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Neil Ramsay
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Actor, Entrepreneur, Owner of the jewellery brand Montgomery-Ramsay https://montgomeryramsay.com, former president of the American Conifer Society (tree nerd), and general miscreant.

Wishlist for the feral kids: https://rb.gy/hwpw72
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Got a lot of follows overnight. For the new people here, I'm Neil. I run the Montgomery-Ramsay jewellery brand and am also its lead designer.

I post a lot of pictures of cats (we take care of a small feral colony here), trees, some jewellery, and the like.

I rant now and again.

Welcome! :)
Broke a gem. Damaged a piece. I am not going to have anything to launch at ALL at this rate. Just out several thousand bucks and a year's worth of time.

Memory chip in the NAS died. Will cost $80 to replace it.

Still haven't heard test results for my sick cat. I am so fucking done with this year
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
These are stupidly labour intensive. And with FedEx losing one pair and me losing one of another pair, they're going to be a rather limited release in the launch. But they are awfully pretty. I wish I didn't like how they looked so much. I'd just skip them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our business will be essentially down all day because Comcast is taking us offline ALL day for ‘upgrades’ to their network. Not in a standard maintenance window. Middle of the business day. What kind of idiots run that place? @comcastbusiness.bsky.social ?
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I feel like we should have a no-app April.
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So... we don't have Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales. We don't, in fact, have sales. Our price is our price. But if you're looking for jewellery for a gift or for yourself, I'd love if you gave us a look. Or a share. Or just a wink and a nod. It's been... a year...

montgomeryramsay.com
Montgomery-Ramsay
Fine jewellery for discerning tastes
montgomeryramsay.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How many times are we going to litigate the exact same case? Until the labels get the response they want? I get them wanting to stop piracy, but their position here is wildly untenable. An ISP can't just shut down any IP from which a purported infringement has occurred. There'd be no public wifi...
US Supreme Court wrestles with copyright dispute between Cox and record labels
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday grappled with a bid by Cox Communications to avoid financial liability in a major music copyright lawsuit by record labels that accused the internet service provi...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So... Arya's got an enlarged spleen. We've no idea why. They took a sample to send off for testing. Won't hear back until at the earliest today (likely tomorrow given the holiday catch-up). So. Now I just fret. She also has an infection from something, so she gets meds twice a day.
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My baby is sick 😢
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
All right. I've set 7 gems this morning... only... um... 16 left to go...

Annoyingly, 7 of those are flush set, which take me for EVER.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A year ago and today. What a difference a year can make.
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our cat trees have an absolutely bumper crop of orange cats this year...
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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And because my lovely partner Tony's roaring at me from the kitchen to include it, there's also our book, OverLondon which has exploding priests, pirate detectives and a world where Anne Boleyn has seized the English throne by means of an axe! (Ohh ahh.)

www.overlondon.net
HOME | OverLondon, Comic Fantasy Whodunnits
The home of George Penney and Tony Johnson, authors of the comic fantasy crime series, OverLondon. We are mighty authors who like caffeine, cats and creative smiting, in that order.
www.overlondon.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Then we've got Scott McCormick. ( @scottmccormick.bsky.social ) If you haven't come across his audiobooks, check them out. He's just won Best of the Year Award for Kids and Family in Audible. My go to is the LOTR inspired satire, The Dragon Squisher. www.scottmccormickonline.com
Official Website for Author Scott McCormick - Author Scott McCormick Online
www.scottmccormickonline.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Thanksgiving dinner at the inlaws’ today. Conversations here are involving topics like how to pack more gold into the same volume by using radioactive isotopes AND the bizarrely high number of alchemical recipes that involve urine…

To think. Some people just talk politics…
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Lost an earring I was prepping for the launch. Same kind that FedEx lost and refuses to pay insurance for. Batting a thousand on the Geode Earrings so far. At this rate, they're not going to launch.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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No, I did not just glue a balloon to the canvas! Prints of Scientifically Accurate Star are only here until Monday before they pop (haha get it) ☀️

stellerarts.com/pages/scient...
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Funny story... I'm still fighting my NAS to get my data stable since it ate itself after a cache drive failed. Still. This has included wiping it completely and reinstalling everything and restoring data from backup (which took days at USB3 speeds).

Okay... so. Not actually funny. At all. 😑
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The outdoor kids got treats ('cause it's Thanksgiving!). I was even able to toss some to Junior, who was hiding, and did not move to take them until i was gone. The indoor kids got foods (and treats... always), and have now run around and around until they are sleepy. It's a proper Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, all!

We're off today. In theory. Although, I seem to be doing a lot of work for someone who's off today...

We shan't be Black Fridaying it up tomorrow, but we'll be back in the shop. Have to get everything ready for the upcoming launch...
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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O hay, it's Black Friday and Cyber Monday!
ICYMI I'm doing 30% (aka $50+) off live games, including private sessions
ko-fi.com/bdavewalters...
*and* you can use code 14DAY50 to get 50% off all my programs for you or as a gift at TheUndisputedAcademy

Remember: I'm thankful for YOU
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Got a lovely note yesterday from a photographer. It was lovely, but it was sad. We used a photo of his for our social media -- picked it up on Unsplash. And then I sent him a tip of $20, which is about what I'd pay for a one-off on iStock. He sent me a note via our contact form on the website 1/9
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You know, I used to think Instagram was the bastion of fake lives and 'curated for perfection' statuses. But I'm beginning to think it is simply NOTHING compared to LinkedIn, where everyone's an expert in their field, everyone's a perfect coworker, and all posts sound like a coaching session.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
UPS is definitely milking the tariffs for all they're worth...
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A moment in late November.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I got mine, and it's really wonderful. This would make a spectacular gift to brighten someone's year. It's lovely.
Hello lovely people.

December 1st is the advisable order deadline if you want to guarantee you'll get your copy of Tiny Moments of Joy before Christmas.

(All prices on the site, including shipping are in NZD, which means much cheaper in USD, GBP etc)

www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
Tiny Moments of Joy | Swashbuckler Press
Delightful moments captured from people watching in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.swashbucklerpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM