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I’m rewatching Breaking Bad after finally watching Better Call Saul & it feels like a whole different show even though I’ve seen it before.

One of my 10 year old piano students wants to play “In The End” by Linkin Park for the winter recital & it will never not be funny to me.

It’s called “No Write Way.” She interviews other authors about their writing process.

Oooh, that one’s been on my radar for a bit, I’ll move it up on my list. Weirdly enough, I’ve listened to her podcast about writing but I don’t think I’ve ever actually read any of her books.

I will check her out, thanks for the recommendation!

Love a good urban fantasy, will check that out!

That sounds fantastic, thank you for the recommendation!

I’ve read some of her horror stuff & liked it but haven’t checked out her fantasy books. Will add those to my list! You had me at “cozy fantasy.”

Reading a lot of fantasy books this year has helped counteract how terrible the news has been. If you’ve got any good recommendations, throw them my way & I will add them to my list!

Lord of The Rings reading update: I’ve made it to Return of The King. Battles are about to happen & I am doing my best trying to keep the names of mountains & rivers straight. 🤪
Still loving it though.

Went on a nice walk and might go out and get a tasty lunch or maybe a coffee in this city that is apparently “burning to the ground.” 🤪

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

This is what is going on in Portland. These protests are happening in one very specific area & the only real violence is coming from federal officers.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

YouTube video by Ween - Topic The Mollusk

My big challenge this weekend is to figure out how to recreate the synth sound from this Ween song. youtu.be/3nZmVy3g3CE

A happy young chiweenie with his tongue hanging out

The same chiweenie, now mature and distinguished, enjoying a summer walk

Ten years ago today, I made one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and adopted this little weirdo, Prince. He was “about two” when I got him, so today he is “about twelve.” First picture was taken on his adoption day in 2015, second picture is from a walk a couple of months ago. 🐾 💜

The newest release, "First Bike," is out today digitally and on a short run of 10 repurposed cassettes. Check it out here
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YouTube video by Garrett Schumann Hot Rod

back when I was on TikTok, I would do these video pieces (inspired by @entmoog.bsky.social!) with some kind of archival footage I liked (via @archive.org) and, typically, a synthy and poppy-er musical accompaniment

this is one of my favorites from those pieces:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoOL...

Spent the afternoon hanging out with one of my synth nerd friends and now I’m thinking about doing Looptober.

That’s a really nice one 🎹

Thank you! I had a lot of fun with it.

Toying with the idea of making an EP or album of electronic Chopin preludes, like this one I made I few months ago. 🎹🤓

#synthesizers #chopin

It was! Super dangerous.

I survived Saturday night out in “war-ravaged” Portland. Went to the symphony and then bought artisan desserts out of a fancy vending machine. Very scary stuff.

Here to report that playing one show with my friend’s Ween cover band has escalated into me learning The Mollusk from start to finish for another show. 😂🤘

So I’m reading The Lord Of The Rings after being a fan of the movies for years. I tried to read these books in middle school (right after the first movie came out) & didn’t make it through them. Anyway, I’m reading them now & they are so good. About halfway through The Two Towers.
🤘🧙‍♂️📚

I still haven’t seen them but I would imagine that they are really good live. I hope they play somewhere near you!

An ad from Carvana featuring a picture of Shaquille O’Neal. Text reads “Chat with Shaq’s A.I. twin.”

A sample conversation with the A.I. Shaqbot.

No one wants this. Why are we doing this?

Trying to decide what Lord of The Rings tattoo I’m going to get. 🤓

Powerwolf 🤘

A little brown dog sits in front of a laptop.

Maybe I should just let my nervous chiweenie finish my novel for me. 😂

This morning I had to explain to a Gen Z coworker what the band Hanson was. I feel ancient. 👵🏻