A couple of months ago, sister-in-law gave us a very silly squirrel “picnic table”, which we hung by a living room window. The previously super-boring privacy fence view is now hilarious entertainment. This is what we’re watching today, and it’s far more interesting than today’s circus on TV.

Oh, wow, yes. Yum.

Everybody in the stands and on the field in KC dressed for the weather yesterday - and people attending previous inauguration events did the same. TFG is too scared to freeze his widdle hands, and/or eager to pocket the inauguration donation $$

Pair with sweet, or with savory? There are no wrong answers.

The NAMM Show happens this week in Anaheim, California. This picture is from several years ago.

The NAMM Show happens this week in Anaheim, California. The Anaheim Convention Center also played the part of Starfleet Headquarters and Academy in some of the Star Trek movies 🍿

In addition to familiar instruments and musical gear, companies also bring fanciful (and sometimes even silly) prototypes to The NAMM Show, like this Millennium Falcon DJ rig Pioneer showed awhile back.

The late electronic music pioneer and creator of the TONTO synthesizer, Malcolm Cecil gave demonstrations of the Moog Modular synth at The NAMM Show

Headed to The NAMM Show this week. I have missed it these past few years - looking forward to seeing what the music industry has planned for 2025
#NAMM
#Synthtopia

No way!

Watch out! Clint Eastwood would like to give that chair a stern talking-to.

Sadly, none of these guys have what it takes to be a wartime consigliere. And Hollywood isn’t gonna welcome this geriatric trio of cranks and their godfather’s outdated ideas.

RIP David Lynch

(in heaven, everything is fine)

Blistering barnacles! What a year!

I apologize to America for my fellow Iowans who voted to re-elect Joni Ernst :-/

I was disappointed that he didn’t throw in a little “Careless Whisper” riff at the end

lazy Sunday: husband ( @synthtopia.bsky.social ) made us delicious French toast for football-watching brunch, using the leftover bread he baked yesterday

As I migrate away from Meta social platforms (and X, blergh), I’m so happy to find that you’re here on Bluesky! Looking forward to a 2025 filled with your wonderful orange creations 🧡🧡🧡

Random actions like this are not meant to keep anyone safe, they are intended to terrorize hardworking people. Please take time to know your rights, make a plan for your family, and show solidarity to coworkers and neighbors who are vulnerable.

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UFW union members are among those detained while traveling home from work yesterday. We are providing them and their families with support. 1/

Yay! This little bit of good news is just what I needed to see this morning.

shoveling in a winter wonderland

Two small vintage German incense burners, a clockmaker and a beer-seller, on a bright red tablecloth.

Happy new year!

Lola and Orville keep the watch

Oh wow, there’s a movie I haven’t thought about in a million years. It’s so good! I don’t think I ever saw my father-in-law laugh so hard as he did watching this movie with us. Very Marx Brothers.

Thank you for the reminder to find and watch this again.

That’s a wonderful, hilarious book, too! By Christopher (?) Buckley, son of William F.

a coca cola vending machine with a bottle of coca cola in front of it ALT: a coca cola vending machine with a bottle of coca cola in front of it

Good Burger

Hot fuzz is a family favorite here

OMG young Brendan Fraser in any of those fish-out-of-water roles is ::chef’s kiss::

That is an all-time favorite!

He has got the “I’m so disappointed in you kids” look down pat.

I take perverse pleasure in seeing Aaron Rogers’s face go from an “I’m so disappointed in you kids” expression to a full blown “wtf am I doing here” look of grim resignation. It’s not nice to get such a kick out of his misery, but after his Covid shenanigans at Green Bay, he deserves it

Wow! Trying to imagine what 400 tubas in one performance space feels like - especially to be a player in the middle of that ensemble. (Very vibe-y)
The Kauffman Centrr is such a beautiful venue - how cool that your daughter got to perform there!