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Best Record of 2001: Day 37 Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Aaliyah’s self-titled record, aka “The Red Album.” Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challengeand noted that I’d be writing some...
May 12, 2026
A retrospective of my two-year Dolmenwood campaign, and why this is the best game. Fight me.
The Republic of China’s Indigenous Defense Submarine, ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) fired two MK-48 Exercise Torpedoes during her 8th underwater sea trial on 6 May 2026. The footage and images released by CSBC Shipbuilding, cleared by the ROCN,...
The Philippine Navy’s newest offshore patrol vessel, the future BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-21), has arrived in the country from Hyundai in Korea for a pending commissioning, just 14 weeks after her sister. The 2,400-ton/310-foot Rajah...
I present a design drawing from the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1917-18, taking dazzle camouflage to the next level. Official caption: Battleship camouflaged as “an island.” Canvas screens, painted approximately, would be used, as in some...
Scientific naming has a strong cultural component. I don’t mean Latin names that reference Hamlet or Der Ring des Nibelungenas or Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (although those exist). Instead, I mean that the kinds of names scientists...
We were watching a tv series the other night, where one crucial scene involved an approach to the UK Prime Minister. He was spoken of, and treated as a hallowed figure, and… it just doesn’t work now.Of course, the media present the PM as...
A friend had a career success that flowed from an exit that happened quickly. Her reflection was that she was at the right place at the right time. Another friend recently did a panel with a couple of successful folks. One of them went...
"A Day In the Life" by The Beatles Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song from an album you think has great cover art. - A Day in the Life by The Beatles View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile
Read the full post at - 6+ Favorite Lawrence Osborne’s Asian Fiction (So Far!) A Roundup of My Favorite Lawrence Osbornes Asian Fiction...so far.
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