Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I guess it is called SUNDAY Ticket, but it's annoying to have my card charged today and be unable to watch the (out of market for me) Lions' preseason game. 000
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Gathering concert on Arte is pretty incredible. Anneke van Giersbergen's voice is still magical and the band sounds great together. 000
Reposted by NathanMonday's Manul @manulmonday.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We meet again, Manul Monday. 19436
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026In a silly mental space where reading twenty pages of Finnish in the last week feels like a failure, because I read fifty the week before. 000
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 70s - STALKER 80s - THE LAST UNICORN 90s - CITY OF LOST CHiLDREN 00s - SAUNA 10s - PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 20s - AFIRE 210
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Kynsilakanpoistoainepullo is a good Finnish word. It means 'nail polish remover bottle.' Found in Rosa Liksom's Hytti nro 6. 020
Reposted by NathanDavid Lapham @davidlapham.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Introduction…I’m an Eisner winning artist and writer, known for the independent noir comic book series STRAY BULLETS, that I cocreated with my partner Maria Lapham. In any medium, I believe in visual storytelling that can knock you on your ass. 1210617
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Didn't have the best view but got to see Peter Stampfel of (Un)Holy Modal Rounders and Fugs fame tonight. Grateful to have this experience. 010
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025A legend. Heartbroken to think that there will be no more music from him or Pere Ubu.pitchfork.comPere Ubu’s David Thomas Dies at 71The frontman of the influential, avant-garde rock band was heralded for his untamable voice and spirit 010
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Potatoes, shallots and radish seeds are in the ground; lovage and tarragon survived the winter. Found two morels while planting, and have therefore revised my dinner plans. 150
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025I quite enjoyed this concert last night. I need to spend some more time with Bartok's chamber music. 020
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I have been blogging in Finnish, as I attempt to make the leap from high beginner to low intermediate, and it has been strangely liberating to write in a language in which I am incapable of saying anything significant. 110
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Interesting Finnish slang mäyräkoira (Dachsund, literally "badgerdog") also means a "twelve pack of beer." 010
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024My Finnish textbook has a misplaced confidence in my ability to recognize types of fish at sight. 260
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 21/10/2023I know the only way to get faster and better at reading French novels is to read more French novels, but, man, can that process be frustrating. 020
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 08/10/2023SWAN INTO SWAN (from STATIONS: poems by Keith Bosley) 010
Reposted by NathanBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 29/09/2023The existence of both Tim Curry and Tim Rice suggests that somewhere there must be a Tim Naan. 4175
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 01/09/2023One of these language-learning methods is a little extreme: 010
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 29/08/2023I long to have a friend group in which everyone has their own unique way of saying goodbye. 120
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 23/08/2023Finnish lessons start tonight! I am hoping the first lesson covers how to experience bliss while standing in a grain field. 380
Reposted by NathanJudith Claire Mitchell @judithclaire.bsky.social · 01/08/2023I will mark this day, sad and joyous, by rereading the stunning ending of my favorite novella: "Ah, Bartleby." "That's my name, don't wear it out." "Ah, Humanity." --Pee-wee Herman Melville 151
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 02/08/2023The cover of the textbook for my Finnish class looks an awful lot like an advertisement for an anti-anxiety drug. Will learning Finnish cure my anxiety? I can hope. 000
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 29/07/2023Added this 1923 Finnish American cookbook to my collection of immigrant community cookbooks. Very faded cover with the remnants of a Christmas (?) sticker. 130
Nathan @nathanbethell.bsky.social · 26/07/2023My first homegrown okra. What are your best recipes for one (1) okra? 080
