The Tired Tailor of Oz
@jdotclarkson.bsky.social
Low church skeets, from the windows to the walls.
The Trader Joe’s baingan bharta and palaka paneer are surprisingly good for what they are.
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Trader Joe’s baingan bharta and palaka paneer are surprisingly good for what they are.
“Resurgent” is a bold term to use in this context.
Clark Lea has agreed to a contract extension to remain at Vandy.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Resurgent” is a bold term to use in this context.
Introduce Yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
1. Lyle Lovett
2. The Wooten Brothers
3. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4. Los Lobos
5. Metallica
1. Lyle Lovett
2. The Wooten Brothers
3. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4. Los Lobos
5. Metallica
Introduce Yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
1. Public Enemy
2. They Might Be Giants
3. The Village People
4. Lemongrass, Soul Asylum, Soundgarden (single admission to club where all 3 played back to back)
5. Bob Dylan
1. Public Enemy
2. They Might Be Giants
3. The Village People
4. Lemongrass, Soul Asylum, Soundgarden (single admission to club where all 3 played back to back)
5. Bob Dylan
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
1. Plains (Katie Crutchfield)
2. Patty Griffin
3. Celine Dion
4. Coheed & Cambria
5. Lady Gaga
1. Plains (Katie Crutchfield)
2. Patty Griffin
3. Celine Dion
4. Coheed & Cambria
5. Lady Gaga
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Introduce Yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
1. Lyle Lovett
2. The Wooten Brothers
3. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4. Los Lobos
5. Metallica
1. Lyle Lovett
2. The Wooten Brothers
3. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4. Los Lobos
5. Metallica
If you eat a piece of pumpkin pie while watching “The Last Waltz” in your Turkey Trot shirt, the ghost of John Candy will appear and take you to Steve Martin’s house.
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you eat a piece of pumpkin pie while watching “The Last Waltz” in your Turkey Trot shirt, the ghost of John Candy will appear and take you to Steve Martin’s house.
I’d like to recommend that we all listen to Ramsey Lewis for the next 45 minutes or so.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’d like to recommend that we all listen to Ramsey Lewis for the next 45 minutes or so.
I am responsible for bringing fruit salad tomorrow. This has left me both relieved and offended.
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am responsible for bringing fruit salad tomorrow. This has left me both relieved and offended.
Liturgists: I have a tune in my head to which the invitation to communion can be chanted, but for the life of me, I cannot find it documented in any hymnal or altar book. Did I just make it up?
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Liturgists: I have a tune in my head to which the invitation to communion can be chanted, but for the life of me, I cannot find it documented in any hymnal or altar book. Did I just make it up?
Didn’t @scottagunn.bsky.social say something recently about Altoona making a superior pie?
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Didn’t @scottagunn.bsky.social say something recently about Altoona making a superior pie?
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chess pie is the bess pie!
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Sitting in my office just in case someone should happen to stop by, and someone has the audacity to stop by!
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sitting in my office just in case someone should happen to stop by, and someone has the audacity to stop by!
While I think it is incredibly charming that Herman's Hermits are playing a show nearby, I am not prepared to pay $131 to attend said event.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
While I think it is incredibly charming that Herman's Hermits are playing a show nearby, I am not prepared to pay $131 to attend said event.
Eastern Time Privilege is cunning, baffling, and powerful. To wit: because I have moved to the Mountain Time Zone, I now assume that everyone in the world is two hours ahead of me.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Eastern Time Privilege is cunning, baffling, and powerful. To wit: because I have moved to the Mountain Time Zone, I now assume that everyone in the world is two hours ahead of me.
Wordle 1,619 3/6
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Feeling myself on this one.
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Feeling myself on this one.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wordle 1,619 3/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Feeling myself on this one.
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Feeling myself on this one.
Talked with the musicians for 2+ hours about Advent and Christmas liturgies. May be the best day yet at this new call.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Talked with the musicians for 2+ hours about Advent and Christmas liturgies. May be the best day yet at this new call.
I tried to make something other than my vocation a career for almost 20 years, and when the dam finally broke, the process that takes more or less five years happened for me in exactly five years and one day.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I tried to make something other than my vocation a career for almost 20 years, and when the dam finally broke, the process that takes more or less five years happened for me in exactly five years and one day.
So Ryan Lizza is not “The LZA?” Does that mean Ryan Lizza is not in the Wu-Tang Clan at all?
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So Ryan Lizza is not “The LZA?” Does that mean Ryan Lizza is not in the Wu-Tang Clan at all?
At some point, and this day comes for all of us, I’m going to have to trim my facial hair.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
At some point, and this day comes for all of us, I’m going to have to trim my facial hair.
I’m in the mood to listen to a long conversation between Bob Edwards and Barbara Jordan.
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m in the mood to listen to a long conversation between Bob Edwards and Barbara Jordan.
Reposted by The Tired Tailor of Oz
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New:
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New:
Unexcited about Christ the King this Sunday.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Unexcited about Christ the King this Sunday.
It is permissible to play Andrew Bird’s holiday album, “Hark!”, before, during, and after Advent.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It is permissible to play Andrew Bird’s holiday album, “Hark!”, before, during, and after Advent.
I live in a region with great bike trails, and today was climate-changed to over 70°, so I took a bike ride outdoors and can confirm that aging boomers on e-bikes are the worst.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I live in a region with great bike trails, and today was climate-changed to over 70°, so I took a bike ride outdoors and can confirm that aging boomers on e-bikes are the worst.
Guadalajara won’t do now.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Guadalajara won’t do now.
This is a joke about Evangelicals’ response to Amy Grant’s “secular” album, as well as their view of The Episcopal Church. It’s a fairly niche joke.
I think Amy Grant became an Episcopalian in 1991?
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a joke about Evangelicals’ response to Amy Grant’s “secular” album, as well as their view of The Episcopal Church. It’s a fairly niche joke.
Happy Feast of the Consecration of Samuel Seabury, especially to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Farmer Refuted - Hamilton (Original Cast 2016 - Live) [HD]
YouTube video by Asaki Takaya
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy Feast of the Consecration of Samuel Seabury, especially to Lin-Manuel Miranda.