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I’ve been doing a bit of sewing recently after a bit of a break in which I really didn’t have the energy. I still have to take it much slower than I used to do — no more non-stop sewing days — but I am finding that if I spread cutting...
ANNE McCAFFREY – Dragonrider. Serialized in Analog SF, December 1967 – January 1969. Novella. Nebula winner. Reprinted in Nebula Award Stories Four, edited by Poul Anderson (Doubleday, hardcover, December 1969; Pocket, paperback, January...
Kermit has a job to do
Hi everyone! I did a video podcast interview with Eric Mora discussing spooky geology, the paranormal and cryptids. It’s about an hour. Please check it out and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for future topics.
The Cold Dinner I became a software engineer because, deep down, I love building. For me, it has always been the ultimate way to express creative thinking while solving problems with a computer. I first discovered this during my college...
Ghosts in the Well, Gags in the Ether: Abbott & Costello’s Time of Their Lives 1946 Growing up in New York during the 1960s was like having a front-row seat to a rich lineup of classic films and TV spilling out across our local stations....
I know many have loved the export version of this one for a long time but this one’s different. The Hokkaido flour seems to impart [...] The post #5537: Nissin Demae Iccho 100% Hokkaido Wheat Flour Black Garlic Oil Tonkotsu Flavor...
Don’t read this if you’re playing in my game on Monday lol
Ahh, the biennial California trip to the smog check station. It’s an inconvenience I suffer gladly, though. I have asthma. I like being able to breathe. If keeping junkers off the road means having to prove that our own vehicle is...
Comics Blue Beetle (1967) #1 W: D.C. Glanzman, Steve Ditko. A: Steve Ditko. Fun first issue for BEETLE; however, the QUESTION backup ends up overshadowing it. The feature’s fun, with some great art–Ditko’s doing a ballet–but the much...
Mukwonago, Wisconsin (pronounced muck‑WONN‑a‑go) isn’t the sort of place you’d expect to find one of the Midwest’s strongest arcade lineups, but that’s exactly what Vintage Vault Arcade delivers. A recent visit to Milwaukee (for the...