Sat Apr 27
I did it! That is, I finally completed the London marathon 21st April 2024, with a time of 6:33:02. Oh my gosh, has this ever been a lot of hard work – I’ve effectively trained for it three times after first the delays of the pandemic pushed it into 2023, then injury meaning I had to defer to 2024. So my initial...
Day 27 of NaPoWriMo. My poem My first double entendre. Cold flow Flow so cold, that's why they wanna jack it/jacket Featured poem A poem for the inebriated among us. (Me included!) A Glass of Wine by Ella Wheeler Wilcox "What's in a glass of wine?" There, set the glass where I can look within. No listen to me,...
I love stree art! It is rough, nonconformist, often spontaneous, and for me the quintessential way of expressing yourself in an urban context—that makes it beautiful for me. Naturally, I had to visit the exhibition/art trade event Straßengold (street gold) at Kulturbunker Mülheim. I am happy to have asked a good...
Crossposted from The Loop 2023, under a Creative Commons licence. Socialist democracy includes but can go beyond the state, class, and socialism. It should overcome dichotomous thinking in favour of a pluralist socialism of diverse values, approaches, democratic forms, and levels of organisationCommunism, social...
A friend of mine was celebrating his birthday the other day. And in preparation for it, I designed this little puzzle challenge. Basically, it’s just a closed box with a numeric lock holding its contents hidden. On the bottom of the box I printed a QR code, leading to a website where I edited the logos of boardgames...
