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On Friday, I rode my bike for almost 20 miles (over 12 in a single ride, over 7 in another), the most yet in a day. I rode over 8...
My inevitable response to The Guardian’s click-bait list is this list of a randomised 100 novels I have purchased online, read and enjoyed in the years since I had Gmail and used Amazon – as it was the easiest way to search. I’ve tried...
§ In the garden our raspberry bush is flowering and it looks like the blackberry will follow suit any day now. I picked up some tomato, tomatillo, poblano, basil, and rosemary plants from the nursery and planted them in the few remaining...
Looking beyond and beneath the words on the page
Back in March, I went on a trip to London in what I would describe as perhaps a “once-in-a-lifetime” trip. It was primarily a work trip, but I did have a good amount of time to myself which I tried … Continue reading →
One of the departments under my care at work was left without the leading finance people. This put the department in a bad spot, since financial obligations were not getting done. So the main manager (a VIP) stepped in to help with...
As we’ve discussed, the If Books Could Kill podcast has its issues, notably that sometimes they’re too soft on their own premises, and sometimes they seem to be working too hard to contort things into a certain political context. But …...
Vitals Robert De Niro as Johnny Boy Civello, irresponsible mob associate New York, Fall 1972 Film: Mean Streets Release Date: October 14, 1973 Director: Martin Scorsese Wardrobe Credit: Norman Salling WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background...
Ben and I went on another pigeon patrol to the Harriet Street flock today which has become a somewhat regular activity. A gull turned up and ate some of the sunflower seeds. He must have been hungry as I’ve never seen a gull show...
Subtraction is hard when you figure the opportunity is awesome.