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maestro of melancholy unrequited violist reluctant violinist forever a bassist Ferlinghetti: “Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced and whose bigots haunt the airwaves” Tampa, FL near the Gulf of Mexico

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Milo, lying down to sleep on a large page of sheet music

Milo, lying down to sleep on a large page of sheet music

And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.

10.03.2026 22:02 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Right before rehearsal started I noticed a giant hairball in my viola.

11.03.2026 00:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hope this email finds you quickly.

10.03.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@milkepescs.bsky.social how did I not know How To Do Everything is back? omg omg omg

10.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

another absolutely lovely pair of sentences.

10.03.2026 17:03 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

always

10.03.2026 16:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality," Milo remarked.

"That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason," said Alec, smiling, for he had seen right through Milo's plans.

10.03.2026 13:02 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Jingle Shower Simple daily ear training game. Play and hear today's daily musical challenge now!

Jingle Shower 1308
Attempt #1
Found: 15 / 15
Best Streak: 5
% Correct: 71.4
1 / 3 badges earned today

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10.03.2026 12:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Daily Jingle Daily ear training warmup game. Play and hear today's daily musical challenge now!

Jingle 1479 2/5

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10.03.2026 12:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
experiment

experiment

#photography

10.03.2026 03:18 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

no.

10.03.2026 01:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nothing's Going to Happen
Nothing's Going to Happen YouTube video by Tall Dwarfs - Topic

currently playing in two different rooms of the house

youtu.be/4w_p-_8zpk0?...

10.03.2026 00:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this makes so much sense

09.03.2026 23:32 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

47 spams today - a record

09.03.2026 23:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

congrats!

09.03.2026 22:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Many years ago, on this very spot, there was a beautiful city of fine houses and inviting spaces, and no one who lived here was ever in a hurry. The streets were full of wonderful things to see and the people would often stop to look at them."
"Didn't they have any place to go?" asked Milo.
"To be sure," continued Alec; "but, as you know, the most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. Then one day someone discovered that if you walked as fast as possible and looked at nothing but your shoes you would arrive at your destination much more quickly. Soon everyone was doing it. They all rushed down the avenues and hurried along the boulevards seeing nothing of the wonders and beauties of their city as they went."
Milo remembered the many times he'd done the very same thing; and, as hard as he tried, there were even things on his own street that he couldn't remember.

"Many years ago, on this very spot, there was a beautiful city of fine houses and inviting spaces, and no one who lived here was ever in a hurry. The streets were full of wonderful things to see and the people would often stop to look at them." "Didn't they have any place to go?" asked Milo. "To be sure," continued Alec; "but, as you know, the most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. Then one day someone discovered that if you walked as fast as possible and looked at nothing but your shoes you would arrive at your destination much more quickly. Soon everyone was doing it. They all rushed down the avenues and hurried along the boulevards seeing nothing of the wonders and beauties of their city as they went." Milo remembered the many times he'd done the very same thing; and, as hard as he tried, there were even things on his own street that he couldn't remember.

"No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began to happen. Because nobody cared, the city slowly began to disappear.
Day by day the buildings grew fainter and fainter, and the streets faded away, until at last it was entirely invisible. There was nothing to see at all."
"What did they do?" the Humbug inquired, suddenly taking an interest in things.
"Nothing at all," continued Alec. "They went right on living here just as they'd always done, in the houses they could no longer see and on the streets which had vanished, because nobody had noticed a thing. And that's the way they have lived to this very day."
"Hasn't anyone told them?" asked Milo.
"It doesn't do any good," Alec replied, "for they can never see what they're in too much of a hurry to look for."

"No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began to happen. Because nobody cared, the city slowly began to disappear. Day by day the buildings grew fainter and fainter, and the streets faded away, until at last it was entirely invisible. There was nothing to see at all." "What did they do?" the Humbug inquired, suddenly taking an interest in things. "Nothing at all," continued Alec. "They went right on living here just as they'd always done, in the houses they could no longer see and on the streets which had vanished, because nobody had noticed a thing. And that's the way they have lived to this very day." "Hasn't anyone told them?" asked Milo. "It doesn't do any good," Alec replied, "for they can never see what they're in too much of a hurry to look for."

The story of what happened to the city of Reason is too long to fit in a single post, but too good not to post. Feels like an apt metaphor.

Please read:

09.03.2026 22:01 👍 20 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

I hope this email finds you, even if the producers, the cameras, the audience never learn you want to sleep with Mr.

09.03.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A perfectly ordinary-sized man standing in an open doorway, talking to Milo

A perfectly ordinary-sized man standing in an open doorway, talking to Milo

“As you can see, though, I'm neither tall nor short nor fat nor thin. In fact, I'm quite ordinary, but there are so many ordinary men that no one asks their opinion about anything. Now what is your question?"

09.03.2026 16:04 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I suspect this week's going to be a struggle

09.03.2026 14:45 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Leonard Cohen - Heart with No Companion (Official Audio)
Leonard Cohen - Heart with No Companion (Official Audio) YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO

Through the days of shame that are coming 🥳

youtu.be/7pxI54ABS_0?...

09.03.2026 14:25 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

I hope this email finds you with another man it would hurt him.

09.03.2026 14:35 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jingle Shower Simple daily ear training game. Play and hear today's daily musical challenge now!

Jingle Shower 1307
Attempt #1
Found: 15 / 15
Best Streak: 8
% Correct: 88.2
2 / 3 badges earned today

shower.dailyjingle.me

09.03.2026 13:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A perfectly normal looking man, standing in a doorway with a plaque above it reading “the thin man”

A perfectly normal looking man, standing in a doorway with a plaque above it reading “the thin man”

Just as they suspected, the other side of the house looked the same as the front, the back, and the side, and the door was again answered by a man who looked precisely like the other three.
"Are you the fattest thin man in the world?" asked Tock.
"Do you know one that's fatter?" he asked impatiently

09.03.2026 13:03 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Jingle 1478 2/5

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09.03.2026 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That old internal other
explaining there is nothing
external in being

09.03.2026 03:25 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 1

in this age of nearly-instant diagnostic-imaging results, a wait of three-days-and-counting is intolerable, especially for those prone to catastrophizing.

09.03.2026 00:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

yes indeed

09.03.2026 00:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

side note: I have vowed that day USF renames some road after Charlie Kirk will be the day I drop out.

09.03.2026 00:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
part of a yard ornament

part of a yard ornament

#photography

08.03.2026 23:56 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
this cat was watching me take photos in his yard

this cat was watching me take photos in his yard

this cat was watching me take photos in his yard

#photography

08.03.2026 23:50 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0