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Jon Kelsey
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Suburban Buffalo NY retiree interested in art, comedy and a smattering of politics. I’m quick to block. Please-unless family or friend-
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@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! Our second date to see our friend on his tour with Weird Al (such a tight show). This time in our neck of the woods-albeit still separated for social distancing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Philips Monday! First Post-pandemic visit. Touring with his friend @weirdalyankovich.bsky.social no chance for a pic with, but this one seems appropriate.
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Can’t forget @emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! Drove through a snowstorm to Burlington Vermont for a special pre-Xmas treat! #BurlingtonComedyClub
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!"

Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1

#ShakespeareSunday
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! Pre-pandemic Vegas (at Jimmy Kimmels comedy club).Front row surprise for our friend.
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday Winchester, Va; on the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing! We were over-the-moon with laughter!
January 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Ushering in’26 with my sister in Denver, and of course, @emophilips.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! We, oddly, did not get a pic with our friend after the 6th visit in Cumberland, Maryland. So here’s one from the venue with Emos foot.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social EmoMonday. 5th pic from West Palm Beach, Florida;after a rainy drive across the state.
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.

Love’s Labour’s Lost 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! 4th meeting opportunity (in Fort Myers).
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp."
As You Like It #ShakespeareSunday
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday! our third meeting in beautiful Charleston,South Carolina
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That I might sleep out this great gap of time.

Antony and Cleopatra (1.5) #ShakespeareSunday
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@emophilips.bsky.social Emo Monday, our second meeting (Flat Rock, N.C. ) We traveled many miles to be entertained.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That winter lion, who in rage forgets.

Henry VI, Part II

#ShakespeareSunday
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Jon Kelsey
As we all don't seem to know - comedians don't choose which town they play. They get booked by the venues not the other way round. If you want to see someone in your town, message your local venue
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
@emophilips.bsky.social EmoMonday! Our first meeting at Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo,NY.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Summer shall come, and with her all delights,
But dead-cold winter must inhabit here still."

The Two Noble Kinsmen, A2S2
#ShakespeareSunday
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
O, call back yesterday, bid time return
Richard II 
Act III Scene 1
#ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking
Himself with princes;...
His own opinion was his law: i'th' presence
He would say untruths, and be ever double
Both in his words and mean-
ing

King Henry VIII
Act IV Scene 2
#ShakespeareSunday
November 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night…
The time when screech-owls cry and ban-dogs howl,
And spirits walk and ghosts break up their graves

Henry VI, pt 2
Act I Scene 4
#ShakespeareSunday
#Halloween
October 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
So saddened by this news.
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, …

- Sonnet 73
#ShakespeareSunday
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Jon Kelsey
in lieu of a globe, flat earthers can substitute a lazy susan
September 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM