Dr. Melissa Dunphy
@mormolyke.com
Composer, citizen archaeologist, ethnically ambiguous Australian-American.
In-process photos. It's hard to articulate how frustrating and engrossing and messy and (eventually) rewarding this is.
August 29, 2023 at 7:12 PM
In-process photos. It's hard to articulate how frustrating and engrossing and messy and (eventually) rewarding this is.
This bottle here is the primary reason I have spent 200+ hours in the last month jigsaw-puzzling a massive tub of green glass shards. We found and picked out just the seal when we were digging the 103 South privy, and I was hoping to find the bottle that housed it. Hard work and patience = success!!
August 29, 2023 at 6:45 PM
This bottle here is the primary reason I have spent 200+ hours in the last month jigsaw-puzzling a massive tub of green glass shards. We found and picked out just the seal when we were digging the 103 South privy, and I was hoping to find the bottle that housed it. Hard work and patience = success!!
A little emotional about these two. Case gin bottles are almost impossible to assemble from privy contexts; I have LEVELED UP, ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED. If that weren't exciting enough, we have our first onion bottle now too, omgggggggg. Both from the bottom of the 103 South Privy. #archaeology
July 31, 2023 at 10:12 PM
A little emotional about these two. Case gin bottles are almost impossible to assemble from privy contexts; I have LEVELED UP, ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED. If that weren't exciting enough, we have our first onion bottle now too, omgggggggg. Both from the bottom of the 103 South Privy. #archaeology
I am struggling to finish a very overdue commission, and have been kinda down on myself this week, but I just saw this piece from @katewagner.bsky.social and have been laughing my ass off for 5 min at this paragraph—I feel so much better!
July 5, 2023 at 8:31 PM
I am struggling to finish a very overdue commission, and have been kinda down on myself this week, but I just saw this piece from @katewagner.bsky.social and have been laughing my ass off for 5 min at this paragraph—I feel so much better!
I'm still convinced that the Phanatic inspired the monster at the end of Stephen King's The Library Policeman
July 4, 2023 at 3:55 AM
I'm still convinced that the Phanatic inspired the monster at the end of Stephen King's The Library Policeman
Who needs the Thames? After a good rain, we can mudlark in the dog park across the street from our home in Philly! We always spot 18th- and 19th-century sherds, likely churned up from demolished privies and dumped back into the ground when the adjacent stretch of I-95 was built in the late 1970s
July 3, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Who needs the Thames? After a good rain, we can mudlark in the dog park across the street from our home in Philly! We always spot 18th- and 19th-century sherds, likely churned up from demolished privies and dumped back into the ground when the adjacent stretch of I-95 was built in the late 1970s
One of my cats has made her feelings about the halibut stuffy known, and the halibut stuffy also has some feelings about it
July 3, 2023 at 4:37 PM
One of my cats has made her feelings about the halibut stuffy known, and the halibut stuffy also has some feelings about it
Better to die on a hill than a mountain
June 30, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Better to die on a hill than a mountain
The singers were great! The choir was great! The music was great! Just ... why??? Why this story, framed like this?
(I mean, we know why)
One of the female characters was actually just a near-death hallucination by one of the men ffs
(I mean, we know why)
One of the female characters was actually just a near-death hallucination by one of the men ffs
June 28, 2023 at 7:07 PM
The singers were great! The choir was great! The music was great! Just ... why??? Why this story, framed like this?
(I mean, we know why)
One of the female characters was actually just a near-death hallucination by one of the men ffs
(I mean, we know why)
One of the female characters was actually just a near-death hallucination by one of the men ffs
Ordered room service for lunch, waiter came and laid it out on the balcony table, and within 30 secs, to her horror and my delight, an enormous seagull swooped down and ate my tiramisu! 😂😂😂 This was the replacement. Fair enough, right? Every seagull should try it.
June 12, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Ordered room service for lunch, waiter came and laid it out on the balcony table, and within 30 secs, to her horror and my delight, an enormous seagull swooped down and ate my tiramisu! 😂😂😂 This was the replacement. Fair enough, right? Every seagull should try it.
Last week vs this week, my life is weird
June 12, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Last week vs this week, my life is weird
My favorite factoid about Die Forelle (aside from it being Schubert setting Schubart lol) is that Schubert left off Schubart's final stanza, which is ... ermmm ... wow
May 29, 2023 at 11:22 PM
My favorite factoid about Die Forelle (aside from it being Schubert setting Schubart lol) is that Schubert left off Schubart's final stanza, which is ... ermmm ... wow
Oop I think they heard you
May 28, 2023 at 2:14 PM
Oop I think they heard you
Between playing Schubert when they finish a cycle and this goth af dryer that just appeared in my ads, Samsung are trying real hard to target me, but I just can't get past the fact their garbage rusts out and breaks in under 3 years? We switched to Speed Queen. But I do covet goth laundry appliances
May 28, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Between playing Schubert when they finish a cycle and this goth af dryer that just appeared in my ads, Samsung are trying real hard to target me, but I just can't get past the fact their garbage rusts out and breaks in under 3 years? We switched to Speed Queen. But I do covet goth laundry appliances