They need to make Musician Non-Denominational Winter Holiday. It'll be January 10th. You'll actually have time to shop for something, and all the gig checks have cleared the bank.

- is it humid like summer?

- absolutely

- but dark like fall?

- you got it

- will I sweat through 5 shirts a day but also feel vaguely chilly?

- that's the plan

- ok let's do this

If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.

Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️

So, as an orchestra operations manager, I'm wondering who is the saint of sub lists. Is it Isadore, for databases, or Jude for lost causes & desperate situations? I'm thinking I need small statues of both.

Anyone else in the northeast US noticing that there's some ash trees coming back? The biggest ones I've seen are about 5 inch diameter trunks...but they look healthy, no evidence of ash borer. Are we allowed to have a good thing, are they coming back?

@sayswhopodcast.com sticker suggestion! Dan- how about a Regan sticker, drawn by Childhood Dan?

Spending the afternoon beautifying the septic tank felt a bit on the nose, but here we are.

Did you know that the Heritage Foundation allows people to register for their upcoming events using a contact form, and that you could put whatever you wanted in the contact form and it accepts it?

Anyway. Have fun, and send screenshots of your inputs 💅

www9.heritage.org/HYBRID2025-0...

My phone just autocorrected "duck" to "fuck" when I actually really did mean to say "duck," and I feel like I have finally broken its spirit