Ashley D. Polasek
@sherlockphd.bsky.social
PhD in Sherlock Holmes Adaptations. Executive Director, The Ken Ludwig Company. Teacher/Writer/Editor/Consultant. Swordfighter. Wheaten Terrier Mom. Hawksian Woman. She/Her.
Finally decided to watch my way through #Supernatural, and @curtiisbooger.bsky.social asked if I would watch his big episode, “Don’t Call Me Shurley” with him when I got to it. He hasn’t seen it since it aired.
Tomorrow’s the day. Stay tuned for our watch along! #AskMeAboutMyRedemptionArc
Tomorrow’s the day. Stay tuned for our watch along! #AskMeAboutMyRedemptionArc
a man with curly hair and a beard is wearing a jacket and saying i 'm lovable .
ALT: a man with curly hair and a beard is wearing a jacket and saying i 'm lovable .
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Finally decided to watch my way through #Supernatural, and @curtiisbooger.bsky.social asked if I would watch his big episode, “Don’t Call Me Shurley” with him when I got to it. He hasn’t seen it since it aired.
Tomorrow’s the day. Stay tuned for our watch along! #AskMeAboutMyRedemptionArc
Tomorrow’s the day. Stay tuned for our watch along! #AskMeAboutMyRedemptionArc
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I guess all those far-right small-dicked pieces of shit who told us for 50 years that they were on guard against a tyrannical government actually just liked shooting animals in the woods for fun
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I guess all those far-right small-dicked pieces of shit who told us for 50 years that they were on guard against a tyrannical government actually just liked shooting animals in the woods for fun
My New Year’s present to myself was an in-home boxing set up. I’m an absolute beginner, but I’ve really been enjoying it so far.
2026 is a good year for punching things.
2026 is a good year for punching things.
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My New Year’s present to myself was an in-home boxing set up. I’m an absolute beginner, but I’ve really been enjoying it so far.
2026 is a good year for punching things.
2026 is a good year for punching things.
I only learned this term yesterday. AWFUL: affluent white female urban liberal. Aw, MAGA gave us a puerile nickname! Are there t-shirts?
Who Are the AWFULs? Trump Hates Them, So They’re Doing Something Right newrepublic.com/article/2054... via @newrepublic.com
Who Are the AWFULs? Trump Hates Them, So They’re Doing Something Right
They’re affluent, white, female, urban liberals—and the murder of Renee Nicole Good will politicize millions of them.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I only learned this term yesterday. AWFUL: affluent white female urban liberal. Aw, MAGA gave us a puerile nickname! Are there t-shirts?
Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed it!
A fantastic meeting of #TheLiteraryAgents for the annual BSI Baker Street Irregulars Weekend featuring playwrights discussing #SherlockHolmes. Guests: Ken Ludwig, Mark Shanahan, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jonathan Barnes. Hosts: Ashley D. Polasek, Mark Jones. Excellent discussion! 🔎
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed it!
Ashley’s Angels. It’s like Charlie’s Angels, but the angels are boys. And also big goobers.
January 10, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Ashley’s Angels. It’s like Charlie’s Angels, but the angels are boys. And also big goobers.
My beloved Mini Cooper, Elton, is finally an official New York resident.
No, I absolutely did not ask for my new license plate to be “6767”, it was randomly assigned. I’m guessing it either makes me super hip with the youths or a complete dickhead. Maybe both?
No, I absolutely did not ask for my new license plate to be “6767”, it was randomly assigned. I’m guessing it either makes me super hip with the youths or a complete dickhead. Maybe both?
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
My beloved Mini Cooper, Elton, is finally an official New York resident.
No, I absolutely did not ask for my new license plate to be “6767”, it was randomly assigned. I’m guessing it either makes me super hip with the youths or a complete dickhead. Maybe both?
No, I absolutely did not ask for my new license plate to be “6767”, it was randomly assigned. I’m guessing it either makes me super hip with the youths or a complete dickhead. Maybe both?
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
2025 Travel Round-Up
139 nights on the road:
83 nights in 12 US cities in 9 states and D.C.
32 nights in 6 cities in the UK
10 nights in 2 cities in Canada
9 nights in 3 countries in continental Europe
11 nights in transit
27 flights
139 nights on the road:
83 nights in 12 US cities in 9 states and D.C.
32 nights in 6 cities in the UK
10 nights in 2 cities in Canada
9 nights in 3 countries in continental Europe
11 nights in transit
27 flights
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
2025 Travel Round-Up
139 nights on the road:
83 nights in 12 US cities in 9 states and D.C.
32 nights in 6 cities in the UK
10 nights in 2 cities in Canada
9 nights in 3 countries in continental Europe
11 nights in transit
27 flights
139 nights on the road:
83 nights in 12 US cities in 9 states and D.C.
32 nights in 6 cities in the UK
10 nights in 2 cities in Canada
9 nights in 3 countries in continental Europe
11 nights in transit
27 flights
2025 Travel Report: December
Home: 15 nights
Sarasota: 7 nights
Atlanta: 7 nights
Westport, CT: 1 night
Anderson, SC: 1 night
YTD: 226 nights at home, 139 nights on the road
Home: 15 nights
Sarasota: 7 nights
Atlanta: 7 nights
Westport, CT: 1 night
Anderson, SC: 1 night
YTD: 226 nights at home, 139 nights on the road
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
2025 Travel Report: December
Home: 15 nights
Sarasota: 7 nights
Atlanta: 7 nights
Westport, CT: 1 night
Anderson, SC: 1 night
YTD: 226 nights at home, 139 nights on the road
Home: 15 nights
Sarasota: 7 nights
Atlanta: 7 nights
Westport, CT: 1 night
Anderson, SC: 1 night
YTD: 226 nights at home, 139 nights on the road
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
Happy holidays, fellow scum!
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Happy holidays, fellow scum!
How is this even a real dog?
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How is this even a real dog?
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
I’M SO MAD.
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year. n.pr/4qhD3bd
President Trump to add his own name to the Kennedy Center
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’M SO MAD.
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Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
Per a recent conversation with a friend:
Do you consider yourself “obsessive”, and is that a good or bad thing to you?
Do you consider yourself “obsessive”, and is that a good or bad thing to you?
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Per a recent conversation with a friend:
Do you consider yourself “obsessive”, and is that a good or bad thing to you?
Do you consider yourself “obsessive”, and is that a good or bad thing to you?
We live in hell.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We live in hell.
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2025 Travel Report: November
Home: 16 nights
Atlanta: 5 nights
Boston: 5 nights
Anderson, SC: 2 nights
Durham: 1 night
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
YTD: 211 nights at home, 123 nights on the road
Home: 16 nights
Atlanta: 5 nights
Boston: 5 nights
Anderson, SC: 2 nights
Durham: 1 night
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
YTD: 211 nights at home, 123 nights on the road
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2025 Travel Report: November
Home: 16 nights
Atlanta: 5 nights
Boston: 5 nights
Anderson, SC: 2 nights
Durham: 1 night
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
YTD: 211 nights at home, 123 nights on the road
Home: 16 nights
Atlanta: 5 nights
Boston: 5 nights
Anderson, SC: 2 nights
Durham: 1 night
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
YTD: 211 nights at home, 123 nights on the road
I can think of worse ways to spend a Friday night in Boston than 4th row center at a Penn and Teller show. Sure hope everyone survives!
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I can think of worse ways to spend a Friday night in Boston than 4th row center at a Penn and Teller show. Sure hope everyone survives!
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.