Martin Stillion
@martin-stillion.bsky.social
Grand Pooh-Bah of the Royal Nonesuch, Outer Quadrant, Sovereign Republic of Tangent-Land. Facebook refugee.
Wait, the Mariners traded Harry Ford for this guy?
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Wait, the Mariners traded Harry Ford for this guy?
What the story doesn't mention is that the blingtastic violin was completed three years ago and has been sitting without a buyer ever since. I'm guessing people who have 5.8 million euro to spend on a violin probably want something by an old master.
Passion is the fuel for creativity: the Osmium Violin
Learn more about how you can get your hands on this distinctive violin, highly decorated with precious crystalline osmium, offered for acquisition for €5.8 million
www.thestrad.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
What the story doesn't mention is that the blingtastic violin was completed three years ago and has been sitting without a buyer ever since. I'm guessing people who have 5.8 million euro to spend on a violin probably want something by an old master.
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can i just say, if what feels like the inevitable happens re: a certain vice president's marriage
converting to catholicism and almost immediately having to stare down a divorce? hilarious shit. great job.
converting to catholicism and almost immediately having to stare down a divorce? hilarious shit. great job.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
can i just say, if what feels like the inevitable happens re: a certain vice president's marriage
converting to catholicism and almost immediately having to stare down a divorce? hilarious shit. great job.
converting to catholicism and almost immediately having to stare down a divorce? hilarious shit. great job.
Holy cow.
An *ordinary* "Stumpf fiddle" is enough of an abomination. But an ELECTRIC one?
An *ordinary* "Stumpf fiddle" is enough of an abomination. But an ELECTRIC one?
Used Handcrafted Electric Stumpf Fiddle/Bumbass Musical Instrument
shopgoodwill.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Holy cow.
An *ordinary* "Stumpf fiddle" is enough of an abomination. But an ELECTRIC one?
An *ordinary* "Stumpf fiddle" is enough of an abomination. But an ELECTRIC one?
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Once in a while I'll wonder about one of the spooky short stories I liked to read as a kid, mostly in those Alfred Hitchcock anthologies, although if I'm not mistaken this one was in Reader's Digest.
She Fell Among Thieves, by Robert Edmond Alter
Published 50 years ago, in the April 1966 edition of Argosy, reprinted from September 1964 Our six diggers were spading back the hard, cindery earth crusted over a formation of flat stones. I was sitt...
nwhyte.livejournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Once in a while I'll wonder about one of the spooky short stories I liked to read as a kid, mostly in those Alfred Hitchcock anthologies, although if I'm not mistaken this one was in Reader's Digest.
Perhaps the fog of war is related to the Tullamore Dew.
The fog of war isn't literally fog or smoke, Pete, it means uncertainty and the inability to make rational decisions.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Perhaps the fog of war is related to the Tullamore Dew.
WOW
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
WOW
The more I listen to Shemekiah Copeland, the more reasons there are to keep listening.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND: Money Makes You Ugly
YouTube video by Table 20 Productions
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The more I listen to Shemekiah Copeland, the more reasons there are to keep listening.
Bears and Patriots? Is it 1985 all over again?
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bears and Patriots? Is it 1985 all over again?
Costco wants a refund if tariffs are repealed. Would any of said refund be passed along to consumers?
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Costco wants a refund if tariffs are repealed. Would any of said refund be passed along to consumers?
If the strikes on suspected drug boats become normalized...
Eventually there will be strikes on refugee boats. There will be strikes on people walking down the street suspected of drug possession.
Duterte did this, and now he's in The Hague.
Eventually there will be strikes on refugee boats. There will be strikes on people walking down the street suspected of drug possession.
Duterte did this, and now he's in The Hague.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If the strikes on suspected drug boats become normalized...
Eventually there will be strikes on refugee boats. There will be strikes on people walking down the street suspected of drug possession.
Duterte did this, and now he's in The Hague.
Eventually there will be strikes on refugee boats. There will be strikes on people walking down the street suspected of drug possession.
Duterte did this, and now he's in The Hague.
I know you're Canadian ... but you still need to sue this idiot for intellectual property violations.
Franklin the Turtle publisher slams "violent" use of character's image after Hegseth post
"We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image."
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I know you're Canadian ... but you still need to sue this idiot for intellectual property violations.
There was much scrutiny of Kegsbreath's personal shortcomings during his confirmation hearings.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
There was much scrutiny of Kegsbreath's personal shortcomings during his confirmation hearings.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
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The CD spine read GREAT DIVORCE SONGS FOR HIM. Thought it was a gospel album by a band named for a C.S. Lewis novel. Then I looked closer.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The CD spine read GREAT DIVORCE SONGS FOR HIM. Thought it was a gospel album by a band named for a C.S. Lewis novel. Then I looked closer.
I had been thinking about trying the Fried Liver Attack, just for fun. But someone tried it on me first.
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I had been thinking about trying the Fried Liver Attack, just for fun. But someone tried it on me first.
The ultimate clickbait headline? It made me click, anyhow.
Rare Tusked Whale Found Alive for the First Time, and Scientists Shot It
No, they didn’t try to kill it. Let’s get that out of the way before anyone imagines a Moby-Dick reenactment.
www.vice.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The ultimate clickbait headline? It made me click, anyhow.
I'd watch that film...
Autocorrect has just changed Muppet Christmas Carol to “Multiple Christ Car Hire”.
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'd watch that film...
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#OnThisDayInHistory, William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in 1582. She looks amazing, what's her skin routine?!
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in 1582. She looks amazing, what's her skin routine?!
What keeps THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL from being great is the unwatchable "Marleys" sequence.
It should be ghostly, but it's ghastly.
Marley should never be played for laughs.
It should be ghostly, but it's ghastly.
Marley should never be played for laughs.
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What keeps THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL from being great is the unwatchable "Marleys" sequence.
It should be ghostly, but it's ghastly.
Marley should never be played for laughs.
It should be ghostly, but it's ghastly.
Marley should never be played for laughs.
I don't disagree, but good luck making this happen.
Kegsbreath actually published a book about, among other things, how he thinks the Geneva Convention and rules of engagement are for wussies. Anyone who didn't see this coming is blind.
He might be impeached, but he won't resign.
Kegsbreath actually published a book about, among other things, how he thinks the Geneva Convention and rules of engagement are for wussies. Anyone who didn't see this coming is blind.
He might be impeached, but he won't resign.
And if Donald Trump approved or encouraged these actions, then impeachment and criminal referral are not optional: they're required to defend the rule of law...
hartmannreport.com/p/breaking-n...
hartmannreport.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: If Hegseth Gave an Order to “Kill Everybody,” He Must Be Removed and Prosecuted
And if Donald Trump approved or encouraged these actions, then impeachment and criminal referral are not optional: they're required to defend the rule of law...
hartmannreport.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I don't disagree, but good luck making this happen.
Kegsbreath actually published a book about, among other things, how he thinks the Geneva Convention and rules of engagement are for wussies. Anyone who didn't see this coming is blind.
He might be impeached, but he won't resign.
Kegsbreath actually published a book about, among other things, how he thinks the Geneva Convention and rules of engagement are for wussies. Anyone who didn't see this coming is blind.
He might be impeached, but he won't resign.
It's fun to see Basil Rathbone as Scrooge, but operatic baritone Robert Weede as Marley steals the show. As an actor he's no Frank Finlay (the best screen Marley), but he has something Finlay didn't: a song. Lyrics a bit cheesy by today's standards, but Weede absolutely sells it. Incredible.
The Stingest Man in Town 1956
YouTube video by The Sweetest Sounds
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's fun to see Basil Rathbone as Scrooge, but operatic baritone Robert Weede as Marley steals the show. As an actor he's no Frank Finlay (the best screen Marley), but he has something Finlay didn't: a song. Lyrics a bit cheesy by today's standards, but Weede absolutely sells it. Incredible.
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