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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??
Latest Posts
Dude, so I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about giant monsters. I was introduced to the Showa-era dubbed Godzilla films ("GODZILLER!") very young by my older brother and my cousin and that canon event permanently adjusted my...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop I get that I'm still sick and very busy with work but some days go by where I'm like "shit I have 4 pokemon on my camera's card and I need to get them out of...
Small thoughts about a small holiday turned large The fact that it started as "an important historical military victory in another country" and has become effectively the most prominent celebration of Mexican culture in the United States...
Birdchosting to the max, my friends This morning while I was taking out my AM litter haul (living with this many cats you do multiple empties per day) I heard more birdsong than usual, and it sounded a little distressed. Upon closer...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tues 04/28/2026 - Ninjask Man, I love a bug in a sentai mask. I get that a lot of sentai masks are like, bug adjacent anyway but it's just cool. Never had one of these...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Ok we're back to it (the posting) - I haven't decided what I'm going to draw for today's (Tuesday) but since I have a kind of chaotic day due to work I figured I should...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Alright alright catching up. Sun 04/19/2026 - Jumpluff The first time I ever heard anything about this pokemon was in the Great Gundam Project episode (189, a benefit...
Here's some thoughts about how Gundam 00 adapted as a live performance is better than it has any right to be For some backstory, a few months ago I'd been doing a re-watch of 2007's Mobile Suit Gundam 00 with my kids; for one of them...
Surprise vinyl is kinda the best type of vinyl (Go listen to Dogcatcher) Why that's the very game boy I used!! I got a pretty rad surprise package in the mail this morning. I'd been asked for my address for this thing so it wasn't a...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Ups and downs and ups and downs. I’ve had plenty of sicknesses and such throughout life that have caused significant downtime, misery, hospitalization, immobility etc -...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop OK so I know this feels moot at this point but like. Covid? Covid's got hands?? Before the first lockdown happened in March of 2020 my partner and I started taking it...
(Not a post about the wave of warehouse fires but also those) Dude you know what’s cool as hell? When you write a blog post detailing a technical issue you’re having and while listing out everything you’ve tried, you get a weird idea to...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tuesday 04/07/2026 - Dragonite Ok this one was for me. Purely because I saw this ”they're going to super hell” post and I wanted to draw a goddamn dragonite. I love...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Oy oy oy. Each day I think I'm better; I wake up, get dressed, do morning stuff and then by like 3-4 my body collapses and I get short of breath. Covid's got hands. Sat...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Back from April Fool antics, thank you to all digimon fans who did not crucify me for speaking ill of agumon, and to those of you who did? I forgive you. Thurs...