Miko will gladly do so. In song form!
@emptyqbd.bsky.social
Dad, music teacher (2012 BM SIUE), Hawkeyes and Blues fan. It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how. he/him, you do you
Successfully surprised kiddos for Christmas. A perk of this: the soundtrack for Mario Kart World SLAPS
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Successfully surprised kiddos for Christmas. A perk of this: the soundtrack for Mario Kart World SLAPS
"Tell me, Christmas–are we wise?"
I've been going to TSO for somewhere along twenty years now. It's a pulse check for me.
(1/7)
I've been going to TSO for somewhere along twenty years now. It's a pulse check for me.
(1/7)
December 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Tell me, Christmas–are we wise?"
I've been going to TSO for somewhere along twenty years now. It's a pulse check for me.
(1/7)
I've been going to TSO for somewhere along twenty years now. It's a pulse check for me.
(1/7)
Is it weird to say that K-Pop Demon Hunters has influenced my experience with "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch," to ask myself why I'm singing such hateful things? The kids still love it, but I'm getting Takedown vibes, if you know what I mean
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Is it weird to say that K-Pop Demon Hunters has influenced my experience with "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch," to ask myself why I'm singing such hateful things? The kids still love it, but I'm getting Takedown vibes, if you know what I mean
Paging @poetinbabylon.bsky.social and any others who want to weigh in, is this a fair reading:
Mary and Joseph, made to go to his family's hometown, find no room in an inn. Shouldn't his family put him up? Is not mentioning his family something that contemporaries would pick up on?
Mary and Joseph, made to go to his family's hometown, find no room in an inn. Shouldn't his family put him up? Is not mentioning his family something that contemporaries would pick up on?
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Paging @poetinbabylon.bsky.social and any others who want to weigh in, is this a fair reading:
Mary and Joseph, made to go to his family's hometown, find no room in an inn. Shouldn't his family put him up? Is not mentioning his family something that contemporaries would pick up on?
Mary and Joseph, made to go to his family's hometown, find no room in an inn. Shouldn't his family put him up? Is not mentioning his family something that contemporaries would pick up on?
Me making more bespoke accompaniments to fit the arrangement I slapped together for students to learn? Couldn't be me!
(Figure Eight from Schoolhouse Rock *and* Little Saint Nick. And they don't sound half bad for being MIDI sounds on MuseScore, no offense @tantacrul.bsky.social )
(Figure Eight from Schoolhouse Rock *and* Little Saint Nick. And they don't sound half bad for being MIDI sounds on MuseScore, no offense @tantacrul.bsky.social )
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Me making more bespoke accompaniments to fit the arrangement I slapped together for students to learn? Couldn't be me!
(Figure Eight from Schoolhouse Rock *and* Little Saint Nick. And they don't sound half bad for being MIDI sounds on MuseScore, no offense @tantacrul.bsky.social )
(Figure Eight from Schoolhouse Rock *and* Little Saint Nick. And they don't sound half bad for being MIDI sounds on MuseScore, no offense @tantacrul.bsky.social )
Midnight premiere of Scott Pilgrim with my brother. An engaged crowd of nerds cheering on a great film
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Midnight premiere of Scott Pilgrim with my brother. An engaged crowd of nerds cheering on a great film
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
I've been rooting for Vandy and Pavia all season, they get snubbed from the CFP, and they set their crosshairs on my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes...
a cartoon character sits on a bus with an emergency exit sign behind him
Alt: Ralph Wiggum, a child cartoon character from The Simpsons, naively exclaims, "Haha! I'm in danger!"
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've been rooting for Vandy and Pavia all season, they get snubbed from the CFP, and they set their crosshairs on my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes...
Live look at me, getting rolling stands for Orff instruments
a cartoon character with a trophy on his head that says ' spongebob ' on it
Alt: a cartoon character with a trophy on his head that says ' spongebob ' on it
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Live look at me, getting rolling stands for Orff instruments
fireplace and electric blanket going
pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs
bibs, hats, gloves, boots, coats
Snow Day!
pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs
bibs, hats, gloves, boots, coats
Snow Day!
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
fireplace and electric blanket going
pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs
bibs, hats, gloves, boots, coats
Snow Day!
pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs
bibs, hats, gloves, boots, coats
Snow Day!
Hey @gameonpaper.com I think the site is broken. I didn't think Iowa was allowed to have positive EPA
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey @gameonpaper.com I think the site is broken. I didn't think Iowa was allowed to have positive EPA
There's an Iowa defenseman, #7, named Godfrey who just got a bad holding penalty. @stevengodfrey.bsky.social doesn't have the number in his username anymore but this is obviously about him Hating My Team
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There's an Iowa defenseman, #7, named Godfrey who just got a bad holding penalty. @stevengodfrey.bsky.social doesn't have the number in his username anymore but this is obviously about him Hating My Team
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
CAPITAL ONE AD EXEC: We literally have John Travolta as Santa. Why aren't we doing Greased Lightning?
CAPITAL ONE S&P: We can do 75% of that.
Later, JOHN TRAVOLTA AS SANTA: 🎶 You want supreme?🎶
[AWKWARDLY SUDDEN CUT]
🎶 For Greased Lightning!🎶
CAPITAL ONE S&P: We can do 75% of that.
Later, JOHN TRAVOLTA AS SANTA: 🎶 You want supreme?🎶
[AWKWARDLY SUDDEN CUT]
🎶 For Greased Lightning!🎶
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
CAPITAL ONE AD EXEC: We literally have John Travolta as Santa. Why aren't we doing Greased Lightning?
CAPITAL ONE S&P: We can do 75% of that.
Later, JOHN TRAVOLTA AS SANTA: 🎶 You want supreme?🎶
[AWKWARDLY SUDDEN CUT]
🎶 For Greased Lightning!🎶
CAPITAL ONE S&P: We can do 75% of that.
Later, JOHN TRAVOLTA AS SANTA: 🎶 You want supreme?🎶
[AWKWARDLY SUDDEN CUT]
🎶 For Greased Lightning!🎶
Me, posting on ClassDojo for students to practice their music during Thanksgiving break:
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Me, posting on ClassDojo for students to practice their music during Thanksgiving break:
I decided not to play it safe this year, and ask publicly who wanted to play in the pit orchestra. I would have been content with using mostly old hands, BUT! I got my start in high school by doing it badly, and I want to start investing in the next generation that way
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I decided not to play it safe this year, and ask publicly who wanted to play in the pit orchestra. I would have been content with using mostly old hands, BUT! I got my start in high school by doing it badly, and I want to start investing in the next generation that way
Look behind you, Charlie Brown! A three-headed monkey!
You shall not pass, Charlie Brown.
Weep for the future, Charlie Brown. Weep for us all.
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Look behind you, Charlie Brown! A three-headed monkey!
Figured out why the Hawkeyes game didn't really feel like a win. Like how does that happen? (h/t @gameonpaper.com )
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Figured out why the Hawkeyes game didn't really feel like a win. Like how does that happen? (h/t @gameonpaper.com )
Bad assumptions and chance in middle school.
Sixth grade, good enough at art and music, decided I couldn't do either well enough to make a living but teaching is easier right? (Yes I know better now, I was a twelve year old boy.)
Seventh grade, had a bad art teacher. So music it was. And is!
Sixth grade, good enough at art and music, decided I couldn't do either well enough to make a living but teaching is easier right? (Yes I know better now, I was a twelve year old boy.)
Seventh grade, had a bad art teacher. So music it was. And is!
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bad assumptions and chance in middle school.
Sixth grade, good enough at art and music, decided I couldn't do either well enough to make a living but teaching is easier right? (Yes I know better now, I was a twelve year old boy.)
Seventh grade, had a bad art teacher. So music it was. And is!
Sixth grade, good enough at art and music, decided I couldn't do either well enough to make a living but teaching is easier right? (Yes I know better now, I was a twelve year old boy.)
Seventh grade, had a bad art teacher. So music it was. And is!
ATTN: @yuv422.bsky.social
And anyone who has played Grand Mountain Adventure
... And anyone looking for any silver lining at all in the Everyone is Twelve Theory
And anyone who has played Grand Mountain Adventure
... And anyone looking for any silver lining at all in the Everyone is Twelve Theory
This is absolutely. batshit. insane.
And one of the most beautifully terrifying things I've ever watched.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZv...
And one of the most beautifully terrifying things I've ever watched.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZv...
I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
YouTube video by Red Bull
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ATTN: @yuv422.bsky.social
And anyone who has played Grand Mountain Adventure
... And anyone looking for any silver lining at all in the Everyone is Twelve Theory
And anyone who has played Grand Mountain Adventure
... And anyone looking for any silver lining at all in the Everyone is Twelve Theory
Dad joke time!
Which Ninja Turtle comes packed with a string instrument?
Michael and cello!
Which Ninja Turtle comes packed with a string instrument?
Michael and cello!
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dad joke time!
Which Ninja Turtle comes packed with a string instrument?
Michael and cello!
Which Ninja Turtle comes packed with a string instrument?
Michael and cello!
1. 2010 Orange Bowl (the elder Parker's masterclass)
2. Ricky Stanzi (how could you not)
3. 2025 Indiana
2. Ricky Stanzi (how could you not)
3. 2025 Indiana
Three for Thursday’s
Going to try something on BlueSky to help grow community.
Each week on Thursday I’ll ask 3 questions about a topic, but the topic will change each week.
Today’s topic is Iowa Hawkeyes Football.
1 Favorite Hawkeye game?
2 favorite Iowa QB?
3 Last Iowa game attended?
Going to try something on BlueSky to help grow community.
Each week on Thursday I’ll ask 3 questions about a topic, but the topic will change each week.
Today’s topic is Iowa Hawkeyes Football.
1 Favorite Hawkeye game?
2 favorite Iowa QB?
3 Last Iowa game attended?
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
1. 2010 Orange Bowl (the elder Parker's masterclass)
2. Ricky Stanzi (how could you not)
3. 2025 Indiana
2. Ricky Stanzi (how could you not)
3. 2025 Indiana
Missus is out with a migraine, so I was up for dinner. Made mostaccoli that most a the family ate, which I'll call a success. Also that I only had to look up a few dumb things ("best way to chop an onion," first time and cried a lot, and "what is saute")
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Missus is out with a migraine, so I was up for dinner. Made mostaccoli that most a the family ate, which I'll call a success. Also that I only had to look up a few dumb things ("best way to chop an onion," first time and cried a lot, and "what is saute")