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The AP explores one important facet of why US soccer, even with an eager and enormous population at its disposal, struggles to produce world beaters.→ AP News
Status: Slept for a very long time last night, maybe 13 hours. Didn’t even need my pillow-friendly headphones to send me off. I was feeling pretty antsy last night and on reflection I did do something every day for four days, so even...
Imaginary Numbers (1954) by Yves Tanguy. • “In all his writing, Ballard seems to embrace the opposed extremes of pulp genre conventions on the one hand and avant-garde experimentation on the other, while entirely rejecting the norms of...
I've not got a competitive bone in my body so I'm not particularly motivated by streaks. It's just data: I've done a thing this many times. Streaks happen or they don't. They are a side effect of the thing. This is prompted because I've...
FastMail released a native, cross-platform app a while ago. It's an Electron app, so, basically web pages and web browsers running locally. It looks almost exactly like its web page. FastMail desktop app on the left, FastMail web page on...
The all-knowing internet confirmed that the crab and the jellyfish I saw on Cedar Creek have a symbiotic relationship. More precisely, they are demonstrating commensalism. This is where one organism receives a benefit and the other...
Star Trek was vibe coding before it was cool.
I talk about national politics, by I also take action at the local level. I mean, super local. Okay, it’s my living room.
After seeing Ian’s plea to Don’t Forget to Share the Posts You Love recently, I decided to get off my arse and do something I've been meaning to since I resurrected this blog back in October. I’ve had a few links I wanted to share, but...
Robert Jon & the Wreck at The Tin Pan I have lived in RVA, and before that Fredericksburg, for over 20 years. I have looked at shows at The Tin Pan on multiple occasions. Every time I passed, because the idea of seeing a loud rock and...
Last night I descended into a hot and labyrinthian basement of a building in Northeast Minneapolis (not far from The Crane Theater) to check out a new-to-me theater company. Despite the heat, I was impressed by Brick by Brick Players'...
Two pens that should never be opened up and serviced yourself. Send them to Pilot to have it done properly and to preserve your warranty. I'm often asked how I got into this hobby, and how I managed to learn enough about fountain pens,...
Ilya RepinPart 1, Part 2Home stretch, let’s go.The BalrogHow did I skip the Balrog? Absolutely shameful.Anyway: dig too deep and you’ll find a guardian of the underworld, so I’ll roll with Ox-Head and or Horse-Face from Chinese folk...
Network will turn 50 years old later this year. I'll be posting my review then, but for now this feels very timely.
18:59 - Feeling really lethargic and bleh. In the mood for nothing. I've been lying in bed for hours. We did go out for about an hour today. That was something, I guess.