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Dumplings sind die fernöstliche Variante der gefüllten Teigtaschen und liegen seit einiger Zeit in Berlin im Trend. Von den vielen, asiatischen Restaurants rund um die Charlottenburger Kantstraße haben sie fast alle im Angebot. Doch...
About the Site I've been writing online since the mid-90s. I've created dozens of blogs and websites over the years, and Brandon's Journal is the latest. This site serves as a place for me to explore my thoughts and interests, which vary...
Interesting chat at the Film Fest. I saw ace producer Christine Vachon interviewed (above), then Ken Burns, then a panel discussion on horror. If there was anything that stopped the events from being fully fascinating, it was probably...
Imagine a story where the events in our lives that happen online are never depicted or mentioned. A day would seem twelve hours long and the protagonists would spend two thirds of that time asleep. I was gifted this Panerai Table Clock...
OK, Ok it isn’t the size of a guided missile cruiser on wheels, but Rheinmetall has marked a key advance in modern loitering munition technology by successfully demonstrating the FV-014 loitering munition/kamizakee drone launching from a...
What began as a dredging effort to deepen Savannah Harbor near old Fort Jackson became one of the most significant underwater archaeological discoveries in the city’s history. The artifacts have now been unveiled at their new home, the...
Sullivan Summer Under Review:The Tongue I Dream In. Sheree Renée Thomas. PM Press, September 2026. Reading Sheree Renée Thomas’s The Tongue I Dream In, as the mercury tops triple digits in my city, billionaire wedding announcements...
2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I track my short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is the week of Aug 10 – Aug 16. Stats Stories Finished: 3 Submissions Currently Out: 9 Submissions...
Bosch from the Haywain TriptychI thought Jim Murphy's video about playing OD&D with the 3 "Little Brown Books" (or Delving Deeper or FMC) plus Strategic Review Vol 1 No 1 for the random dungeon generator was an interesting take a...
In Saturday's write-up, I spent some time on the late-night talk show wars, now fully joined with the addition of Merv Griffin to the continuing battle between Johnny Carson and Joey Bishop. We've got a second sighting of Merv tonight,...
Yesterday, I learned that security/pam-ssh-agent-auth is abandoned and deprecated. Looking back, I first used this about 13 years ago, and wrote about it while describing how I set up ansible clients. Today, I tried one of the two...
After my positive experience with Misfits Market, I decided to try out some other online grocery store delivery systems and see how these services compare. Today I’ll be talking about my experience with Martie Goods; another online...
Less than a week to go until RG and I head off to Switzerland and Italy to trek the Tour de Monte Rosa with KE. Money The trip notes say to take 120€ and 200 CHF. I’ve got the Euros and I’ve ordered the Swiss Francs for collection from...
I took this from Kurt Vonnegut’s marvellous 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions. It’s a story of how an artist hits back when his work is mocked. The speech of the artist is a direct quote from the novel, and, although it is made by a...
We are all newbies at being adults. It’s just that some has been a newbie for a little longer than others. We all are newbies at being of age 21. Or 35. Or 56. So do be kind. We are all newbies. We are doing a lot of the things for the...