Peter
@peterlamey.bsky.social
An aged and impecunious barrister. Bisexual, not an intellectual. He/him.
Wait is calling something “a total gong show” not an international phenomenon?
Cynics like to say Canada lacks a distinct national identity, but then how would they explain this?
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On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Wait is calling something “a total gong show” not an international phenomenon?
Am occasionally asked about my hopes for little Hugh’s future, and it’s hard to really know what to say about a baby who’s two months old, but that he be able to stand in authentic wonder before God’s creation strikes me as an extremely apt summary.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Am occasionally asked about my hopes for little Hugh’s future, and it’s hard to really know what to say about a baby who’s two months old, but that he be able to stand in authentic wonder before God’s creation strikes me as an extremely apt summary.
The official, just-in-time PJL review of the first Wicked movie: everyone involved in this project hates Frank Baum and other than Defying Gravity the music is mid. Two stars.
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The official, just-in-time PJL review of the first Wicked movie: everyone involved in this project hates Frank Baum and other than Defying Gravity the music is mid. Two stars.
The Carthusians.
What's your absolutely unworkable plan to drop out of your current life (or at least work life) and do something completely different?
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Carthusians.
The black and white moth on the cover of @tkingfisher.com’s What Feasts at Night has bought me an extra 20 mins of reading since the baby woke up because he’s fascinated by it. Marketing hack?
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The black and white moth on the cover of @tkingfisher.com’s What Feasts at Night has bought me an extra 20 mins of reading since the baby woke up because he’s fascinated by it. Marketing hack?
The Red Hot albums were legitimately incredible? Bizarre to think about charity compilation CDs in that way, but the version of This is Madness from the Last Poets with Pharaoh Sanders on Red Hot + Cool is maybe the best moment on record from everyone involved.
Rediscovered RED HOT + BLUE, a great tribute album to Cole Porter.
David Byrne, for one, absolutely understood the assignment.
David Byrne, for one, absolutely understood the assignment.
David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Red Hot albums were legitimately incredible? Bizarre to think about charity compilation CDs in that way, but the version of This is Madness from the Last Poets with Pharaoh Sanders on Red Hot + Cool is maybe the best moment on record from everyone involved.
I wonder when the memories of the little wrinkles my son gets on his forehead when he does a big stretch while sleeping in my lap will fade away for good… I know I won’t even miss them, but I can’t imagine that now. Just too precious.
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wonder when the memories of the little wrinkles my son gets on his forehead when he does a big stretch while sleeping in my lap will fade away for good… I know I won’t even miss them, but I can’t imagine that now. Just too precious.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I wrote a book and you can buy it!
The maxim you want to describe the responses to this skeet is “a hit dog will holler.”
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The maxim you want to describe the responses to this skeet is “a hit dog will holler.”
Tossed a lighter that wasn’t working into a campfire.
The ensuing fireball knocked me off my feet and into the log we used for seating.
The ensuing fireball knocked me off my feet and into the log we used for seating.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tossed a lighter that wasn’t working into a campfire.
The ensuing fireball knocked me off my feet and into the log we used for seating.
The ensuing fireball knocked me off my feet and into the log we used for seating.
Ok, 3 weeks in and this is my first real “but I’m a big toasty cinnamon bun 😔” night feeding.
October 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Ok, 3 weeks in and this is my first real “but I’m a big toasty cinnamon bun 😔” night feeding.
I do enjoy finding a book that’s been extravagantly highlighted for its first… nine pages and then left utterly unmarked (one suspects unread) the rest of the way.
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I do enjoy finding a book that’s been extravagantly highlighted for its first… nine pages and then left utterly unmarked (one suspects unread) the rest of the way.
On the one hand, when my wife handed over her phone with spelling bee opened I saw the pangram immediately.
On the other, I only know it from one context and I hate that you American sickos (affectionate) have brain poisoned me like this. ☹️
On the other, I only know it from one context and I hate that you American sickos (affectionate) have brain poisoned me like this. ☹️
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On the one hand, when my wife handed over her phone with spelling bee opened I saw the pangram immediately.
On the other, I only know it from one context and I hate that you American sickos (affectionate) have brain poisoned me like this. ☹️
On the other, I only know it from one context and I hate that you American sickos (affectionate) have brain poisoned me like this. ☹️
Our very first ever quince harvest.
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Our very first ever quince harvest.
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
I always believed new baby smell was fake but ok I get it now.
October 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I always believed new baby smell was fake but ok I get it now.
I know a lot of my friends here have been in our corner on this, so wanted to let you know that our new addition, Hugh, has arrived. 9lbs 7oz with a full little head of blond hair. Everyone safe and happy here. From the bottom of our hearts thank you for all your care for him and don’t stop now.
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I know a lot of my friends here have been in our corner on this, so wanted to let you know that our new addition, Hugh, has arrived. 9lbs 7oz with a full little head of blond hair. Everyone safe and happy here. From the bottom of our hearts thank you for all your care for him and don’t stop now.
Frost advisory tonight that I don’t believe in, but I’m still going to tuck my basil in.
September 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Frost advisory tonight that I don’t believe in, but I’m still going to tuck my basil in.
Ok, if we get our timings right we could have a baby the same day Canada wins its first rugby World Cup…
September 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ok, if we get our timings right we could have a baby the same day Canada wins its first rugby World Cup…
The one that really still burns me is when we were driving home from ON and realized we weren't young enough to either do it in one stretch or sleep in the car anymore, so we ended up looking for a place in Edmunston, NB at about 11pm. $310 for a spot in the Day's Inn.
My friend confirms $300 a night in Belleville!!
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The one that really still burns me is when we were driving home from ON and realized we weren't young enough to either do it in one stretch or sleep in the car anymore, so we ended up looking for a place in Edmunston, NB at about 11pm. $310 for a spot in the Day's Inn.
What I can tell is that something has happened to somebody whose name I have muted. This is a weird vibe.
September 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What I can tell is that something has happened to somebody whose name I have muted. This is a weird vibe.
Anticipating that small, grasping hands may not play well with my HE-6s I took the plunge for my first set of wireless headphones and they’re simply awful? No wonder public spaces have gone to pot with live video and whatnot.
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Anticipating that small, grasping hands may not play well with my HE-6s I took the plunge for my first set of wireless headphones and they’re simply awful? No wonder public spaces have gone to pot with live video and whatnot.
BBC Radio 3
Essential Classics
Now Playing
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Theme from Jurassic Park
Essential Classics
Now Playing
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Theme from Jurassic Park
August 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
BBC Radio 3
Essential Classics
Now Playing
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Theme from Jurassic Park
Essential Classics
Now Playing
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Theme from Jurassic Park
Mmm, I think I’ll take “mercantilism appears to be easy to sell to the rubes at first blush, but actually the empirics of free trade are so strong that it will be easy to reinstate” plz.
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Mmm, I think I’ll take “mercantilism appears to be easy to sell to the rubes at first blush, but actually the empirics of free trade are so strong that it will be easy to reinstate” plz.
My first ever merlin on Merlin.
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My first ever merlin on Merlin.