hell is freezing over, I've managed a best reads of the year post!
bit.ly/495RwQq
bit.ly/495RwQq
The end (of the year) is nigh
I will probably finish at least one more book in the next 11 days, but given how bad I have been about posting anything here I am going to write this post while the iron is hot. A rather slow readi…
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hell is freezing over, I've managed a best reads of the year post!
bit.ly/495RwQq
bit.ly/495RwQq
@slywit.bsky.social Bezos shoots a rocket into space w/his billions, I fantasize about the production company I would start with his money. Nothing but literary adaptations. I’m a process guy so I go through the steps I’d take to get it off the ground. I always include you as one of my early hires.
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@slywit.bsky.social Bezos shoots a rocket into space w/his billions, I fantasize about the production company I would start with his money. Nothing but literary adaptations. I’m a process guy so I go through the steps I’d take to get it off the ground. I always include you as one of my early hires.
Oh FFS. I made the mistake of pressing play on the grand finale of Downton. The scene at the ball where x is discovered is so stupidly written and directed. It encapsulates everything that is wrong with the whole damn series. Not an iota of historical accuracy.
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh FFS. I made the mistake of pressing play on the grand finale of Downton. The scene at the ball where x is discovered is so stupidly written and directed. It encapsulates everything that is wrong with the whole damn series. Not an iota of historical accuracy.
The third Knives Out is not off to a good start. There is no way anyone would think this church was in the US.
December 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The third Knives Out is not off to a good start. There is no way anyone would think this church was in the US.
I liked the first Knives Out, the second one was boring and too aware of itself. But wonder how I will like the third?
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I liked the first Knives Out, the second one was boring and too aware of itself. But wonder how I will like the third?
This is awful, but did they really paint the Kennedy Center columns white?! There’s no way they had approval to do that.
(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is awful, but did they really paint the Kennedy Center columns white?! There’s no way they had approval to do that.
I've been saying for some time now that I hate matcha. And then I realized today that I have never tried it.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've been saying for some time now that I hate matcha. And then I realized today that I have never tried it.
No one tell George Bernard Shaw.
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
No one tell George Bernard Shaw.
This verbiage will never seem right to me.
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This verbiage will never seem right to me.
I’ve seen Cole and Titus in the role, now I’m off to NYC for 18 hours to see Jane Krakowski play Mary.
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’ve seen Cole and Titus in the role, now I’m off to NYC for 18 hours to see Jane Krakowski play Mary.
Didn’t magazines used to hit your mailbox before the newsstand? I could be misremembering.
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Didn’t magazines used to hit your mailbox before the newsstand? I could be misremembering.
JFC, Do They know it’s Christmas is 41 years old and I just noticed that none of the soloists are women.
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
JFC, Do They know it’s Christmas is 41 years old and I just noticed that none of the soloists are women.