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We had a really good day at church yesterday at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, Tennessee. I say this with some sense of wonder because I arrived in a grumpy mood: we left ten minutes later than I had requested, which meant I felt frazzled.I...
When it comes to the belief in plant spirits, there may be a tendency to exoticise indigenous beliefs and be biased towards them over other religious beliefs one is exposed to or familiar with. This is despite the fact that both types of...
Magix is a neat tool that lets us run Haskell programs as scripts1. We put a shebang on top mentioning Magix, list the Haskell packages we need, and ./script.hs just works. This post is about running such a script fast(er) on GitHub...
Abandoned Corvair, Sunbury, Georgia.I've been blessed with pretty robust health for most of my life. In fact, I was doing okay at age 87 until I had a bad fall while going down into a canyon to photograph Potter's Falls near Wartburg,...
By the standards of 2026, March is a long ways away, particularly with respect to this story. For starters, there is that ticking fee, a penalty which Paramount agreed to pay for every day after the end of September that the deal doesn't...
It reminded me of a nineteenth-century Japanese drawing I had once seen - Mice transcribing a book, by Kawanabe Kyosai - in which red-eyed white mice wearing kimonos are kneeling at a low desk transcribing a book, while off in the corner...
With most theatre creatives and critics decamped to Edinburgh for the Festival, August used to be a rather barren month for new openings in London, but with rising costs and overwhelming amounts of choice in Scotland, for those remaining...
It seems like for this type of person, the human being behind it doesn’t count at all. Every “content” someone puts out is a meme; further ammo to use to further their view on their own situation, or as self-promotion on their own...
Quick-Draw J. Stuart Blackton Demonstrates His ArtSpeedy and Shorter and Welcome, AIPioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton got a start in vaudeville doing what was called “lightning sketches,” artist and easel on stage to astonish watchers...
"Dayton Daily News," October 6, 1966, via Newspapers.comInvestigating a violent death can be difficult enough if it is uncertain whether it is a case of suicide, or murder. When even trying to establish the identity of the victim leads...
I missed the pre- and post-interval scenes while grabbing snacks—Max was smart enough to stay behind and catch what I skipped. Now I need to rewatch those parts! Marina Mall Inox should seriously consider opening more refreshment...
Codidact Wikipedia Entropy Arbitrage, the Posts Entropy Arbitrage, the Code Next I can’t find a better anniversary for today than the 346th for the start of the Pueblo Revolt, a massive uprising against colonization (by the Spanish at...
By Don J HeadrickGrognard GamesOSRICLevels 9-12 For centuries the Tomb of the Lich Queen has lain hidden within a vast wasteland of cliffs, canyons and chasms. Now it has been found, and its legendary lost treasures have drawn...
A recipe for mushroom mac and cheese, all from scratch. I use wild mushrooms and a homemade cheese sauce, and give you options for both so you can make it with what's available. Mushroom Mac and Cheese is the latest post on Hunter Angler...
I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase, “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.” I use it a lot in my work when we are planning projects and it is often shorthand for “Let’s just get it done even if it is 100%.” And that was how...