Stefan Shepherd
@stefanshepherd.bsky.social
Fiscal analyst about town. Believes there's no such thing as a guilty pleasure. Was: AZ. Now: MN -- yes, I'm aware it will be colder here, that’s a feature, not a bug. (he/him/cis/het)
Just completed a nice rucking workout* outside and I feel great!
*walk from Kowalski’s with food I forgot to get from Trader Joe’s on the weekend
*walk from Kowalski’s with food I forgot to get from Trader Joe’s on the weekend
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Just completed a nice rucking workout* outside and I feel great!
*walk from Kowalski’s with food I forgot to get from Trader Joe’s on the weekend
*walk from Kowalski’s with food I forgot to get from Trader Joe’s on the weekend
This tree looks like they’re a little bit puzzled by the question they’ve just been asked.
November 20, 2024 at 12:31 AM
This tree looks like they’re a little bit puzzled by the question they’ve just been asked.
Ella Jenkins was/is the GOAT. She deserved all the roses.
Here's to a life well lived. Thanks for everything, Ella Jenkins: chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100
From her town house in Lincoln Park Ella Jenkins traveled the world, performing for generations of kids who never forgot listening to and performing with her. She received a Grammy Award and her music...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Ella Jenkins was/is the GOAT. She deserved all the roses.
Not going to mess with that squirrel AT ALL.
November 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Not going to mess with that squirrel AT ALL.
There are many who aren’t sure if their “If you’re in line” joke was noted here on Bluesky. If you can, please volunteer your time to “cure” those jokes to make sure they’ve been counted.
November 6, 2024 at 12:41 AM
There are many who aren’t sure if their “If you’re in line” joke was noted here on Bluesky. If you can, please volunteer your time to “cure” those jokes to make sure they’ve been counted.
The only prediction I’ll think about today is that of my uncle, born in Germany in the early 1930s, who while I sat at his dinner table in summer 2016 said in halting but forceful English to me, “Trump is a bad, bad man.” I still think about that monthly.
Anyway, vote today if you haven’t yet.
Anyway, vote today if you haven’t yet.
November 5, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The only prediction I’ll think about today is that of my uncle, born in Germany in the early 1930s, who while I sat at his dinner table in summer 2016 said in halting but forceful English to me, “Trump is a bad, bad man.” I still think about that monthly.
Anyway, vote today if you haven’t yet.
Anyway, vote today if you haven’t yet.
As they had not yet started saying 15 or so years ago, 10/10, no notes
If you're wanting to hear the best Sesame Street song that is not, somehow, a Sesame Street song, I got you:
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John And Mark's Children's Record - "A Counting Error"
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November 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
As they had not yet started saying 15 or so years ago, 10/10, no notes
Good job by the sunset crew this evening in St. Paul.
November 2, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Good job by the sunset crew this evening in St. Paul.
I’m reading “Pride and Prejudice” and I think that I’m going to make reading Jane Austen the week before a major election a new ritual. A lovely tonic.
November 2, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I’m reading “Pride and Prejudice” and I think that I’m going to make reading Jane Austen the week before a major election a new ritual. A lovely tonic.
Could Shohei Ohtani - and *only* Shohei Ohtani - win the World Series? Because that seems like the optimal result for me.
October 26, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Could Shohei Ohtani - and *only* Shohei Ohtani - win the World Series? Because that seems like the optimal result for me.
I’ve got too many podcasts to listen to, but if you think I’m going to turn off Pulp’s “Common People” on the radio, you’d be wrong.
(Also, pretty sure you can guess my age from this skeet.)
(Also, pretty sure you can guess my age from this skeet.)
October 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I’ve got too many podcasts to listen to, but if you think I’m going to turn off Pulp’s “Common People” on the radio, you’d be wrong.
(Also, pretty sure you can guess my age from this skeet.)
(Also, pretty sure you can guess my age from this skeet.)
Who is this MNUFC team playing so efficiently and what have they done with the often frustrating team I’m used to seeing?
September 29, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Who is this MNUFC team playing so efficiently and what have they done with the often frustrating team I’m used to seeing?
I sang in a public choir on Friday night, so I’ve checked that box on my “Things to do in Minnesota” bingo card.
(It was fun! I’ll do it again!)
(It was fun! I’ll do it again!)
September 15, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I sang in a public choir on Friday night, so I’ve checked that box on my “Things to do in Minnesota” bingo card.
(It was fun! I’ll do it again!)
(It was fun! I’ll do it again!)
Instead of another debate, how about they compete to see who can complete an escape room first?
September 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Instead of another debate, how about they compete to see who can complete an escape room first?
Lying on the floor of this house we’re staying in and noticed these spotlights, interpreted them as googly eyes and now I can’t see them as anything else please help me
August 31, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Lying on the floor of this house we’re staying in and noticed these spotlights, interpreted them as googly eyes and now I can’t see them as anything else please help me
Yesterday’s MN State Fair food: a cup of Martha’s Cookies (probably shouldn’t have tried to eat it all, but, you know, Martha’s); Sweet Corn & Hot Honey Cake (Farmer’s Union; fine but presentation underwhelming); and the Union’s Honey Lavender Lemonade (good but I shouldn’t waste calories on drinks)
August 31, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Yesterday’s MN State Fair food: a cup of Martha’s Cookies (probably shouldn’t have tried to eat it all, but, you know, Martha’s); Sweet Corn & Hot Honey Cake (Farmer’s Union; fine but presentation underwhelming); and the Union’s Honey Lavender Lemonade (good but I shouldn’t waste calories on drinks)
Shout-out to the wild turkey strolling along Summit Avenue yesterday morning perfectly within the bike lane for as long as I watched them.
August 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Shout-out to the wild turkey strolling along Summit Avenue yesterday morning perfectly within the bike lane for as long as I watched them.
Seeing as the original is probably my all time favorite tweet, I couldn’t not share this.
REPORTER: Madame President, what's your favorite Hüsker Dü album?
Harris: What kind of question is --
[Walz grabs podium]
Walz: FLIP YOUR WIG
Harris: What kind of question is --
[Walz grabs podium]
Walz: FLIP YOUR WIG
August 7, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Seeing as the original is probably my all time favorite tweet, I couldn’t not share this.
Hey MSP peeps, can anyone recommend a good running club for older, slower people like, erm, me? At this point, anything faster than a 10-minute pace is pushing it. Vibe and good natured people more important than the training. Thanks in advance…
July 12, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Hey MSP peeps, can anyone recommend a good running club for older, slower people like, erm, me? At this point, anything faster than a 10-minute pace is pushing it. Vibe and good natured people more important than the training. Thanks in advance…
At a windshield repair place and their TV is: 1) tuned to the Euros, and 2) at a very low volume. For these blessings I want to smash lots of car windows then refer them here.
June 25, 2024 at 4:35 PM
At a windshield repair place and their TV is: 1) tuned to the Euros, and 2) at a very low volume. For these blessings I want to smash lots of car windows then refer them here.
Me, a transplant just arrived from the desert, sowing last week, enjoying the rain: Haha, fuck yeah!
Me, unloading the moving van this morning in the occasional downpour, reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, unloading the moving van this morning in the occasional downpour, reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
June 12, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Me, a transplant just arrived from the desert, sowing last week, enjoying the rain: Haha, fuck yeah!
Me, unloading the moving van this morning in the occasional downpour, reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, unloading the moving van this morning in the occasional downpour, reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
My wife was doing a crossword puzzle & the clue was something like “MTV named this Phil Collins hit one of the top 100 videos of the 80s.” She asked me what it might be, and I said probably either “Sussudio” or “In the Air Tonight”…. 1/x
May 15, 2024 at 3:17 AM
My wife was doing a crossword puzzle & the clue was something like “MTV named this Phil Collins hit one of the top 100 videos of the 80s.” She asked me what it might be, and I said probably either “Sussudio” or “In the Air Tonight”…. 1/x
Going some very old files and found this clipping. Still one of the best headlines ever (though it doesn’t make sense unless you read the article attached to it).
April 22, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Going some very old files and found this clipping. Still one of the best headlines ever (though it doesn’t make sense unless you read the article attached to it).
Even if the eclipse were simply an excuse to sit in a field with other people and recline on a blanket and eat snacks I’d be fully onboard with it.
April 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Even if the eclipse were simply an excuse to sit in a field with other people and recline on a blanket and eat snacks I’d be fully onboard with it.
This makes the silent HGTV channel at the gym make so much more sense
Once again I will clarify that I now know that knob and tube is not specifically Canadian. Other than that, I stand by it.
Happy 8th Anniversary of the Day That @lindaholmes.bsky.social Explained The Property Brothers to Me
April 8, 2024 at 6:25 PM
This makes the silent HGTV channel at the gym make so much more sense