mkerste
@mkerste.bsky.social
Musician, bookseller, day job haver, eschewer of detailed bios
Yeah but not if you want "rice" in a normal sense. Like, wild rice does not go with stir fried anything.
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yeah but not if you want "rice" in a normal sense. Like, wild rice does not go with stir fried anything.
1. Incredible, no idea how you get that kind of articulation on that instrument.
2. In the olden days I believe some people got lead poisoning from playing the "glass armonica"
3. My favorite way to hear the Nutcracker now is the Ellington/Strayhorn version, which I saw live about a year ago.
2. In the olden days I believe some people got lead poisoning from playing the "glass armonica"
3. My favorite way to hear the Nutcracker now is the Ellington/Strayhorn version, which I saw live about a year ago.
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
1. Incredible, no idea how you get that kind of articulation on that instrument.
2. In the olden days I believe some people got lead poisoning from playing the "glass armonica"
3. My favorite way to hear the Nutcracker now is the Ellington/Strayhorn version, which I saw live about a year ago.
2. In the olden days I believe some people got lead poisoning from playing the "glass armonica"
3. My favorite way to hear the Nutcracker now is the Ellington/Strayhorn version, which I saw live about a year ago.
That didn't really work out either though did it? They needed to boost wages if they only got 3 final fours in the last 40 years.
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
That didn't really work out either though did it? They needed to boost wages if they only got 3 final fours in the last 40 years.
Man, idk this seems like it might be two different images put together somehow
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Man, idk this seems like it might be two different images put together somehow
I don't know that I've seen Forester in anything else, at least anything else that I didn't just happen to flip past, but man that Jackie Brown performance is something else.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I don't know that I've seen Forester in anything else, at least anything else that I didn't just happen to flip past, but man that Jackie Brown performance is something else.
I have felt your pain (past tense) because last year my team had just fired the brilliant Matt Eberflus.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have felt your pain (past tense) because last year my team had just fired the brilliant Matt Eberflus.
I started the Falcons D because...er...the Jets, and that was not great, guys!
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I started the Falcons D because...er...the Jets, and that was not great, guys!
It can very likely make a beverage that is "something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea".
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It can very likely make a beverage that is "something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea".
The place down the street from me makes a pear/apple/cranberry pie with a struesel crust and it whips. It's also $35 but whaddya gonna do?
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The place down the street from me makes a pear/apple/cranberry pie with a struesel crust and it whips. It's also $35 but whaddya gonna do?
As a favor to a bandmate (and because he's paying me), I'm playing keys for a church service every other week. I have not burst into flames, to my surprise, but man have I grown to hate what I'm calling "that hillsong shit".
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
As a favor to a bandmate (and because he's paying me), I'm playing keys for a church service every other week. I have not burst into flames, to my surprise, but man have I grown to hate what I'm calling "that hillsong shit".
I suspect I might still have been a longhair, making it unlikely.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I suspect I might still have been a longhair, making it unlikely.
"Well not anyMORE" is undoubtedly the wrong way to put it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Well not anyMORE" is undoubtedly the wrong way to put it.
I'm absolutely an expert at this with the dishwasher.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm absolutely an expert at this with the dishwasher.
I know this guy goes by Chigurh but I don't...really want to see him, ooks me out. Can I just shoot him the address?
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I know this guy goes by Chigurh but I don't...really want to see him, ooks me out. Can I just shoot him the address?
I read that as "sleepmullet" and was entirely perplexed.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I read that as "sleepmullet" and was entirely perplexed.
As a resident of his state, I'm going with the Great Khan of the Midwest, his billions notwithstanding.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
As a resident of his state, I'm going with the Great Khan of the Midwest, his billions notwithstanding.
And musical instruments let's not forget.
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
And musical instruments let's not forget.
Kinda ugh, tbh. I mean he's a Democrat, but not by a lot.
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Kinda ugh, tbh. I mean he's a Democrat, but not by a lot.
I asked Chat GPT on a whim what bag or case I could get that would fit my PA speakers, and it invented BOTH of the products it recommended.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I asked Chat GPT on a whim what bag or case I could get that would fit my PA speakers, and it invented BOTH of the products it recommended.
That is fair, but to me it seemed like the person defending it as useful was defending not just AI, but LLMs, which to my experience, are fairly bad at answering questions, which is what companies trying to force it to replace search seem to think is a strength.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
That is fair, but to me it seemed like the person defending it as useful was defending not just AI, but LLMs, which to my experience, are fairly bad at answering questions, which is what companies trying to force it to replace search seem to think is a strength.
Please identify an appropriate nail.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Please identify an appropriate nail.
I'm trying to figure out if they or the Bears are the most goodbad/badgood team in the land.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm trying to figure out if they or the Bears are the most goodbad/badgood team in the land.