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Son, brother, husband, father, friend. Into all music, especially ambient/electronic/drone/microtonal/field; iOS music production; cats; coffee.
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An illustration from the wonderful children’s book The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. The scene takes place in a doorway and features (on the left side) the character called the Once-ler (who is never seen in the book except for his green arms and hands) and (on the right) the character called the Lorax (a short furry bipedal guy who is orange with a bushy yellow mustache). The Once-ler is holding out a strange, pink, knitted garment he calls a “thneed” for the Lorax to examine. It’s impossible to tell how anyone would wear it, as it’s kind of a onesie for something whose head and limbs are in locations and proportions different from our own.
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Photo still from an episode of 80s TV cop show T.J. Hooker. On the right is actor William Shatner dressed in a police uniform for the titular role of Officer TJ Hooker. On the right is actor Leonard Nimoy, dressed in a sport jacket and tie for this guest appearance on the show. Shatner and Nimoy of course portrayed Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in the original Star Trek series.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Funny you should say that… my first thought upon seeing this clip was The Doubtful Guest, a wonderful book I used to read to my daughter.
Photo of the cover of “The Doubtful Guest”, a children’s book written and illustrated by Edward Gorey in his inimitable style. The cover is a scene, featuring the titular character, a short, penguin-like creature, possibly covered with fur, wearing nothing but a long striped scarf and high-top sneakers. Its eyes do not have pupils. It is standing near a large balustrade.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Good grief… Now they’re selling Stephen Miller t-shirts at the mall.
T-shirt hanging on a rack at a mall store’s entrance. Most of the front is covered with a headshot of Voldemort wearing an evil grin and sticking his tongue out.
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Just wanted to say that I had the pleasure of seeing this amazing and iconic painting on exhibit downtown at the Phillips. I had broken my ankle the month before so I was in a wheelchair. I didn’t know this was in their collection and was stunned when I came around a corner and there it was.
A photo I took at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC on May 25 of this year. Hanging on the wall in the background is Renoir’s iconic painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party. I had fractured my right ankle the previous month and had to have my leg elevated 24/7. I visited the museum in a wheelchair and in this photo my splinted, heavily bandaged leg juts into the foreground from the bottom of the frame.
September 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Robert Duvall, best known for his role as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Movie still of a young Robert Duvall as reclusive neighbor Boo Radley in the classic 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. The photo is of course in black and white. Duvall is unshaven with dark circles under his eyes. In the scene, main character Scout meets Boo for the first time as he stands shyly in the corner of the room.
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Well, if you’re not going to use it, I will!

His name has been Romeo since we adopted him as a 12-week-old in February of 2016. Henceforth he shall be known as Cheese McGee.
Photo of my cat, Romeo, a not-quite-10 year old brown tabby domestic shorthair. He’s on his back lying across my bed with his belly exposed and legs stretched out behind him.
August 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Proud dad and sleeping daughter, two days after she was born.

She begins her junior year of high school next week.
A photo of me standing in my kitchen holding my sleeping infant daughter in one arm and giving an exhausted but happy thumbs-up. This was taken on July 1, 2009, two days after she was born. She begins her junior year of high school next week.
August 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Photo of a vinyl 45 of musician Tom Waits’ recording of his song Ol’ ‘55. The sleeve is a photo of a sky with a few blue patches and a lot of clouds. The label is white and has the usual information on it. It was released on Asylum Records, and has a logo that appears to be a door or a phone booth.
August 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
A photo of my legs, taken two months after I fractured the right one. The right calf, ankle and foot are noticeably smaller than the left because of immobility and disuse. Another month has passed since this was taken and right is still smaller, but they’re starting to even out a bit now that I’m starting to walk again.
July 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
A photo of Phil Rosenthal, host and star of the Netflix travel/food series Somebody Feed Phil. He’s holding a white bowl of noodles in his left hand and chopsticks with a full pinch of noodles in his right hand. He’s waiting to finish a mouthful of food before shoveling in more.
July 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I’ve never seen one of those before. Have you ever seen one of ours? They’re also quite friendly.
Photo of adult male American Robin in profile. He’s perched on a branch. Wings and back are grey, head is dark grey, beak is yellow and he has a white ring around his eye. And, of course, the familiar orange breast.
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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“Ha__y Father’s Day!

Wait, where’s the “pp”?

Aagh! It’s on my shoes!!!”

Here’s a photo of me holding my just-bathed daughter captured the moment after she started peeing on me.

She turns 16 on the 29th. 🥹
A photo of me holding my then-infant daughter right after she’d had a bath. I’m wearing a white t shirt and glasses. She’s looking at the camera with a chubby-cheeked grin. I’m looking down in shock because that’s the exact moment I realized she was peeing on my shoes. In the background right you can see her crib and above that a mobile from IKEA with butterflies.
June 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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“What’s wrong with being sexy?”

“SexIST.”
Movie still from This is Spinal Tap featuring characters Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins having a conversation. Nigel is wearing a white t shirt with pictures of animated characters Gumby and Pokey on it, and he’s holding a drink. David is seated and wearing a white jacket over a white button down shirt.
June 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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“As long as I gaze on
Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise…”

Here’s me today at the National Gallery of Art gazing on “Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset” by Claude Monet.

See my quoted post for some more context.
A photo of me staring at a painting in a heavy gilt wood frame on exhibit in the National Gallery of Art West Building in Washington DC. Painted by Claude Monet, it’s an impressionistic rendering of a bridge illuminated by a sunset and reflected in the river below. The accompanying object label reads: Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset oil on canvas, 1904 CLAUDE MONET French 1840-1926 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon I’m sitting in a wheelchair with my broken right leg extended in front of me. I’m wearing dark blue shorts, a dark blue sweater and a black stocking cap. It was chilly in the gallery. I was ecstatic the first time I came upon this painting while visiting the NGA because it of course reminded me of Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks, one of my favorite songs ever. I always make a point of stopping by to see it whenever I go to the NGA. My wife and I decided to go today. It’s a pain in the ass going anywhere with a broken leg, but I think making the effort helps the recovery process. Sure hope so!
June 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Happy Birthday to John Henry Bonham, born May 31, 1948
A black-and-white photo taken from behind the drum kit of John Bonham, drummer for the mighty Led Zeppelin, looking out into a full audience with the house lights up. At left and most prominently in the foreground is a large kettle drum.
May 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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“Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset” by Claude Monet.

It made me so happy to come across this in the National Gallery a few years ago. I make a point of spending a few minutes with it every time I visit the NGA, like a pilgrimage.
Photo of a painting in a heavy gilt wood frame on exhibit in the National Gallery of Art West Building in Washington DC. Painted by Claude Monet, it’s an impressionistic rendering of a bridge illuminated by a sunset and reflected in the river below. The accompanying object label reads: Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset oil on canvas, 1904 CLAUDE MONET French 1840-1926 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon I was ecstatic the first time I came upon this painting while visiting the NGA because it of course reminded me of Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks, one of my favorite songs ever.
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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This morning I was scrolling and scrolling until it occurred to me that instead of using my fingers to swipe a screen, I could be doing this:
Early morning, laying in bed, I took this photo of my hand reaching out to pet my cat Romeo, a shorthair brown tabby who’s sprawled lazily across a pillow next to me. He’s my spirit animal, and he’s lived with our family since February of 2016, when he was 12 weeks old. An open window in the background is letting in the cool spring air.
May 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I fell madly in love with her as Elise McKenna in Somewhere in Time.
A photo of English actress Jane Seymour as fictional American actress Elise McKenna in the soppy but beloved 1980 film Somewhere in Time. Seymour is wearing a white gown and long white gloves. Her long brown hair is in a 1912 fashion style updo and she’s gazing at the viewer from a slight angle.
May 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Happy Birthday to Brian Eno, born on May 15, 1948.

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Color photo of musician Brian Eno, date unknown. He’s standing against a shiny blue backdrop. His hair is cut very short. He’s wearing black pants and a sweater with alternating thin horizontal stripes of yellow and black, the cuffs and turtleneck of which are all black.
May 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Photo of the Chicago city skyline taken from the Skyline Walk behind the Adler Planetarium. Sitting on the wall in the immediate foreground is a poké bowl, out of which is sticking a pair of chopsticks. This was my last dinner in Chicago during a conference I attended in August. That afternoon I had walked down to Chess Records and as soon as I got there the sky opened up and it rained heavily for fifteen minutes. I waited it out under the awning outside Chess. Truly a magical moment. On my walk back uptown I stopped at the Crisp and Cool Cafe and got a poké bowl to go. I then walked out past the art museum and aquarium to sit on the wall behind the planetarium to eat, with the Chicago skyline in view over here and Lake Michigan all the way to the horizon over there. What a great way to end my visit.
May 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Beans, beans
Good for the heart….

Hoping you’re feeling better tonight and that tomorrow is a good day.
The toe pads of my cat Romeo’s (shorthair brown tabby) hind foot partially covered by his front paw. The toe pads of my cat Baby (medium hair, white with brown tabby patches). Until her, I never knew cats could have different colored beans. She has long silky tufts of hair between her toes and has trouble stopping when she’s running on linoleum or bare wood floors. It’s fun t watch.
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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How it’s Going: May 3, 2025
Sitting in my living room chair for the first time since I broke my leg. I’ve got both legs up on a footstool. My left leg is heavily bandaged below the knee with just the tips of my toes sticking out. One of my cats is standing on my lap and I’m petting her. That’s Baby, a medium-hair, brown tabby back, tail and cap and all white otherwise. Behind me is a large chest on which sits our stereo and record player. I’ve got a window behind me and one to my right, both with long white curtains. The floor is hardwood and there are no rugs.
May 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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How it Started: April 12, 2025
A photo I took the day I broke my leg. POV looking down the length of my body. I’m under a blanket strapped to a gurney in the back of an ambulance. My left foot is wearing a grey hospital sock and my right foot is in a splint and heavily bandaged. Beyond are the ambulance doors with the familiar three crossed bars symbol backlit from outside.
May 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hi Stevie Ray from Baby!
Baby, a medium-hair cat with brown tabby markings on back, tail and cap and all white otherwise, sleeps on her back, extremely furry belly exposed. Note raccoon tail.
May 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM