Paul Bushmiller
@paulbusmiller.bsky.social
University Library Cataloging Clerk by Trade; Govt & Pol major UMCP, Navy photo-intell rating (in a past life), quasi-anarchistic free-form radio is my jam. Originally a New Englander
Stopping by the woods on snowy morn
- (all apologies to Frost)
- (all apologies to Frost)
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Stopping by the woods on snowy morn
- (all apologies to Frost)
- (all apologies to Frost)
And I always thought Minor Threat were from here in D.C.
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
And I always thought Minor Threat were from here in D.C.
There is no truth to the rumor that the current moment is an off Hollywood remake of "Donnie Darko It is in fact an off Salt Lake remake of "Carnival of Souls"
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There is no truth to the rumor that the current moment is an off Hollywood remake of "Donnie Darko It is in fact an off Salt Lake remake of "Carnival of Souls"
Two pictures here I took last weekend one either a Halloween decoration or the great follower come to have a talk The other a random country road that comes from, goes to I do not know (well, I do I guess Edmonston & Greenbelt)
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Two pictures here I took last weekend one either a Halloween decoration or the great follower come to have a talk The other a random country road that comes from, goes to I do not know (well, I do I guess Edmonston & Greenbelt)
Walking along Route 1 in College Park there were little knots of boisterous folk every couple of hundred feet Lotta honks from cars & trucks
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Walking along Route 1 in College Park there were little knots of boisterous folk every couple of hundred feet Lotta honks from cars & trucks
I propose all US military bases be immediately be renamed after the Portland Frog Numbered sequentially from north to south, east to west like Federal Highways {eg: Frog 1, Frog 2, Frog 95} & the Pentagon to: "Peace Frog" Tell Pete to 'Make it so'
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I propose all US military bases be immediately be renamed after the Portland Frog Numbered sequentially from north to south, east to west like Federal Highways {eg: Frog 1, Frog 2, Frog 95} & the Pentagon to: "Peace Frog" Tell Pete to 'Make it so'
“Well. I see a 50’s apartment house bleak in the morning sun” - Modern Lovers “Old World”
Other pic is Trolley Car line bike path Both (different ends of) College Park
Other pic is Trolley Car line bike path Both (different ends of) College Park
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“Well. I see a 50’s apartment house bleak in the morning sun” - Modern Lovers “Old World”
Other pic is Trolley Car line bike path Both (different ends of) College Park
Other pic is Trolley Car line bike path Both (different ends of) College Park
It seems that pseudo strife in cities will be a continuing pursuit of this administration & its trivially irrelevant whether the president truly believes it or not Consider: Trump in front of his TV in the oval office watching his news, a rapt bundle of sticks with a hatchet head
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It seems that pseudo strife in cities will be a continuing pursuit of this administration & its trivially irrelevant whether the president truly believes it or not Consider: Trump in front of his TV in the oval office watching his news, a rapt bundle of sticks with a hatchet head
Picture I took last summer, I've been using as a desktop background at work These 3 lighthouses used to sit on a bluff in Eastham MA one day someone came by & said well we could 1 light that flashed 3 times so they took these down & moved them to a grove half mile inland
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Picture I took last summer, I've been using as a desktop background at work These 3 lighthouses used to sit on a bluff in Eastham MA one day someone came by & said well we could 1 light that flashed 3 times so they took these down & moved them to a grove half mile inland
A local saga I was following all summer (& b’tweeted on a month ago) They dug up a small wetland behind Engineering. At 1rst I thought they’re putting up a new Bldg, but no simply remade the pond: bigger deeper Goose (lower right, last) is thinking “is all this for me?”
September 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A local saga I was following all summer (& b’tweeted on a month ago) They dug up a small wetland behind Engineering. At 1rst I thought they’re putting up a new Bldg, but no simply remade the pond: bigger deeper Goose (lower right, last) is thinking “is all this for me?”
Took a moment last weekend to walk thru a section of College Park I had never set foot in before, or was it Calvert Hills at that point
September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Took a moment last weekend to walk thru a section of College Park I had never set foot in before, or was it Calvert Hills at that point
Donors are demurring on Big $ to a Biden P. library I have some sympathy for this (not a lot) I never felt he should have gone for a 2nd term. In the words of St. Eastwood "A man's got to know to know his limitations" Maybe one of those Free Library kiosks like the one on Red Mill Pond in Milton
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Donors are demurring on Big $ to a Biden P. library I have some sympathy for this (not a lot) I never felt he should have gone for a 2nd term. In the words of St. Eastwood "A man's got to know to know his limitations" Maybe one of those Free Library kiosks like the one on Red Mill Pond in Milton
Route 1 College Park (Md) from a UMD shuttle bus window, the #132
September 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Route 1 College Park (Md) from a UMD shuttle bus window, the #132
A nearly random kick-out of photographs from last summer 3 of College Park one of Cape Henlopen by the six inch gun batteries or so call it “My Manomet”
September 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A nearly random kick-out of photographs from last summer 3 of College Park one of Cape Henlopen by the six inch gun batteries or so call it “My Manomet”
At Hornbake library this summer clearing out a storeroom of 16mm film cause to recall a summer years ago neighbor Mrs Harkham in charge of towns children's film series showed a movie from her country, memory settled on Pinnocio dans l'espace One also in Supermarionation (or similar)
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At Hornbake library this summer clearing out a storeroom of 16mm film cause to recall a summer years ago neighbor Mrs Harkham in charge of towns children's film series showed a movie from her country, memory settled on Pinnocio dans l'espace One also in Supermarionation (or similar)
This is a photo of a block of wood Part of a stop to keep cars from driving off a dead end Nothing to recommend it really, but it spoke to me somehow. I've always felt a certain kinship with blocks of wood
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is a photo of a block of wood Part of a stop to keep cars from driving off a dead end Nothing to recommend it really, but it spoke to me somehow. I've always felt a certain kinship with blocks of wood
In my first hometown they built, somewhat unaccountably, a Greek Temple around a rock at low tide & worshiped it, I seem to recall, as a god. Declaring themselves to be (in solidarity with the land) "Children of the Corn"
August 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In my first hometown they built, somewhat unaccountably, a Greek Temple around a rock at low tide & worshiped it, I seem to recall, as a god. Declaring themselves to be (in solidarity with the land) "Children of the Corn"
Over the last couple of weeks a small wetland in an increasingly industrial side of campus is being assaulted by an assortment of very large equipments I can only conclude that the bees butterflies & cattails somehow Angered the STEM gods
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Over the last couple of weeks a small wetland in an increasingly industrial side of campus is being assaulted by an assortment of very large equipments I can only conclude that the bees butterflies & cattails somehow Angered the STEM gods
They say College Park is one of those pastoral park-like campuses, dunno not really seeing it
July 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
They say College Park is one of those pastoral park-like campuses, dunno not really seeing it
On the steps outside my apartment building in College Park (Md.) I saw this (deceased mercifully) Took it inside & ran it though reverse image search "Dynastes tityus": "Hercules" beetle _Native_ to the eastern United States. Well, now
July 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
On the steps outside my apartment building in College Park (Md.) I saw this (deceased mercifully) Took it inside & ran it though reverse image search "Dynastes tityus": "Hercules" beetle _Native_ to the eastern United States. Well, now
Last painting in Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress" - the Madhouse. Not just a 80's band from DC
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Last painting in Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress" - the Madhouse. Not just a 80's band from DC
Toadstool Henge, UMd
July 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Toadstool Henge, UMd
Unhalf-bricking
Word spells Calvert a family who once owned - Maryland, Lord Baltimore was a Calvert, but not Sir Lord Baltimore who were a 70’s proto-punk metal band
Word spells Calvert a family who once owned - Maryland, Lord Baltimore was a Calvert, but not Sir Lord Baltimore who were a 70’s proto-punk metal band
July 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Unhalf-bricking
Word spells Calvert a family who once owned - Maryland, Lord Baltimore was a Calvert, but not Sir Lord Baltimore who were a 70’s proto-punk metal band
Word spells Calvert a family who once owned - Maryland, Lord Baltimore was a Calvert, but not Sir Lord Baltimore who were a 70’s proto-punk metal band
Thing about young deer like young humans I suppose, is that they believe that if they hide & are still they truly can’t be seen (UMd by Paint Branch)
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thing about young deer like young humans I suppose, is that they believe that if they hide & are still they truly can’t be seen (UMd by Paint Branch)
Odd moment w/ a squirrel yesterday standing there looking out like a ship's crows nest I walked by then turned back It dived into the bin I said "Come back out & stand there just like you were so I can take a picture" -- it did so I then thanked it & left
July 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Odd moment w/ a squirrel yesterday standing there looking out like a ship's crows nest I walked by then turned back It dived into the bin I said "Come back out & stand there just like you were so I can take a picture" -- it did so I then thanked it & left