www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 17hI like it when music sounds like the Beach Boys if they had recorded inside of a washing machine 060
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Need my son to stop waking up late at night scared, half asleep, and pointing at the empty rocking chair in his room 060
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I love Dan Reeder’s hilarious, melancholy tunes open.spotify.com/track/01C25Y...open.spotify.comstay down, manDan Reeder · every which way · Song · 2020 000
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Switching from coffee to matcha has unfortunately made an enormous difference in my overall mood, anxiety levels, and sleep 080
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I watch this video another 15 times every time I come across this tweet 051
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just finished Magda Szabo’s The Door. Now I’m going to read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for the first time since seventh grade 021
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“To live within God’s help is not to peddle securities. It is to pass through lament and menace in order to live at a new level. And so, enable others to find it.“ 000
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I recently read somewhere that prayer forces us to confront grief and that is why we so often avoid it. very true for me! 060
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you have the ability to form a thought and confidently and legibly express it in writing, you will become a load bearing employee so quickly these days 4142
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Existential dread really putting a damper on my productivity today 050
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Spotify is designed to make you listen to less music, and eventually, no music at all 150
Reposted by www.eganPeter Blair @peterblair.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Some brief eulogistic reflections on Wendell Berry, who celebrated virtues and loves that are for everyone, regardless of their form of life: peterblair.substack.com/p/wendell-be...peterblair.substack.comWendell Berry, That Thoughtful ManRest in Peace 052
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Reading Wendell Berry in my early 20s was one of the most important things I did in that decade and is in large part why I live where I do and have a community of friends and family here. RIP 030
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Toddler is currently in the OR for surgery if you could spare a prayer 2130
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In 2018 I spent less than $2500 on a two week trip to London, Edinburgh, Munich, and Budapest (including flights, lodging, sightseeing, and food). I feel bad for young people who want to see the world now 120
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Reading a lot of travelogues by rich 20th century Brits is making me feel bitter about my lot in life as a 21st century American wage slave 140
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026youtu.be/oIIxlgcuQRUyoutu.beYeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video)YouTube video by YeahYeahYeahsVEVO 010
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Reading my journal from 2008, which to my surprise is funny and insightful. I was much better at journaling at 16 than I am now. It’s the damn phones 160
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Glad I married someone who is as excited for the latest Robert Eggers movie as I always am 030
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’ve been working on trusting God with my trials and one interesting consequence is periodically feeling like I’m dropping the ball by not worrying more 040
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In a better world the media would not endlessly speculate on gruesome and tragic murder cases 040
Reposted by www.eganJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out. 872114474
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026One horrible reality of the Catholic media ecosystem is if you’re a normal Catholic writer who wants to promote your new book, your options are Matt Fradd or an actually good podcast with twelve listeners 4120
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In college I thought the best Aphex album was SAW 85-92. And now, with more wisdom, I see that it is Drukqs 010
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I can’t be expected to work when the weather is this beautiful 020
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Elderly Italian women are always approaching my son and calling him “mi amo” “darling child” and “piccolino” 160
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I kinda felt like Rod Dreher recently when someone told me I was geriatric for wanting to see a performance of a Rachmaninoff concerto instead of some random commissioned living composer 1100
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I get emotional every time I hear the thunderous applause at the end of the 1978 Vladimir Horowitz performance of Rachmaninoff’s third 040
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The wildfire smoke makes me feel insanely claustrophobic 020
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I resent being made aware of The Odyssey discourse, which ranks among the dumbest of all discourse cycles of my lifetime 030
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026At the toy store, letting two year old pick a toy, I asked him if he wanted this “excavator.“ he was immediately like “no, that’s a wheel loader.“ sure enough, it was. No one can tell this child anything about construction and agricultural machinery 2140
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I wish I could attend the Simon and Garfunkel compline at St Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer MA m.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVm...m.youtube.comCOMPLINE St. Joseph’s Abbey, Spencer MAYouTube video by Annette Allain 050
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This book diagnosed all of my mental problems in like 25 pages. I wish I’d read it 10 years ago 130
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You ever have a toddler bedtime so bad you question your whole existence 190
www.egan @wwwegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Father’s Day gift to my husband is watching the toddler for the long weekend so he can attend a tabletop gaming convention 2120
