Eric Peterson (@toastpoint.bsky.social)

Eric Peterson

@toastpoint.bsky.social

Conductor, hornist, singer, IT guy. Gay widower in Queens, NYC. Knitter, reader, ice-skater (sort of). He/him.

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Eric Peterson

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toastpoint.comThree-Show Weekend… and a magical history tour! It’s that time of year when the fall shows of various organizations actually start happening. Of course, we are plugging away at 1776, had our first stumbl…

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Striped mittens, little ones. They came out fine, but this pattern was a pain in the ass and I don’t think I’m going to be repeating it anytime soon.

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toastpoint.comThat October HolidayI usually try to go down and visit my dad and brother a couple of times a year, and often that’s what I do with the November Veteran’s Day holiday (since C passed and I no longer go dow…

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toastpoint.comMatt Damon Film FestivalSo, last weekend was a four-day weekend for me, because I’d taken Fri/Mon off for my birthday trip to Provincetown. Which I cancelled due to weather. It was the right call, but *sigh* Friday …

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Boughten

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#HeadsUp: As pointed out by @galatfemme.bsky.social, The Inheritance Trilogy by @nkjemisin.bsky.social is on US ebook sale for $3. This contains all three novels, *plus* the kitten-chaser The Awakened Kingdom novella, which is what the author suggested I read after finishing The Fifth Season.

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Back to reality today. No intention of leaving the house. But I have a box of cookies and an entire birthday cake. I think I’ll be OK.

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Birthday tradition!

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toastpoint.comSmatteringsYay, it’s becoming fall! Long sleeves. Lounge pants. I was so sick of the muggy poaching weather. Unfortunately, I just cancelled my long-planned birthday weekend in Provincetown because the …

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17 Sept

Reposting this now so I can find it again on national coming out day.

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13 Sept

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toastpoint.comTwenty-Five YearsI did the smart thing this year and took September 11th off from work. Especially on the 25th anniversary, I thought it best to reserve the day for reflection. I usually quite deliberately don&#821…

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11 Sept

Somehow still here. Still holding your hand, dear. www.toastpointannex.com/writing/sept...

toastpointannex.comCharles's Personal Account of the Events of Sept. 11, 2001

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8 Sept

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toastpoint.comSweet JesusPhew, quite a couple of weeks. Right after my return from Rhinebeck, we had work, the one-two punch of losing Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, and auditions for 1776. I love Dolly in the same general wa…

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6 Sept

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toastpoint.comLong Weekend up there somewhereSo a couple of weekends ago, I went up to ‘upstate New York’ for a long weekend visiting Patti and Peter. That’s in quotes, because they live in Rhinebeck, which is only two hours…

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4 Sept

When they call your name in a work meeting and you weren't listening.

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2 Sept

Sweet Jesus! I’m going to be playing McNair in 1776! www.vlog.org/1776

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31 Aug

Wedding anniversary today. The 12th, but we only got 7 of them together. Not sure if there is a word for the emotion here, but I would say it’s mostly happy. Taking myself out to dinner tonight.

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28 Aug

Random connections. Tim Curry thoughts led me to "Hunt for Red October" and now I want to do a watch of submarine movies. Das Boot (which I've only seen the beginning of), Hunt for Red October, K19: the Widowmaker, U571. *pencils that in*

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26 Aug

So… Come up to the lab… And see what’s on the sssslab!

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24 Aug

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toastpoint.comCurrent TV RotationOK, let’s see. I finished the latest season of Drag Race All Stars. I skipped the finale, I already knew who won (I like her) and I don’t care about lipsync battles. I will say that put…

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23 Aug

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toastpoint.comViewing PartiesJust random stuff up to which I have been over the last few weeks. My buddy Renee had volunteered me to host a Jaws viewing party. I was all for that. I had seen it when it was first out, when I wa…

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14 Aug

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toastpoint.comWeird f*ckin dayI worked from home yesterday, but that doesn’t have much to do with anything. There’s a lot going on in my job right now (unusual) and I’m finding that I’m getting wildly di…

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12 Aug

57th St. Station. The board says that a W will be in in a minute. But an R train comes in, unannounced. Completely empty. I am on it now. Is it a ghost train?

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9 Aug

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toastpoint.comRetirementSo, it’s official. HR has been notified. My supervisor, his boss and our VP have been notified. My project lead and team have been notified. And my reporting team as well. I’m retiring …

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9 Aug

Why, when I hosted a pizza party last night with lots of snacks and desserts, is my stomach growling this morning? Well, I do have a quarter of a pie in the fridge…

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5 Aug

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toastpoint.comEvery Brilliant ThingThe one-person show Every Brilliant Thing, which was brought to Broadway this season as a vehicle for Daniel Radcliffe (who was, by all reports, amazing) has continued on, replacing Radcliffe with …

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4 Aug

Every brilliant thing! Seeing it before it closes.

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2 Aug

Sampler cap from “knitted gifts for all seasons“. It was supposed to have a pom-pom, but I couldn’t be bothered.

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2 Aug

Wiped out after an 8 mile bike ride. 8 miles should be nothing. I blame the weather. It certainly has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I’m completely out of shape.

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29 July

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toastpoint.comBB66As anyone knows who is privileged enough (*koffkoff*) to have me whine at them, I spent quite a lot of planning and effort gearing myself up for an early-in-the-year audition for a production of Sw…

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26 July

@msnow has decided to stop giving us live news shows in primetime on the weekends. This is going to cut into my knitting productivity. #vexed

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23 July

Oh, look, we have a giant wiener again!

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21 July

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toastpoint.comNew Hope and PrincetonSo, this weekend was the Plan B version of the “get out of town” weekend to Connecticut that had gotten torpedoed. I decided to do an overnight in New Hope, PA – hadn’t been…

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18 July

Not the vacation I planned, but sitting on a covered balcony with a cup of coffee, watching a thunderstorm is actually pretty cool.

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17 July

Cool way to heat up leftover pizza, which I’m doing right now. Put pizza on a cold cookie sheet and put it in a cold oven. Heat oven to 400. Once it hits 400, the pizza is done.

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16 July

Wow, the smoke is REALLY bad.

Eric Peterson

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12 July

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toastpoint.comGet to itI do spend an awful lot of my life thinking, “oh, I should take a power walk every day” or “I should practice the piano every day” or “I should do some of the organiza…

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9 July

Project Oh Mary!

Eric Peterson

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8 July

Eric Peterson

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5 July

My brain came up with “Project Oh Mary!” Last night and I need to see some concept art.

Eric Peterson

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4 July

Eric Peterson

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2 July

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toastpoint.comSemiquincentennialI was 11 years old for the Bicentennial and, oddly enough, was out of the country for the actual day. We were taking a typically weird Peterson vacation. Mom was in South America for work, and Dad …

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1 July

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toastpoint.comHark, hark, they assemble, these fiends of the night!I know I explain this every year, but a couple of factoids: There is an annual Gilbert & Sullivan festival that takes place every August in northern England. I work (regularly, but not necessar…

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28 June

Did I mention I've conducted a Mozart opera? I've also now conducted an Offenbach opera, but that's more on-brand for me. The Mozart is a great step in a new direction.