Lisa Grimm
@lisagrimm.com
DAM nerd. Nat'l Library of Ireland Board. USian in Dublin. Beer judge & podcaster @beerladiespod & blog @weirdodublinpubs. Ex-archaeologist/archivist. Runner. Theatre nerd. Whovian. Transit enthusiast. Geek mom to cats/humans. She/her. lisagrimm.com
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
The Divine Comedy
The Dead Milkmen
The Lucksmiths
Mandy Patinkin
David Devant & his Spirit Wife
(Or really, bands/artists I’ve seen at least twice, most much more)
The Divine Comedy
The Dead Milkmen
The Lucksmiths
Mandy Patinkin
David Devant & his Spirit Wife
(Or really, bands/artists I’ve seen at least twice, most much more)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Lau
The Tiger Lillies
George Clinton
Efterklang
Yeasayer
(I've deliberately left out the big names - Pink Floyd and Prince won't tell you the first thing about me.)
Lau
The Tiger Lillies
George Clinton
Efterklang
Yeasayer
(I've deliberately left out the big names - Pink Floyd and Prince won't tell you the first thing about me.)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Pink Floyd (1994)
Eric Clapton (supported by Muddy Waters in 1979)
Bruce Springsteen (2009)
John McLaughlin, Al di Meola & Paco de Lucía (1984)
John Mayall (80th birthday tour in 2014)
Pink Floyd (1994)
Eric Clapton (supported by Muddy Waters in 1979)
Bruce Springsteen (2009)
John McLaughlin, Al di Meola & Paco de Lucía (1984)
John Mayall (80th birthday tour in 2014)
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
The Divine Comedy
The Dead Milkmen
The Lucksmiths
Mandy Patinkin
David Devant & his Spirit Wife
(Or really, bands/artists I’ve seen at least twice, most much more)
The Divine Comedy
The Dead Milkmen
The Lucksmiths
Mandy Patinkin
David Devant & his Spirit Wife
(Or really, bands/artists I’ve seen at least twice, most much more)
After procrastinating most of the day, the edits to the edits from our publisher took about 20 minutes. One more small thing to fix on Monday, but then, it's away until we see proofs.
Nearly there!
(And yes, I have worked my cat in to illustrate some metadata best practices).
Nearly there!
(And yes, I have worked my cat in to illustrate some metadata best practices).
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After procrastinating most of the day, the edits to the edits from our publisher took about 20 minutes. One more small thing to fix on Monday, but then, it's away until we see proofs.
Nearly there!
(And yes, I have worked my cat in to illustrate some metadata best practices).
Nearly there!
(And yes, I have worked my cat in to illustrate some metadata best practices).
Afternoon re-share...
We may not have much in the way of cask ale or train station pubs, but at least we do have a train station-adjacent pub with a decent beer line-up...this week, we went to Grainger's:
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Afternoon re-share...
I need to add a slow run and a lot of walking from this week, but I did at least get this kicked off.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I need to add a slow run and a lot of walking from this week, but I did at least get this kicked off.
We may not have much in the way of cask ale or train station pubs, but at least we do have a train station-adjacent pub with a decent beer line-up...this week, we went to Grainger's:
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We may not have much in the way of cask ale or train station pubs, but at least we do have a train station-adjacent pub with a decent beer line-up...this week, we went to Grainger's:
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...
I've never been to the manor, only the stones (and the pub)...but would love to poke around a bit more.
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
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#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House
That time I was overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in Avebury...
www.theghostgeek.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I've never been to the manor, only the stones (and the pub)...but would love to poke around a bit more.
Was much easier to find in the places we lived in the US - Philly and Seattle are great for cask - than here in Ireland. Great to see Yards, Forest & Main and Machine House highlighted here, all are excellent.
In a country dominated by artificially carbonated keg beer, cask ale can be challenging to serve well. These breweries are pulling it off. vinepair.com/articles/bre...
British-Style Cask Ale Is a Challenge, but These Breweries Are Making It Work in the U.S.
At Gigantic Brewing Company in Portland, Ore., brewer and co-owner Van Havig has a response ready for whenever customers ask what cask ale is. “You look them right in the eye, and you say, ‘It’s the w...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Was much easier to find in the places we lived in the US - Philly and Seattle are great for cask - than here in Ireland. Great to see Yards, Forest & Main and Machine House highlighted here, all are excellent.
Of course, the song is now stuck in my head. Not complaining - and pleased to discover this account!
The world met Ferdinand de Saussure on a night like this (in 1857)
A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
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A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Of course, the song is now stuck in my head. Not complaining - and pleased to discover this account!
![Free pizza [with] American ID](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bjovrbtmnlckoh6vaalnqjzi/bafkreieektxnu7mee5vo27hytzfvnlbmgda5qjfgenvahv36crqhkxinny@jpeg)
RIGHT!
That's the main round of manuscript/artwork feedback for our book dealt with and sent back to the publisher...about to celebrate by taking the offspring out to a pub that's doing free pizza if you show a US ID.
Need to dig out my passport for it, but it's nice to have a good use for it.
That's the main round of manuscript/artwork feedback for our book dealt with and sent back to the publisher...about to celebrate by taking the offspring out to a pub that's doing free pizza if you show a US ID.
Need to dig out my passport for it, but it's nice to have a good use for it.
a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .
Alt: Troy comes in with pizza, to chaos and fire
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November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
RIGHT!
That's the main round of manuscript/artwork feedback for our book dealt with and sent back to the publisher...about to celebrate by taking the offspring out to a pub that's doing free pizza if you show a US ID.
Need to dig out my passport for it, but it's nice to have a good use for it.
That's the main round of manuscript/artwork feedback for our book dealt with and sent back to the publisher...about to celebrate by taking the offspring out to a pub that's doing free pizza if you show a US ID.
Need to dig out my passport for it, but it's nice to have a good use for it.
Hoping this magically appears as a Christmas gift...but if not, it will be among my post-holiday book gifts to myself.
I am reading this right now! Stuck at home with a vile cold so having lots of hot sweet tea and this.
Well, I *was* in a bad mood, but now I've got something to dig into later!
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hoping this magically appears as a Christmas gift...but if not, it will be among my post-holiday book gifts to myself.
Middle aisle at Lidl yesterday; was fairly tempted. Resisted.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Middle aisle at Lidl yesterday; was fairly tempted. Resisted.
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LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR EVERY READER at the #DublinSmallPressFair2025
Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library
dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!
Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library
dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR EVERY READER at the #DublinSmallPressFair2025
Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library
dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!
Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library
dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!
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Do you live far away from Biggleswade? Do you wish you could join me on a Biggleswade ghost walk? Well you can. My first virtual ghost walk is held 01/12/25 at 7pm (GMT)
Find out more here: biggleswadeghost.eventbrite.co.uk
Find out more here: biggleswadeghost.eventbrite.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you live far away from Biggleswade? Do you wish you could join me on a Biggleswade ghost walk? Well you can. My first virtual ghost walk is held 01/12/25 at 7pm (GMT)
Find out more here: biggleswadeghost.eventbrite.co.uk
Find out more here: biggleswadeghost.eventbrite.co.uk
I spy some Margaret Rutherford doing ghost-bothering things…
Now available for all, every skunk ape and boggart's favourite tradition. Spritz yourself with holy water, it's your fourth annual Fright Bag.
youtu.be/R3i59_54_5U?...
youtu.be/R3i59_54_5U?...
Millard's Halloween Fright Bag IV
YouTube video by Stuart Millard
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I spy some Margaret Rutherford doing ghost-bothering things…
Anyone have info on the Bizarre Bazaar set for Bolands Mills at the weekend? Wondering if it will be worth going, with lots of local artists, or bland and corporate...haven't seen much chatter from the makers I follow locally, so curious...
#SpeirGorm
bolandsmills.com/event/the-bo...
#SpeirGorm
bolandsmills.com/event/the-bo...
The Bolands Mills Bizarre Bazaar - Bolands Mills
Step inside a playful winter wonderland, where vintage charm meets quirky imagination. Bolands Mills will transform into The...
bolandsmills.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Anyone have info on the Bizarre Bazaar set for Bolands Mills at the weekend? Wondering if it will be worth going, with lots of local artists, or bland and corporate...haven't seen much chatter from the makers I follow locally, so curious...
#SpeirGorm
bolandsmills.com/event/the-bo...
#SpeirGorm
bolandsmills.com/event/the-bo...
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Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
We have a t-shirt from the Usenet green card spam era in the house, courtesy of @chapkachapka.bsky.social - we were *there,* man, for all kinds of Usenet weirdness.
there is some amazing internet lore in this thread
Hell, even in the last few years before Usenet functionally died outside of moderated newsgroups (and by "last few years before Usenet died" I mean "shortly after Cantor & Siegel's green-card spam in 1994/Sanford Wallace era") even spam moderation was becoming largely automated (cancelbots)
1/2
1/2
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We have a t-shirt from the Usenet green card spam era in the house, courtesy of @chapkachapka.bsky.social - we were *there,* man, for all kinds of Usenet weirdness.
And an excellent soundtrack by Neil Hannon!
A friend just told me they saw LOLA on Ch 4, so as a public service I'm now telling you, because this is one of the best time travel movies (of sorts) that I've ever seen. An inventive low-budget marvel:
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
Lola (2022)
(2022) Sci-fi. Two sisters accidentally create a timeline in which the Nazis win the war.
www.channel4.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
And an excellent soundtrack by Neil Hannon!
Came home to find the 11 yo as the only person still awake (at 8.15 pm), so had a very normal conversation about Marie Leveau key issues surrounding colonial New Orleans in the 18th and early 19th centuries, like normals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
Marie Laveau - Wikipedia
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November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Came home to find the 11 yo as the only person still awake (at 8.15 pm), so had a very normal conversation about Marie Leveau key issues surrounding colonial New Orleans in the 18th and early 19th centuries, like normals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
Was very sad to hear this news, saw her big victory…oddly enough, I just pulled out an old t-shirt dedicated to her Belmont win today, while doing a bit of tidying. Strange timing.
2007 Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has died at age 21.
She was the first filly to win the Belmont in over a century.
This is a photo I took of her that same year.
She was the first filly to win the Belmont in over a century.
This is a photo I took of her that same year.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Was very sad to hear this news, saw her big victory…oddly enough, I just pulled out an old t-shirt dedicated to her Belmont win today, while doing a bit of tidying. Strange timing.
Love @gladlib.bsky.social so much - and always here for an Aubrey anecdote.
At the @gladlib.bsky.social library this week working on #JohnAubrey from who I learned today that churches are ‘despicable all over Hampshire’ and a goose was once inserted into a tunnel under Bradenstoke Priory. It emerged several miles away by a well on the Malmesbury Rd minus its feathers.🪿
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Love @gladlib.bsky.social so much - and always here for an Aubrey anecdote.
Join us! Lots of ways to get involved, and to have fun! 🏃♀️
🎄✨ We’re launching our Step Up for Solidarity – 12ks of Christmas appeal!
From Dec 9–20, you can get involved in many ways — run, walk, jog, roll, donate, or gift a donation — to support community connection across Ireland. 💙
#StepUpForSolidarity #12ksOfChristmas
From Dec 9–20, you can get involved in many ways — run, walk, jog, roll, donate, or gift a donation — to support community connection across Ireland. 💙
#StepUpForSolidarity #12ksOfChristmas
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Join us! Lots of ways to get involved, and to have fun! 🏃♀️
Excellent news.
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
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zombiesrungame.com
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I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excellent news.
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It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year!
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: [email protected]
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year!
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇