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.
I am categorically opposed to capital punishment. Except for the woman sitting behind me tonight who brought a box of Tic Tacs to the opera.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I am categorically opposed to capital punishment. Except for the woman sitting behind me tonight who brought a box of Tic Tacs to the opera.
Unfortunate Pony rides again!
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Unfortunate Pony rides again!
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My last Halloween as a Controller.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My last Halloween as a Controller.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
2025 Travel Report: October
Home: 23 nights
Atlanta: 2 nights
Lititz, PA: 2 nights
Anderson, SC: 1 night
Durham: 1 night
Philadelphia: 1 night
Manchester: 1 night
YTD: 195 nights at home, 109 nights on the road
Home: 23 nights
Atlanta: 2 nights
Lititz, PA: 2 nights
Anderson, SC: 1 night
Durham: 1 night
Philadelphia: 1 night
Manchester: 1 night
YTD: 195 nights at home, 109 nights on the road
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
2025 Travel Report: October
Home: 23 nights
Atlanta: 2 nights
Lititz, PA: 2 nights
Anderson, SC: 1 night
Durham: 1 night
Philadelphia: 1 night
Manchester: 1 night
YTD: 195 nights at home, 109 nights on the road
Home: 23 nights
Atlanta: 2 nights
Lititz, PA: 2 nights
Anderson, SC: 1 night
Durham: 1 night
Philadelphia: 1 night
Manchester: 1 night
YTD: 195 nights at home, 109 nights on the road
Since I have to be in Plymouth for work on May 23rd, it seems only right to join the crew of a schooner for a 5-day voyage sailing out of Plymouth on May 24th.
It would be rude not to.
It would be rude not to.
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Since I have to be in Plymouth for work on May 23rd, it seems only right to join the crew of a schooner for a 5-day voyage sailing out of Plymouth on May 24th.
It would be rude not to.
It would be rude not to.
That’s the way to start the game, boys!
a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
ALT: a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
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October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That’s the way to start the game, boys!
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Seth Meyers responds to Fox News dismissing #NoKings protesters as "theatre kids":
“Don’t fucking come for theatre kids. They love attention, they know every word to Les Miz, and until tech week starts for the winter talent show, they are available to come for your ass.”
You're goddamn right.
“Don’t fucking come for theatre kids. They love attention, they know every word to Les Miz, and until tech week starts for the winter talent show, they are available to come for your ass.”
You're goddamn right.
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Seth Meyers responds to Fox News dismissing #NoKings protesters as "theatre kids":
“Don’t fucking come for theatre kids. They love attention, they know every word to Les Miz, and until tech week starts for the winter talent show, they are available to come for your ass.”
You're goddamn right.
“Don’t fucking come for theatre kids. They love attention, they know every word to Les Miz, and until tech week starts for the winter talent show, they are available to come for your ass.”
You're goddamn right.
Reposted by Ashley D. Polasek
Humanist Bertrand Russell's perfect, utterly uncompromising 1962 letter declining Oswald Mosley's invitation to lunch. An perennial joy to see this circulating online from time to time.
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Humanist Bertrand Russell's perfect, utterly uncompromising 1962 letter declining Oswald Mosley's invitation to lunch. An perennial joy to see this circulating online from time to time.
I told my dad the Blue Jays couldn’t lose if we both wore our magic shirts. (Yes, we’ve had them for 33 years.)
Our final text exchange of the night:
Our final text exchange of the night:
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I told my dad the Blue Jays couldn’t lose if we both wore our magic shirts. (Yes, we’ve had them for 33 years.)
Our final text exchange of the night:
Our final text exchange of the night:
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Typical day at the office.
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Typical day at the office.
A beautiful Autumn day in New York to stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge with my mum.
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A beautiful Autumn day in New York to stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge with my mum.
Opening night of the UK tour of Death on the Nile at the beautiful Lowry Theatre in Salford. Break legs, mes amis!
October 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Opening night of the UK tour of Death on the Nile at the beautiful Lowry Theatre in Salford. Break legs, mes amis!
2025 Travel Report: September
Home: 21 nights
Manchester: 7 nights
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
In-flight: 1 night
YTD: 172 nights at home, 101 nights on the road
Home: 21 nights
Manchester: 7 nights
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
In-flight: 1 night
YTD: 172 nights at home, 101 nights on the road
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
2025 Travel Report: September
Home: 21 nights
Manchester: 7 nights
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
In-flight: 1 night
YTD: 172 nights at home, 101 nights on the road
Home: 21 nights
Manchester: 7 nights
Washington, D.C.: 1 night
In-flight: 1 night
YTD: 172 nights at home, 101 nights on the road
I was supposed to resist this tote bag? Please.
September 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I was supposed to resist this tote bag? Please.
Spent the weekend back on the water, earning my next American Sailing Association certification—Coastal Cruising.
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Spent the weekend back on the water, earning my next American Sailing Association certification—Coastal Cruising.
This neighborhood cat loves to come visit with Boswell. They are such cute little friends.
September 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This neighborhood cat loves to come visit with Boswell. They are such cute little friends.
A cricket was chirping inside my Manhattan apartment all fucking night. One fucking cricket. One impossibly loud fucking cricket. By 3 am, I was full Walter White vs the fly.
a lamp is lit up in a dark room with a can in the foreground
ALT: a lamp is lit up in a dark room with a can in the foreground
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September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A cricket was chirping inside my Manhattan apartment all fucking night. One fucking cricket. One impossibly loud fucking cricket. By 3 am, I was full Walter White vs the fly.
Reposted by Ashley D. Polasek
I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.
Still rowing away on my virtual journey from John O’Groats to Lands End. When I’m not on the road, I do about 10km a day on my rowing machine. Yesterday I reached Inverness. That’s 267km—166 miles or 20% of the full route. On to Glasgow.
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Still rowing away on my virtual journey from John O’Groats to Lands End. When I’m not on the road, I do about 10km a day on my rowing machine. Yesterday I reached Inverness. That’s 267km—166 miles or 20% of the full route. On to Glasgow.