Christopher
@thelostemperor.bsky.social
Books, music , coffee, things that are over my head
I liked the New Yorker documentary, but tell me, is it just me, or did they weirdly go out of their way to avoid mentioning Dorothy Parker by name? They even included a direct quote from her, but only identified the source as “a colleague.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I liked the New Yorker documentary, but tell me, is it just me, or did they weirdly go out of their way to avoid mentioning Dorothy Parker by name? They even included a direct quote from her, but only identified the source as “a colleague.”
When I bought this 9’ tree it was wrapped up and seemingly scrawny, but now after it’s had a chance to spread out again it is so beautiful and magnificent that I’m considering not decorating it at all.
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
When I bought this 9’ tree it was wrapped up and seemingly scrawny, but now after it’s had a chance to spread out again it is so beautiful and magnificent that I’m considering not decorating it at all.
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Seen on CMU campus ❤️
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seen on CMU campus ❤️
I’m very amused by the Music Theory Facebook group, where a heated debate has raged for DAYS over: what is the key of Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va?
(There’s a strong amateur vs professional subtext there also)
(There’s a strong amateur vs professional subtext there also)
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’m very amused by the Music Theory Facebook group, where a heated debate has raged for DAYS over: what is the key of Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va?
(There’s a strong amateur vs professional subtext there also)
(There’s a strong amateur vs professional subtext there also)
Discovered today, almost too late, that Boston is hosting a Bhangra competition tonight!
bostonbhangra.com/bbc2025/
bostonbhangra.com/bbc2025/
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Discovered today, almost too late, that Boston is hosting a Bhangra competition tonight!
bostonbhangra.com/bbc2025/
bostonbhangra.com/bbc2025/
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RIP tide
Not currently up on our website, but if you'd like me to draw one for you, get in touch via www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Not currently up on our website, but if you'd like me to draw one for you, get in touch via www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
RIP tide
Not currently up on our website, but if you'd like me to draw one for you, get in touch via www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Not currently up on our website, but if you'd like me to draw one for you, get in touch via www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
It breaks my brain when Waze is counting down the remaining distance and reaches 10 miles remaining—then after about 1 more mile reaches…9.9 miles.
So is 10 really 11, 11 really 12, etc…?
Make it make sense.
So is 10 really 11, 11 really 12, etc…?
Make it make sense.
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It breaks my brain when Waze is counting down the remaining distance and reaches 10 miles remaining—then after about 1 more mile reaches…9.9 miles.
So is 10 really 11, 11 really 12, etc…?
Make it make sense.
So is 10 really 11, 11 really 12, etc…?
Make it make sense.
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but ultimately I believe it will backfire if they keep repeatedly referring to fairly normal Americans as “the Radical Left.”
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but ultimately I believe it will backfire if they keep repeatedly referring to fairly normal Americans as “the Radical Left.”
The surname Sogard is of Danish origin and is derived from the Old Norse personal name Sǫgǫrðr, which means "sea enclosure" or "sea farm." It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify the descendants of a person named Sǫgǫrðr.
GO RED SOX
GO RED SOX
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The surname Sogard is of Danish origin and is derived from the Old Norse personal name Sǫgǫrðr, which means "sea enclosure" or "sea farm." It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify the descendants of a person named Sǫgǫrðr.
GO RED SOX
GO RED SOX
Currently loving Dept Q. The scenes of captivity aren’t working for me, but all else is brilliant: great writing, great characters, great performances, great direction.
September 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Currently loving Dept Q. The scenes of captivity aren’t working for me, but all else is brilliant: great writing, great characters, great performances, great direction.
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Celtic Woman, if you're not familiar, is like if someone asked an AI to create a band for people who really love Barry Manilow, Enya, and Disney musicals, and then at the *very last second* they mumbled "oh yeah, maybe one of them had an Irish grandma."
September 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Celtic Woman, if you're not familiar, is like if someone asked an AI to create a band for people who really love Barry Manilow, Enya, and Disney musicals, and then at the *very last second* they mumbled "oh yeah, maybe one of them had an Irish grandma."
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Lynchian
Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Lynchian
Driving through Maine yesterday feeling blue, until I passed a Doggy Day Care business named Puptown Funk and cracked up, smiling for the remainder of the drive.
August 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Driving through Maine yesterday feeling blue, until I passed a Doggy Day Care business named Puptown Funk and cracked up, smiling for the remainder of the drive.
Hours later, I’m not sure the laugh was worth the earworm.
Gimme Magritte boys and free my soul ceci n'est pas une rocknroll green apple face
August 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hours later, I’m not sure the laugh was worth the earworm.
Overheard in a bakery today, someone explaining to his friend what monkey bread is and the friend competely nonplussed as to why it was “terrible”, since the description otherwise sounded so good.
August 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Overheard in a bakery today, someone explaining to his friend what monkey bread is and the friend competely nonplussed as to why it was “terrible”, since the description otherwise sounded so good.
That moment when you are browsing insanely expensive audiophile gear and realize that Yes, you *would* pay those prices, but only if they cured your tinnitus.
August 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
That moment when you are browsing insanely expensive audiophile gear and realize that Yes, you *would* pay those prices, but only if they cured your tinnitus.
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anyway my favourite palindrome is saippuakauppias which means soap merchant
August 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
anyway my favourite palindrome is saippuakauppias which means soap merchant
At the Sinclair in Cambridge MA tonight for Femi Kuti. The opener, Madame Gandhi, is owning the crowd.
July 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
At the Sinclair in Cambridge MA tonight for Femi Kuti. The opener, Madame Gandhi, is owning the crowd.
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the follow up question there is why. Why can't you find white workers? What's the difference? Oh, it's that you didn't have to pay them as much, or take the same safety precautions, or pay benefits etc,
WHY IS THAT OKAY?
WHY IS THAT OKAY?
the fact that this person thinks the workers need to be "Hispanic immigrant-based" shows both the racism and the degree to which entire industries depend on having a sector of the population whose status is by definition precarious, allowing them to be exploited for profit.
“"The contractor world is full of Republicans. I'm not anti-ICE. We're supportive of what the president is trying to do. But the reality of it is our industry has to have the Hispanic immigrant-based workers in it," Harrison said.”
The absolute lack of basic logic skills here.
The absolute lack of basic logic skills here.
July 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
the follow up question there is why. Why can't you find white workers? What's the difference? Oh, it's that you didn't have to pay them as much, or take the same safety precautions, or pay benefits etc,
WHY IS THAT OKAY?
WHY IS THAT OKAY?
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Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
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Divorce registries should be a thing. An old friend just split up with her husband and it makes more sense for me to send her a Pyrex set now than it did a few years ago
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Divorce registries should be a thing. An old friend just split up with her husband and it makes more sense for me to send her a Pyrex set now than it did a few years ago
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Phantom of the Opurra
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Phantom of the Opurra