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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
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Thurs 01/08/2026 - Gardevoir I put out calls yesterday for our remaining two gen 3 icons for this week's AGDQ coverage (the event's finale game Saturday night will be...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weds 01/07/2026 - Treecko AGDQ week continues! Here's our final starter from Gen 3, and what a little guy it is! Starting as an unassuming gecko, evolving into a...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tues 01/06/2026 - Torchic Continuing our Awesome Games Done Quick coverage this week, here's the next Gen 3 starter; the cute fire chocobo chick whose evolutionary path...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Mon 01/05/2026 - Mudkip In honor of Awesome Games Done Quick running this week and the finale game on the schedule being Pokemon Emerald, this week I'll be focusing on...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 01/02/2026 - Azelf RNG for Friday's entry and we were greeted by one of the heralds of Arceus themselves. I can't help that from a design standpoint it reeks of "We...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weds 12/31/2025 - Blacephalon Happy new year - I looked up "the firework pokemon" and I'm not sure what I was expecting but this wasn't it. Weird clown-like ultrabeast?...
New Techos, Moons, A sick as hell photo of a cat named Possum, and musings on celebrating your accomplishments at the end of the year Finally, some good fucking snow Leading up to December, I thought a lot about doing a year end round-up...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Sun 12/28/2025 - Fennekin Inspired by my trip to Lumiose for Z-A, I started a fresh save of Pokemon X to play through casually as time allows and started with a...
You know the drill!! One subject, three lenses I think all told I photographed the moon less than 12 times this year; that's bonkers compared to 2024 which was more than double that easily. I know life's been weird but there's something...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Thurs 12/25/2025 - Delibird I don't know how often I'll try to do 'thematic' pokemon selections (especially since I'm gonna get limited in that regard) but for...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tues 12/23/2025 - Tyrunt This was the first fossil pokemon I got in Z-A; I named him Grumpus and he was part of my team for a pretty long time (and is still my rock...
Jump-scared by an update for a dead game Steam has this 'What's new' section on your library page; it highlights developer posts, patches for things you actively play etc - and this morning I noticed there was one for Hyper Light Breaker...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Both pokemon in today's post are tangentially related to sidequests in the Mega Dimension DLC for Z-A; I don't think this is super spoilery but just tossing that out...
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...
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...