Libby Weber
@libbyweber.bsky.social
Quixotic writer & singer, enthusiastic nerd, and pathological overuser of adjectives. Likes dogs & puns. Wrote a huge book of sonnets. She/Her. https://libbyweber.com/
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The 15 best songs of 2025, chosen by San Diego musicians
San Diego artists reflect on the 2025 songs that moved, inspired and stayed with them.
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OH MY GIDDY GOSH Andrew Bearden’s Missa Sacra Profana, whose “profana” text I wrote, made @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ‘s best-of music list for 2025!!
*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
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*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu...
So yesterday's sequence hymn was People Look East, & after the gospel, our director of music accompanied the priest's walk to the pulpit with a sweet improvisation on that tune with extraverted flute stops that reminded me a little of the Pastoral Symphony in Messiah.
So I dubbed it Pifa Look East.
So I dubbed it Pifa Look East.
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie and hat .
ALT: a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie and hat .
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December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So yesterday's sequence hymn was People Look East, & after the gospel, our director of music accompanied the priest's walk to the pulpit with a sweet improvisation on that tune with extraverted flute stops that reminded me a little of the Pastoral Symphony in Messiah.
So I dubbed it Pifa Look East.
So I dubbed it Pifa Look East.
OH MY GIDDY GOSH Andrew Bearden’s Missa Sacra Profana, whose “profana” text I wrote, made @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ‘s best-of music list for 2025!!
*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu...
*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu...
The 15 best songs of 2025, chosen by San Diego musicians
San Diego artists reflect on the 2025 songs that moved, inspired and stayed with them.
www.kpbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
OH MY GIDDY GOSH Andrew Bearden’s Missa Sacra Profana, whose “profana” text I wrote, made @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ‘s best-of music list for 2025!!
*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu...
*runs around flailing and screaming*
Thank you so much for nominating us, Katina!!
www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu...
One of my family's holiday traditions is putting out a quartet of vintage ceramic angels who hold letters that spell out NOEL. The other half of this tradition is that someone rearranges them to spell LEON.
My cousins & I discovered a few years ago that all of our families did this.
My cousins & I discovered a few years ago that all of our families did this.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One of my family's holiday traditions is putting out a quartet of vintage ceramic angels who hold letters that spell out NOEL. The other half of this tradition is that someone rearranges them to spell LEON.
My cousins & I discovered a few years ago that all of our families did this.
My cousins & I discovered a few years ago that all of our families did this.
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
One last Advent music story! (For now!)
During the pandemic, our conductor hosted a hymn sing (he played, we sang aong muted in Zoom), including that Advent banger Helmsley, aka "Lo! He comes with clouds descending."
The 2nd verse is my fave for the emo repeition of the lines "Deeply wailing."
During the pandemic, our conductor hosted a hymn sing (he played, we sang aong muted in Zoom), including that Advent banger Helmsley, aka "Lo! He comes with clouds descending."
The 2nd verse is my fave for the emo repeition of the lines "Deeply wailing."
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One last Advent music story! (For now!)
During the pandemic, our conductor hosted a hymn sing (he played, we sang aong muted in Zoom), including that Advent banger Helmsley, aka "Lo! He comes with clouds descending."
The 2nd verse is my fave for the emo repeition of the lines "Deeply wailing."
During the pandemic, our conductor hosted a hymn sing (he played, we sang aong muted in Zoom), including that Advent banger Helmsley, aka "Lo! He comes with clouds descending."
The 2nd verse is my fave for the emo repeition of the lines "Deeply wailing."
I posted about the super-cool, mystical Advent Procession service I sang a few years ago where marine layer billowed into the narthex as we sang, "...and lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth."
My friend replied that he's wearing a sweater this yer.
My friend replied that he's wearing a sweater this yer.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I posted about the super-cool, mystical Advent Procession service I sang a few years ago where marine layer billowed into the narthex as we sang, "...and lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth."
My friend replied that he's wearing a sweater this yer.
My friend replied that he's wearing a sweater this yer.
[rehearsing Tallis’s Audivi vocem de caelo]
Director: Who knows what “clamor factus est” means?
Tenor: There’s a loud noise.
Director: Yes! And when?
Alto: Media nocte!
Me: [sings to Billy Joel’s tune] In the middle of the niiight!
(maybe for next year’s Advent Procession?)
Director: Who knows what “clamor factus est” means?
Tenor: There’s a loud noise.
Director: Yes! And when?
Alto: Media nocte!
Me: [sings to Billy Joel’s tune] In the middle of the niiight!
(maybe for next year’s Advent Procession?)
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
[rehearsing Tallis’s Audivi vocem de caelo]
Director: Who knows what “clamor factus est” means?
Tenor: There’s a loud noise.
Director: Yes! And when?
Alto: Media nocte!
Me: [sings to Billy Joel’s tune] In the middle of the niiight!
(maybe for next year’s Advent Procession?)
Director: Who knows what “clamor factus est” means?
Tenor: There’s a loud noise.
Director: Yes! And when?
Alto: Media nocte!
Me: [sings to Billy Joel’s tune] In the middle of the niiight!
(maybe for next year’s Advent Procession?)
OH MY GOD I offered to rip an out-of-print CD to MP3 for a friend only to realize that my new-ish desktop computer doesn't have a CD/DVD drive.
BUT! Past!Libby apparently realized this, because she ordered an external drive at the same time, which sat untouched...
UNTIL TONIGHT!
BUT! Past!Libby apparently realized this, because she ordered an external drive at the same time, which sat untouched...
UNTIL TONIGHT!
a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
OH MY GOD I offered to rip an out-of-print CD to MP3 for a friend only to realize that my new-ish desktop computer doesn't have a CD/DVD drive.
BUT! Past!Libby apparently realized this, because she ordered an external drive at the same time, which sat untouched...
UNTIL TONIGHT!
BUT! Past!Libby apparently realized this, because she ordered an external drive at the same time, which sat untouched...
UNTIL TONIGHT!
Your're sipping a G&T while your partner has a fever and is shivering?
Problematic ague gap.
Problematic ague gap.
Your partner has standard ear piercings and you have giant plugs in your stretched lobes?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Your're sipping a G&T while your partner has a fever and is shivering?
Problematic ague gap.
Problematic ague gap.
Director: Okay, let’s pull out the Gibbons.
Baritone: We shouldn’t monkey around.
Tenor: It might get a bit hairy.
Me: Yeah, but it swings!
#professionalism
Baritone: We shouldn’t monkey around.
Tenor: It might get a bit hairy.
Me: Yeah, but it swings!
#professionalism
a person is holding a stuffed animal in their hands
ALT: a person is holding a stuffed animal in their hands
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November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Director: Okay, let’s pull out the Gibbons.
Baritone: We shouldn’t monkey around.
Tenor: It might get a bit hairy.
Me: Yeah, but it swings!
#professionalism
Baritone: We shouldn’t monkey around.
Tenor: It might get a bit hairy.
Me: Yeah, but it swings!
#professionalism
Reposted by Libby Weber
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
Meanwhile in the temporary kitchen zone, I messed up my frozen breakfast. Thankfully, it seems to be the forgiving sort.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Meanwhile in the temporary kitchen zone, I messed up my frozen breakfast. Thankfully, it seems to be the forgiving sort.
THAR SHE BLOWS! THE WHITE WHALE* APPARENTLY BE STREAMING ON DEMAND ON ACORN TV VIA SPECTRUM CABLE.
-Ahab** in 2025
*The brilliant show Slings & Arrows, set at a fictional Shakespeare festival, which I have been trying to find on DVD for under $300 for nearly two decades just to rewatch
**Me
-Ahab** in 2025
*The brilliant show Slings & Arrows, set at a fictional Shakespeare festival, which I have been trying to find on DVD for under $300 for nearly two decades just to rewatch
**Me
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
THAR SHE BLOWS! THE WHITE WHALE* APPARENTLY BE STREAMING ON DEMAND ON ACORN TV VIA SPECTRUM CABLE.
-Ahab** in 2025
*The brilliant show Slings & Arrows, set at a fictional Shakespeare festival, which I have been trying to find on DVD for under $300 for nearly two decades just to rewatch
**Me
-Ahab** in 2025
*The brilliant show Slings & Arrows, set at a fictional Shakespeare festival, which I have been trying to find on DVD for under $300 for nearly two decades just to rewatch
**Me
All Souls' Day gets me up in my feels and I am HERE for it.
You know you hit the right vibe in a Requiem Mass if you finish a movement and promptly tear up.
You know you hit the right vibe in a Requiem Mass if you finish a movement and promptly tear up.
a blue cartoon character is crying with tears falling out of his eyes
ALT: a blue cartoon character is crying with tears falling out of his eyes
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November 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
All Souls' Day gets me up in my feels and I am HERE for it.
You know you hit the right vibe in a Requiem Mass if you finish a movement and promptly tear up.
You know you hit the right vibe in a Requiem Mass if you finish a movement and promptly tear up.
Director (a Dodger's fan): A lot of bad stuff happened in WWI and you can really hear that in Howells' music. Gone is the "we rule everything!" bombast of Stanford and Parry.
Alto (from Toronto): LIKE DODGER'S FANS AFTER THE 70S!
Alto (from Toronto): LIKE DODGER'S FANS AFTER THE 70S!
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Director (a Dodger's fan): A lot of bad stuff happened in WWI and you can really hear that in Howells' music. Gone is the "we rule everything!" bombast of Stanford and Parry.
Alto (from Toronto): LIKE DODGER'S FANS AFTER THE 70S!
Alto (from Toronto): LIKE DODGER'S FANS AFTER THE 70S!
Today's delightful rehearsal involved much LA v. Toronto trash talk, & we went on a tangent of alliterative titles based on choir members' neighborhoods, e.g. Sultan of Santee, Lord of Lemon Grove. I'm claiming Countess of Clairemont & considering dubbing our conductor the Raja or Rabbi of Rolando.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Today's delightful rehearsal involved much LA v. Toronto trash talk, & we went on a tangent of alliterative titles based on choir members' neighborhoods, e.g. Sultan of Santee, Lord of Lemon Grove. I'm claiming Countess of Clairemont & considering dubbing our conductor the Raja or Rabbi of Rolando.
OKAY KIDS it is time for this year's pun costume!
WHAT AM I??
Visual clues:
1. My adorable punem
2. The full costume
3. Details, including a barrel, mallet, staves, hoops, and laser measure to make my tool belt look more tool-belt-y
4. BONUS: my very first pun costume from 2008 (Alice in Chains)
WHAT AM I??
Visual clues:
1. My adorable punem
2. The full costume
3. Details, including a barrel, mallet, staves, hoops, and laser measure to make my tool belt look more tool-belt-y
4. BONUS: my very first pun costume from 2008 (Alice in Chains)
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
OKAY KIDS it is time for this year's pun costume!
WHAT AM I??
Visual clues:
1. My adorable punem
2. The full costume
3. Details, including a barrel, mallet, staves, hoops, and laser measure to make my tool belt look more tool-belt-y
4. BONUS: my very first pun costume from 2008 (Alice in Chains)
WHAT AM I??
Visual clues:
1. My adorable punem
2. The full costume
3. Details, including a barrel, mallet, staves, hoops, and laser measure to make my tool belt look more tool-belt-y
4. BONUS: my very first pun costume from 2008 (Alice in Chains)
Some bits of my Hallowe'en costume didn't arrive in time (boo), so I made do with a belt & cord I bought for my 2022 costume, craft paper last used for my 2015 costume (which I originally bought for my 2012 costume), & most impressively, the hosiery from my 2004 wedding.
Costume pack rats FTW!
Costume pack rats FTW!
a cartoon of a woman standing next to a cake with candles on it .
ALT: a cartoon of a woman standing next to a cake with candles on it .
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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some bits of my Hallowe'en costume didn't arrive in time (boo), so I made do with a belt & cord I bought for my 2022 costume, craft paper last used for my 2015 costume (which I originally bought for my 2012 costume), & most impressively, the hosiery from my 2004 wedding.
Costume pack rats FTW!
Costume pack rats FTW!
King Ozymandios
Built works grandiose
"Ye mighty: despair!" Ozzy says/blurts;
His statues received their just deserts.
Built works grandiose
"Ye mighty: despair!" Ozzy says/blurts;
His statues received their just deserts.
There once was a king, Ozymand
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
King Ozymandios
Built works grandiose
"Ye mighty: despair!" Ozzy says/blurts;
His statues received their just deserts.
Built works grandiose
"Ye mighty: despair!" Ozzy says/blurts;
His statues received their just deserts.
Reposted by Libby Weber
I want to gently push back on this: not being able to read complex writing is not the same as being a low information citizen. Many people can comprehend the topics involved just fine if they are presented in an accessible and understandable manner.
There is not a single day that goes by that i don't think about the vast majority of Americans reading below a sixth grade level
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I want to gently push back on this: not being able to read complex writing is not the same as being a low information citizen. Many people can comprehend the topics involved just fine if they are presented in an accessible and understandable manner.
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"The federal agencies that survived Elon Musk’s wrecking ball are now captured by the echo chamber of his social media platform, with cabinet secretaries staring furiously into a digital funhouse mirror to divine the will of the most internet-addled members of the MAGA base." — @lizdye.bsky.social
The triumph of bullshit
Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The federal agencies that survived Elon Musk’s wrecking ball are now captured by the echo chamber of his social media platform, with cabinet secretaries staring furiously into a digital funhouse mirror to divine the will of the most internet-addled members of the MAGA base." — @lizdye.bsky.social
I have obtained a backup barrel for my Hallowe'en pun costume in case the one I ordered doesn't arrive in time.
UNRELATED (OR IS IT??): TIL the Great Depression-era barrel worn with suspenders that was visual shorthand for poverty in cartoons is called a bankruptcy barrel.
UNRELATED (OR IS IT??): TIL the Great Depression-era barrel worn with suspenders that was visual shorthand for poverty in cartoons is called a bankruptcy barrel.
Bankruptcy Barrel - TV Tropes
To show that a character is in such dire financial straits that they literally "lost their shirt", the otherwise-naked character will resort to wearing a large barrel◊ usually held up by suspenders. T...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have obtained a backup barrel for my Hallowe'en pun costume in case the one I ordered doesn't arrive in time.
UNRELATED (OR IS IT??): TIL the Great Depression-era barrel worn with suspenders that was visual shorthand for poverty in cartoons is called a bankruptcy barrel.
UNRELATED (OR IS IT??): TIL the Great Depression-era barrel worn with suspenders that was visual shorthand for poverty in cartoons is called a bankruptcy barrel.
OH HELLO I SEE YOU HAVE A CURLY QUOTE AT THE BEGINNING OF A LINE. I'LL JUST MAKE IT A CLOSE QUOTE, OKAY?
—Clippy, probably
—Clippy, probably
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
OH HELLO I SEE YOU HAVE A CURLY QUOTE AT THE BEGINNING OF A LINE. I'LL JUST MAKE IT A CLOSE QUOTE, OKAY?
—Clippy, probably
—Clippy, probably
Cursed Donald orthography (not THAT cursed).
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cursed Donald orthography (not THAT cursed).
Apologies for the mood killer, but my friend Alicia, who saw first-hand this poor baby's condition, has set up this GoFundMe to support these grandparents' attempt to save her from further abuse. It's eight levels of heartbreaking, but you can help! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-jodie...
Donate to Help Keep Jodie and John's Granddaughter Safe and Loved, organized by Alicia Verdier
When Jodie and John found out their sweet infant granddaughter … Alicia Verdier needs your support for Help Keep Jodie and John's Granddaughter Safe and Loved
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October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Apologies for the mood killer, but my friend Alicia, who saw first-hand this poor baby's condition, has set up this GoFundMe to support these grandparents' attempt to save her from further abuse. It's eight levels of heartbreaking, but you can help! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-jodie...