Rob Upton
@robuptonmusic.bsky.social
Dr Rob Upton PGCHE FHEA LRSM
Music teacher, performer, examiner
Dad to two, husband to one
AVFC 🟣🔵 Saints⚜️
Music teacher, performer, examiner
Dad to two, husband to one
AVFC 🟣🔵 Saints⚜️
FFS - the stewards are going to hand this to Max again, aren’t they? #F1 how can you say a driver forced another off the track & penalise the other for being forced off the track!?
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
FFS - the stewards are going to hand this to Max again, aren’t they? #F1 how can you say a driver forced another off the track & penalise the other for being forced off the track!?
Norris has spent the last five years telling everyone “how hard is it to win with a rocket ship” and Max is just a twat, so I’m hoping that both take each other out on the first corner, broken suspension, and then Piastri - nice guy supreme - wins his first #F1 championship.
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Norris has spent the last five years telling everyone “how hard is it to win with a rocket ship” and Max is just a twat, so I’m hoping that both take each other out on the first corner, broken suspension, and then Piastri - nice guy supreme - wins his first #F1 championship.
Oof...that Salah interview. Sheesh.
a man in a suit and tie is making a face in an office .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a face in an office .
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Oof...that Salah interview. Sheesh.
Big day today.
Child one’s first ice dancing show, so it’s big breakfasts for everyone, dad taxiing, make-up squabbles and trying to keep an excited 6 year-old and sister vaguely calm so she doesn’t ruin her hair.
Child one’s first ice dancing show, so it’s big breakfasts for everyone, dad taxiing, make-up squabbles and trying to keep an excited 6 year-old and sister vaguely calm so she doesn’t ruin her hair.
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Big day today.
Child one’s first ice dancing show, so it’s big breakfasts for everyone, dad taxiing, make-up squabbles and trying to keep an excited 6 year-old and sister vaguely calm so she doesn’t ruin her hair.
Child one’s first ice dancing show, so it’s big breakfasts for everyone, dad taxiing, make-up squabbles and trying to keep an excited 6 year-old and sister vaguely calm so she doesn’t ruin her hair.
More like “FIFA Peace Bribe” amirite!?
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
More like “FIFA Peace Bribe” amirite!?
Ffuuuccckkkk mmmeeee even the Girlguides have gone full-on right wing banning trans girls and women from their organisation.
What possible real world issue is there with this? Soon there will be no place for trans people to go - it’s fucking disgusting how they are being treated in this country
What possible real world issue is there with this? Soon there will be no place for trans people to go - it’s fucking disgusting how they are being treated in this country
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Ffuuuccckkkk mmmeeee even the Girlguides have gone full-on right wing banning trans girls and women from their organisation.
What possible real world issue is there with this? Soon there will be no place for trans people to go - it’s fucking disgusting how they are being treated in this country
What possible real world issue is there with this? Soon there will be no place for trans people to go - it’s fucking disgusting how they are being treated in this country
A can of Mango Monster at 11pm on a school night?
Guess who has *a lot* of work to do.
Guess who has *a lot* of work to do.
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A can of Mango Monster at 11pm on a school night?
Guess who has *a lot* of work to do.
Guess who has *a lot* of work to do.
Keep screaming it from the rooftops.
I got diagnosed too late because there is no screening process. I have stage 4 cancer and I will die a lot earlier than I should. I have two mates who got tested because of me and they found they had cancer and it was treated successfully. Now tell me why testing does not work?
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Keep screaming it from the rooftops.
After two weeks off a particular school due to being ill, I managed two hours before being sent home. There’s no water! This term, man!
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
After two weeks off a particular school due to being ill, I managed two hours before being sent home. There’s no water! This term, man!
Was reading up on the latest Uni of Nott’m music closure and it’s turns out that my piano tutor (in her 80s & still as bright as a button) tutored 4 students at the same time as me that have ended up being pretty famous concert pianists
Do I want to be a concert pianist? No
Am I still jealous? Yep
Do I want to be a concert pianist? No
Am I still jealous? Yep
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Was reading up on the latest Uni of Nott’m music closure and it’s turns out that my piano tutor (in her 80s & still as bright as a button) tutored 4 students at the same time as me that have ended up being pretty famous concert pianists
Do I want to be a concert pianist? No
Am I still jealous? Yep
Do I want to be a concert pianist? No
Am I still jealous? Yep
Better, etc.
What’s everyone having?
Salt and Pepper chips
Pork and Broccoli in Oyster sauce
Sesame Glazed Chicken in Honey sauce
Beef Chow Mien
Beef in Black Pepper Sauce
#FridayNightDinner #FridayTakeaway
What’s everyone having?
Salt and Pepper chips
Pork and Broccoli in Oyster sauce
Sesame Glazed Chicken in Honey sauce
Beef Chow Mien
Beef in Black Pepper Sauce
#FridayNightDinner #FridayTakeaway
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Better, etc.
What’s everyone having?
Salt and Pepper chips
Pork and Broccoli in Oyster sauce
Sesame Glazed Chicken in Honey sauce
Beef Chow Mien
Beef in Black Pepper Sauce
#FridayNightDinner #FridayTakeaway
What’s everyone having?
Salt and Pepper chips
Pork and Broccoli in Oyster sauce
Sesame Glazed Chicken in Honey sauce
Beef Chow Mien
Beef in Black Pepper Sauce
#FridayNightDinner #FridayTakeaway
Wait, what!? I haven’t been on a “date” since I got married. Fake news.
Just ghosted my date because he was holding his knife and fork in the wrong hands. He has a PhD, so there's no excuse for that.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wait, what!? I haven’t been on a “date” since I got married. Fake news.
So, tomorrow marks a week off. What have I done with my time, you ask?
Built a motherflipping oak dressing table out of some shelves
Built a motherflipping oak dressing table out of some shelves
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So, tomorrow marks a week off. What have I done with my time, you ask?
Built a motherflipping oak dressing table out of some shelves
Built a motherflipping oak dressing table out of some shelves
Three days off and counting. Will my face ever not be infectious?
First day off sick in forever. (Impetigo and teaching musical instruments does not mix).
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Three days off and counting. Will my face ever not be infectious?
First day off sick in forever. (Impetigo and teaching musical instruments does not mix).
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
First day off sick in forever. (Impetigo and teaching musical instruments does not mix).
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
Not really sure what to do with myself until 3:30...
Why do American Sports broadcasters sit so close together. You don’t get that in football. It’s a little unnerving.
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Why do American Sports broadcasters sit so close together. You don’t get that in football. It’s a little unnerving.
I’m watching a baseball game for the first time. I take it that two home runs in the first two balls isn’t usual?
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’m watching a baseball game for the first time. I take it that two home runs in the first two balls isn’t usual?
This is freaking me out, and now it can freak you out as well.
You are so welcome.
You are so welcome.
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is freaking me out, and now it can freak you out as well.
You are so welcome.
You are so welcome.
It’s days like this where I wonder why I watch F1. One rule for one (Verstappen), one rule for all the others.
Seems as though we’re back to 2021 with Verstappen just banging people off the track and not being penalised.
The day Verstappen gets banned won’t be a day too soon.
Seems as though we’re back to 2021 with Verstappen just banging people off the track and not being penalised.
The day Verstappen gets banned won’t be a day too soon.
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It’s days like this where I wonder why I watch F1. One rule for one (Verstappen), one rule for all the others.
Seems as though we’re back to 2021 with Verstappen just banging people off the track and not being penalised.
The day Verstappen gets banned won’t be a day too soon.
Seems as though we’re back to 2021 with Verstappen just banging people off the track and not being penalised.
The day Verstappen gets banned won’t be a day too soon.
Of course I contract Impetigo on the first day of half term.
Delightful.
Delightful.
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Of course I contract Impetigo on the first day of half term.
Delightful.
Delightful.
As per is the norm, hoping for someone - anyone - to smash into the side of Verstappen on the first corner so we can all have a lovely F1 race. This week, we hope that it is Norris that does the honours.
October 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As per is the norm, hoping for someone - anyone - to smash into the side of Verstappen on the first corner so we can all have a lovely F1 race. This week, we hope that it is Norris that does the honours.
*The moment* that there is serious trouble from the Maccabi fans could be the end of Starmer.
Which is a shame because I like him but he’s needlessly made a safety issue a political one.
Which is a shame because I like him but he’s needlessly made a safety issue a political one.
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
*The moment* that there is serious trouble from the Maccabi fans could be the end of Starmer.
Which is a shame because I like him but he’s needlessly made a safety issue a political one.
Which is a shame because I like him but he’s needlessly made a safety issue a political one.