Dennis Wilkinson

"Nevermind" is 35 years old today. If I have to sit with that, so do all of my fellow olds.

Managed to add a few to the collection at a few used vinyl and "antiques" places around New Hampshire over the weekend. #vinyl #music

Happy 60th, Star Trek. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCAR...

Headed into downtown New Bedford to check out the newly-unveiled statue of Herman Melville by sculptor Steff Rocknak today, since I wasn't able to sneak out of work for the unveiling itself. #photography #newbedford #massachusetts #publicart

Hey, now, this is a perfectly cromulent word, Spelling Bee.

Half dessert, half exercise in using up some pantry items. Banana bread with carob powder, toasted walnuts, and chopped dates. Also, gluten-free, since that's a thing I need to think about for family members now. #photography #cooking #food #foodphotography

A piece of "flong", essentially a papier-mâché mold used to cast a metal printing plate for a comic for a newspaper. This one is for the May 22, '77 Sunday "Peanuts" strip, and would have been used to print the black line art for the strip (there would have been others to print the colors.) #flong

Tonight's watch. Rest well, Sam.

A pair of Sandhill Cranes (an adult and a colt in the background) stalking the northern fields at Burrage Pond, looking very dinosaur-y. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Headed over to Fall River tonight to see the fireworks over Big Mamie at Battleship Cove. #photography #boats #ship #fallriver #ussmassachusetts

Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched on a wire fence out at DNRT's Ocean View Farm #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

An Eastern Kingbird out at Burrage Pond WMA. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Grey Catbird at Mass Audubon Stony Brook. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Pressed play on "Master and Commander" tonight to be greeted with a "Contains tobacco depictions" warning. Disney, I grew up in the 1970s, when the entire world smelled of smoke. I can handle it.

Great Blue Heron below the spillway out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

"The Chain" is a pretty big swing. Not too shabby.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook on the way home tonight. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

A brief moment from last night's fantastic show by They Might Be Giants at the House of Blues in Boston. And they have another one tonight. Don't know how they do it. They're older than I am and my dogs were tired this morning. #concert #photography #boston #houseofblues

My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.

Is Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” written from the point of view of a resentful Aquaman?

Outstanding show by The Mountain Goats at the House of Blues in Boston tonight. I've lost count of how many times I've listened to "This Year" over the course of the last bunch of years.

Finished John Williams' "Augustus" tonight. I was not prepared for the last line to be that chilling.

So, this is 56.

Headed out to Destruction Brook today looking for wildflowers; still a bit early, I guess. But some of the ferns are starting to unfurl. Plus, bonus critter hiding in plain sight. #photography #plants #dartmouth #massachusetts

Happy Mother's Day

One of the resident beavers out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook in Norfolk, MA. #photography #mammals #beaver #nature #norfolk #massachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Stopped out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook on the way home tonight for my daily walk instead of hitting the rail trail near my office. Haven't gone through all the photos, but I knew this one would finish up nicely as soon as I shot it. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Convenient for the NYTimes Spelling Bee that I was eating one of the pangrams when I started the game at lunch.

An Osprey flying with its catch near the Wareham fish ladder today. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

I find your word list… lacking.

New AncestryDNA result just dropped. Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha HA HA ha! HAHAHAHAHA!

Well, that settles the ride home playlist question. Rest well.

An Osprey flying with its catch near the Wareham fish ladder. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Eastern Bluebird out at Burrage Pond today #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Comin' right at'cha. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

IDKHOW at the ‘dise tonight. Great show. Don’t remember the last time I watched from the balcony here, but that's where the kiddo wanted to watch from. I was a strong contender for oldest guy in the room. Sigh. (For the record, I intro'd the kid to the band, not the other way 'round.)

"Ugh, this guy again." #photography #birds #wildlife

8 years ago today. Ticker still ticking.

The herring are running, which means that the Osprey are back and hunting at the Wareham herring run. They were mostly fishing away from the accessible part of the river, but a few ventured into camera range, like this bird with its successful catch. #photography #birds #wildlife

Outstanding show by Kishi Bashi (with guest appearances by Honeybody and Mr. Steak) at the Royale tonight. #concert #photography #royale

Great show by The Wedding Present at the Sinclair, bracketing a run through of all of Seamonsters (marking its 35th anniversary) with old and new tracks and a cover of Pavement's "Box Elder". #concert #photography

I think I hit weather bingo on my commute this morning: overcast, bright sun, rain, snow, hail, and "wintry mix".

What a difference a decade makes. Yikes. To be fair, this has been a *really* long decade.

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.