Heather Chapman
@mothertongue.bsky.social
Ex-journo, Jeopardy! loser, Kentucky Colonel, writer of many things. Comms consultant. Rural policy nerd. Neurodivergent af, queer af, tired af. Chaotic good.
I love that! Is David is black and white, by chance? That seems appropriate.
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love that! Is David is black and white, by chance? That seems appropriate.
That was such a lovely cover. I even bought it on iTunes.
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
That was such a lovely cover. I even bought it on iTunes.
I always pictured something thicker, like that pink ectoplasm from Ghostbusters.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I always pictured something thicker, like that pink ectoplasm from Ghostbusters.
Wait is that from The Abyss? All those drowning scenes messed me tf up.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wait is that from The Abyss? All those drowning scenes messed me tf up.
Ha, well met, fellow former journalist and J! alum!
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ha, well met, fellow former journalist and J! alum!
SAME. I’m at 3-5-1 and hanging on the edge of the cliff for relegation to B Rundle.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
SAME. I’m at 3-5-1 and hanging on the edge of the cliff for relegation to B Rundle.
HEARD. I’m this close to getting relegated to B Rundle. And I still have no idea how that “historical Duchy of Schleswig” question had such a high get rate. Is there something I’m missing about that one?
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
HEARD. I’m this close to getting relegated to B Rundle. And I still have no idea how that “historical Duchy of Schleswig” question had such a high get rate. Is there something I’m missing about that one?
This on top of learning there’s going to be a Project Hail Mary movie today. My cup runneth over.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This on top of learning there’s going to be a Project Hail Mary movie today. My cup runneth over.
And that’s the story of how we kind of sort of basically scored my husband a birthday banjo off the Cornbread mafia. /🧵
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
And that’s the story of how we kind of sort of basically scored my husband a birthday banjo off the Cornbread mafia. /🧵
Anyway, Jim brought the banjo with him on Saturday and it was definitely, probably worth getting mixed up with the Mt. Sterling Scarface just to see Dave’s face when he opened the box and saw the banjo. Even if the box was labeled “ABANEZ” because whatever Scott is, he is *really* not a music guy.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anyway, Jim brought the banjo with him on Saturday and it was definitely, probably worth getting mixed up with the Mt. Sterling Scarface just to see Dave’s face when he opened the box and saw the banjo. Even if the box was labeled “ABANEZ” because whatever Scott is, he is *really* not a music guy.
When Jim went back to buy, Scott and a woman were throwing stuff into boxes and said they were liquidating the store. Unsure if this was banjo-related and Jim really did give off cop vibes (very unlikely). Either way Scott still made Jim pay full price for the banjo. So much for liquidation prices.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When Jim went back to buy, Scott and a woman were throwing stuff into boxes and said they were liquidating the store. Unsure if this was banjo-related and Jim really did give off cop vibes (very unlikely). Either way Scott still made Jim pay full price for the banjo. So much for liquidation prices.
I told Jim not to go back and put himself at risk, that I’d find a banjo elsewhere, but he said he’d be fine because he doesn’t give off “cop” vibes. Which, way to tempt fate, Jimmy.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I told Jim not to go back and put himself at risk, that I’d find a banjo elsewhere, but he said he’d be fine because he doesn’t give off “cop” vibes. Which, way to tempt fate, Jimmy.
I texted Jim and asked what was going on and he texted back, “My dude had muscle on the door and a room full of guitars covered in dust. Not sure what kind of business he's running, but it ain't a music shop. The banjo, fwiw, seems legit.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I texted Jim and asked what was going on and he texted back, “My dude had muscle on the door and a room full of guitars covered in dust. Not sure what kind of business he's running, but it ain't a music shop. The banjo, fwiw, seems legit.”
He did some googling when he got home and come to find out, the ATF raided the pawn shop in 2019 because it was BASICALLY A FRONT FOR DRUGS AND STOLEN GUNS. The guy we both talked to was the same guy from the article. www.wkyt.com/content/news...
Hundreds of guns, drugs found in Central Kentucky pawn shop
A Montgomery County pawn shop owner is facing several charges after a month-long investigation uncovered hundreds of stolen items including drugs and stolen firearms.
https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Hundreds-of-guns-drugs-found-in-Central-Kentucky-pawn-shop-566321131.html
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
He did some googling when he got home and come to find out, the ATF raided the pawn shop in 2019 because it was BASICALLY A FRONT FOR DRUGS AND STOLEN GUNS. The guy we both talked to was the same guy from the article. www.wkyt.com/content/news...
Jim, for some reason, actually went inside and checked out the banjo while the muscle guy watched him. And when I say this guy was neckless, I mean he literally could not turn his neck. Jim said Muscle Guy had to turn his whole torso like Michael Keaton’s Batman to track Jim from the door.
a close up of a man in a batman costume looking out of a window .
Alt: A GIF of Michael Keaton’s Batman in the Batmobile, turning his entire torso so he can give someone a thumbs up.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Jim, for some reason, actually went inside and checked out the banjo while the muscle guy watched him. And when I say this guy was neckless, I mean he literally could not turn his neck. Jim said Muscle Guy had to turn his whole torso like Michael Keaton’s Batman to track Jim from the door.
Anyway, he drove over the next day and made for the pawn shop’s well-lit front entrance. But then the seller scurried out to intercept and instead hustled him around to the back door. Which was guarded by a huge no-neck guy in a sweatshirt & gold chains like the frigging Russian mafia.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anyway, he drove over the next day and made for the pawn shop’s well-lit front entrance. But then the seller scurried out to intercept and instead hustled him around to the back door. Which was guarded by a huge no-neck guy in a sweatshirt & gold chains like the frigging Russian mafia.
This is real friendship, y’all. Sure, a “friend” will buy you a beer, but will they fetch a sketchy banjo for you? My friend Jim will.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is real friendship, y’all. Sure, a “friend” will buy you a beer, but will they fetch a sketchy banjo for you? My friend Jim will.
Dave’s a drummer, has all kinds of instruments. Legit got a balalaika on Marketplace last month. But he has always burned for a banjo yet remained unfulfilled.
So I found a nice Ibanez online. It was at a pawn shop in Mt. Sterling, but our friend Jim lives there & said he’d buy it if I Venmoed him.
So I found a nice Ibanez online. It was at a pawn shop in Mt. Sterling, but our friend Jim lives there & said he’d buy it if I Venmoed him.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Dave’s a drummer, has all kinds of instruments. Legit got a balalaika on Marketplace last month. But he has always burned for a banjo yet remained unfulfilled.
So I found a nice Ibanez online. It was at a pawn shop in Mt. Sterling, but our friend Jim lives there & said he’d buy it if I Venmoed him.
So I found a nice Ibanez online. It was at a pawn shop in Mt. Sterling, but our friend Jim lives there & said he’d buy it if I Venmoed him.
The government can also ensure land-grant universities can take way more nursing students, bc that bottleneck is one of the biggest problems. Nurses with advanced degrees can't make near as much teaching in nursing school as they can at a hospital. That has to change too. More seats, more teachers.
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The government can also ensure land-grant universities can take way more nursing students, bc that bottleneck is one of the biggest problems. Nurses with advanced degrees can't make near as much teaching in nursing school as they can at a hospital. That has to change too. More seats, more teachers.
Well, he's nothing if not consistently awful.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Well, he's nothing if not consistently awful.