Spike “taskerlands.com” Nesmith

Literally the best* thing about today.

*(not including hugs from loved ones, or cat head boops)

I used to love those CDs. We ripped off so many generic jingles from them back at hospital radio.

The Imus one? “Nothin’ but class….”

It seems there are two types of people in the world: people who say “WNBC” a specific way because they saw it in “Private Parts”, and people who say “WNBC” a specific way because that’s how they used to say it on WNBC.

I really don’t listen to podcasts.

The saying of which is the 2025 equivalent to 1980’s “I really don’t like the Rubix Cube” I suppose.

Not a day goes by where I don’t offer a personalised album recommendation to someone who didn’t even ask for it. Sometimes it’s because the person has a specific personality trait that reminds me of something, or it might be entirely situational.

Bet I’m not alone in doing this.

The Coltharts, fundraising for the Craighalbert Centre Help Jen Colthart raise money to support Craighalbert Centre

Our “in lieu of flowers” for my dad’s funeral last week was for a super super great cause, and one he’d absolutely approve of.

Even though we’re at an unbelievable 145% of our target, my sisters and I have extended the end date til the 15th, his birthday.

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Anyone else stuck for an unreasonable amount of time in the departure lounge of Glasgow Airport? My flight is in THREE HOURS and all I’ve got to do is eat impossible whoppers and cry.

Come find me and cheer me up for gawd’s sake.

I don’t look good in pictures, I really don’t. My face looks like it was on fire and someone put it out with a rusty shovel.

Yet still, any time someone takes my picture and it’s half decent, I think “is that the one that will be on display at my funeral…? 😳

Thank you so much!

The Coltharts, fundraising for the Craighalbert Centre Help Jen Colthart raise money to support Craighalbert Centre

My Dad’s funeral was today, but we kept it upbeat and happy, a celebration. Friends and family and love everywhere.

Particularly exciting was reaching 97% on his Just Giving. Can you push us over the top? It’s for an amazing cause, close to my Dad’s heart

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The Coltharts, fundraising for the Craighalbert Centre Help Jen Colthart raise money to support Craighalbert Centre

My late Dad wouldn’t have wanted flowers at his funeral. I can guarantee it. He’d love for you to honour his memory instead with a small donation to an *amazing* cause.

Cheers, faither. Let’s change some lives for the better.

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Has BlueSky peaked, or am I just boring?

Who’s on first!

Me, and all the quality social media traction I get on BlueSky.

Shark week is here agin, and I was watching a thing last night about how bad and unethical shark fin soup is. Gee, I sure am sad that people kill and eat a creature that would have my legs off in an instant and my head just as fast. Tragic.

/me wipes away a sarcastic tear

I’d like the publicly thank Apple’s facial recognition software; You recognise me, even on the days when I don’t even recognise myself.

I can't remember the episode, maybe 2.5?, but Bob's "claim" that the second world war was started by Mick Jagger is without a doubt the single funniest thing I've ever seen on TV.

"You can't take it with you", they say. Well, I took a box of mac and cheese with me to work. What do the so-called 'experts' have to say about that, I wonder?

Why does Bill Medley only ever sing one song at a time?

Sadly, the robotic props from Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” video were not very well looked after, and are currently languishing at Lol Creme’s storage facility outside of Tunbridge Wells.

Today’s question: “It’s not number one, but it’s one of the top five music videos ever made”.

I’ll start - “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

HERE COMES A NARWHAL

EEEOOEEEOOOEEEOOIEEOOOEEE

Cool: finding a cd with airchecks from 20+ years ago.

Not cool: finding out you haven’t actually improved in 20 years.

Listen to the music of today. Now tell me Stock, Aitken, and Waterman were guilty of ANYTHING other than making perfectly crafted pop music that made people happy.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

I was watching a clip of Gary Lineker discussing Gaza with Amol Rajan on the BBC. Lineker made an excellent point that isn't pointed out often enough. When Rajan said the BBC has a duty to be impartial, Lineker pointed out that isn't true.

It has a duty to be factual. He is correct.

NP: "Sweet Dreams" by The Eurythmics, a song that sounds like someone singing over a three minute twenty seven second long game of "Lazy Jones" on the Commodore 64.

NP: Tina Turner

Question: did all the children manage to get a life beyond the Thunderdome? I’ve not seen the movie, but the song makes it sound pretty bloody important.

Atta boy, Mike.

Head made “As We Go Along” my favourite Monkees song.