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John Fenster
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I love bodies of water and opera and other music/theater. Cats, baking, tea. He/him. Westchester County.
Watching a 1996 video of Boulezi conducting Bruckner 8 and I don't think I've seen camera work like this, even from Brian Large. The distant shots of the hall are interesting; but was really not expecting the bones (not pictured)
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's a prequel, right?
This is NOT a sequel to Derry Girls
I’m sorry this is what y’all watch to relax????
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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ebenoozer screege
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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It's a little known fact that the predator in Predator isn't actually arming a bomb on its wrist computer near the end, but is calling The Police.
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Snow in Westchester is supposed to continue for another few hours
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,

in fact,

a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm letting the... uhh... gluten rest. Just being considerate here. To the gluten. It's those proteins that are tired.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I am getting increasingly excited about seeing I puritani, or Lord Protector ex machina
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Recital with Günther Groissböck and Julius Drake
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The biggest conspiracy theory I believe in is showers. You walk in, turn on the hot water and the next thing you know you're clean and drying off, yet no one ever remembers what happens there. We all treat it as safe but shouldn't it count as another cessation of the self?
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have a ticket for a recital in Carnegie Hall but at home I have fire and an surrounded by cats
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is nearly 50
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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GUYS

GUYS

MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I had re-watched all of Black Adder trying to find where this bit was from but it has been Tom Stoppard all along.

"I hoped it would keep you busy long enough for me to read Mr Chater's poem in praise of love with only the distraction of its own absurdities."
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I don't think I liked plays until I found Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Muskrat
Peccary
Black bear
River otter
Coho salmon
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Coyote
Wild turkey
Northern short-tailed shrew
Humpback whale (probably)
Eurasian eagle owl (RIP Flaco, beloved Central Park resident)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Sandhill Cranes
Raccoon
Chipmunk
Muskrat
White tailed deer

Although in this case “in the wild” means “in a rural subdivision “.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The Judy Garland is hung! I'm doing my part to make the Yuletide gay!
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Conclave (2024)
~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I've been trying to find this for so long. I do not know the source.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Figment is a clown
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
First act of Carmen at the Met disrupted by three(?) protesters, starting just before the fight. Pause about fifteen minutes before restarting.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Finally broke down and wore a coat. I don't have to spend much time outside between this train station and the opera, but I can!
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM