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Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
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There are so many - but when you spin the wheel you'll only get one. What will your selection mean for 2026? It's that time of year again! We've reached the winter solstice (here in the northern hemisphere anyway - and if I've timed this right, posting at the exact moment thereof) which means y'all get a little...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Thu 12/18/2025 - Sawsbuck This one was a double hitter; one of my kids gave me the number randomly and while I'd never heard of this particular pokemon, I wanted to keep with the whole "winter" theme and it had a winter variation! Win win! Fri...
To the holiday decorations At the end of today I'm off for two weeks (barring any emergencies) and I'm happy to, despite not being any form of religious whatsoever, enjoy some winter holiday. We finally busted out our stuff and Snoops is pretty stoked. He's enjoying new things to climb around and knock off of...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Here's the most recent batch - Monday through today. Mon 12/15/2025 - Diglett 50 came up in random number generation. I thought about doing the Alolan variant but I'd already colored in the 50 with the ground type color and I'd have needed to split...
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout I don't think I can truly commit to a 'Game of the Year' so instead I'm just highlighting stuff I really enjoyed. 🎮 check out the whole series here 🎮 The Honorable Mentions These are the games that I either didn't get enough time with and believe they would be a top tier for me, games...
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout I don't think I can truly commit to a 'Game of the Year' so instead I'm just highlighting stuff I really enjoyed. 🎮 check out the whole series here 🎮 Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer: Team Cherry Released: 09/05/2025 Get it: Steam Note: This post contains mild spoilers for Silksong. If...
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout I don't think I can truly commit to a 'Game of the Year' so instead I'm just highlighting stuff I really enjoyed. 🎮 check out the whole series here 🎮 Beastieball Note: I'm counting November / December 2024 releases for 2025 because they didn't have enough time to get on 2024's not-GOTY...
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout I don't think I can truly commit to a 'Game of the Year' so instead I'm just highlighting stuff I really enjoyed. 🎮 check out the whole series here 🎮 Pokemon Legends: Z-A Developer: Game Freak Released: 10/16/2025 Get it: Switch Eshop If you've read anything I've put on this blog in the...
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout I don't think I can truly commit to a 'Game of the Year' so instead I'm just highlighting stuff I really enjoyed. 🎮 check out the whole series here 🎮 Nitro Gen Omega Developer: DESTINYbit Released: Early Access launched 6/17/2025 Get it: Steam Dude what a shock that the game I couldn't...
FINALLY Man I've been waiting for snow, like snow-ass SNOW for a loooong time; the forecast didn't have any on it (unlike last week when it said 2-3" and we got sleet) so I was pretty surprised to find a goddamn winter wonderland this morning when I got up with it still actively snowing for a few hours. Please enjoy...
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