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Translated from Japanese into English by Quof, with illustrations by You Shiina. This is a post about four books, the second arc in the Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel series. They're book 4-7 in the series and won't make much sense...
I miss stuff. Stuff used to be everywhere. I watched The Lost Boys recently. It occurred to me that stuff clutters every shot of 80s films, trinkets, knickknacks, gumph, it clogs up the screen to the point of distraction when compared to...
Our youngest daughter and I are headed out on our drive cross country to California. Today we go from Charlottesville, Virginia to Forest City, Arkansas. Total estimated time: 12h 2m
Years ago, when landlines were still common and Internet shopping was not, I got a phone call from a policeman, who said he was in Selfridges and did I know where my credit card was? Suppressing the triggered memories of It’s 10 PM. Do...
There was a time when carrying a dedicated music player was the thing to do. The industry was booming, Steve Jobs turned the iPod into a cultural phenomenon, Creative established itself as one of its biggest competitors, and countless...
I went back to visit the group show some time after the opening. I took away one of the foam kickboards, which now seemed extraneous. The little constructions on the long plastic folding table had more room. Some olive oil from the...
“You’ve got Mail!”Sometimes I find it difficult to become inspired to go out to photograph. I just don’t feel like it. I’m sure many of you have experienced the same feeling. It is especially hard when the summer temperatures are above...
I knew Richard Viberg from volunteering at the Salem & Hillsborough Railroad in New Brunswick.
Two weeks ago, Aqueduct Racetrack closed permanently. If you are not interested in horse racing – and the sport has declined precipitously from its peak before World War II – it was possible to live in New York and not know that Aqueduct...
Well, if I was in the Bay Area, I would go
So I’m in a dental chair, and it’s not going well.This is not the fault of my dentist. His name is Brian, and he’s excellent. He’s also 14 years old. Not in real years, but in Dental Relativity Years, by which I mean relative to my...
Earlier this week, I went to the studio of a neighborhood friend. She wanted to make cards out of cut paper, and I was happy to try my hand. She had the supplies, including papers we painted earlier in the year for a retreat. If you look...
Colette’s The Pure and the Impure opens in an opium den in Paris sometime during what would come to be known, looking back through the veils of nostalgia, as the Belle Époque. Our narrator, also named Colette, arrives, not as a...
Today I went for what felt like a much longer bike ride than it was. I did a 32km round trip to the next town over, unfourtunately it was rolling hills the entire way which I'm not sure yet if I like less than a straight incline, because...
two of threeForgot that I had these. Made 3 jigs for holding stock to plane the end grain flat and square. The 3rd one I tossed because the stop had warped and flattening it would not have been worth the effort and...