@travisstern.bsky.social
PhD in theatre history - American theatre history, improv, comedy, and baseball performance. Cloverfield monster in disguise. Self loathing with a hint of lime. 1st book: Ballplayers on Stage (at UTenn P)
"Only at the WBC can you see a Dodger catching a Giant."
Except for, you know, the All-Star Game.
Meanwhile, Bill and Ted have been waiting around on Broadway.
I'm sitting at a flute workshop for my daughter and damn it sounds like Spring in here.
I'm looking for independent baseball writing to support this season. If you write a baseball newsletter, blog, book whatever—or have one to recommend, drop it here (no substack, sorry).
I may not be completely feckless, but let's just say I might have limited feck.
It’s sad that this 5 year old video is still relevant today.
Day 3 of a conference, when everyone's hair starts to smell exactly the same because of the hotel shampoo.
Okay, I gotta admit I missed this. #matc2026
Honestly it's unfair that we no longer have either Catherine O'Hara or Madeline Kahn.
Pitter patter
Spoken like a guy who drinks malk.
No one gets more excited than a parent who knows the answer to just one of their kid's middle school scholastic bowl questions.
Martin Short is another, "hasn't he suffered enough in this life?" person.
Here’s your regular reminder to wash your water bottle. Those things get gross fast so go give it a good scrub & stay hydrated!
Doing her Snoopy as a vulture pose. She's usually hanging further off but she moved as I got up to take the picture.
I got to talk with @explodingarrow.bsky.social again at The Fan Files about some fun baseball nonsense: blood swapping, bat flips, labor issues, and what happens when you're not following the script. If you're a baseball fan and you're not reading The Fan Files regularly, you should change that.
I'm responsible for many of these.
I have a new reading list available on WorldCat, highlighting both non-fiction and historically inspired books related to Black women and girls in baseball. Find them in a library near you at search.worldcat.org/lists/29410e... #BlackHistoryMonth #WomeninBaseball #SearchWorldCat #LoveYourLibrary
How many of you acquired a ball card with Abe Vigoda's shirt in it today?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Not me yelling at the TV when the Olympics broadcast does a piece about Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare in Verona.
I have to review a *scholarly book* (and turn it in on 2/26!) -- preferably ~10 years or newer. My special interest is queerness and social isolation on the prairie and plains of the United States, in poetry or prose. Any suggestions? (Monographs are fine! It's a beginner grad school exercise.)
Buy Stickers. Fuck A.I.
nobodyssweetheart.bigcartel.com
Annoyed by all the AI ads but still want to participate in consumerism?
Buy these instead!
taps sign
You don't need access to a calendar anymore because you can tell the time of year by the periodic reoccurrence of memes:
Superb Owl
It's Gonna Be May
May the Fourth Be with You/ Revenge of the Fifth
Somebody wake up Billie Joe Armstrong
Etc.
“His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.”
Henry IV Part 2 (Act 2, Scene 4)
#ShakespeareSunday
What a day for a mow!