Bubbles
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The athleticism of cats and big cats is always a marvel. Bateleur Eagle
How is it August already? It’s not that I got nothing done last month, but too much time was absorbed by online meetings, online chats, reading lengthy and often mendacious documents from management and just trying to process what’s...
The colorful Randolph Scott Western COLT .45 (1950) was just released on Blu-ray by the Warner Archive Collection.I reviewed this film in 2010 and really enjoyed returning to it via this beautiful new Blu-ray. It's not one of Scott's...
You may have noticed that Light Railway Stores now offers personalisation and weathering as options on many of the new Rapido models…The first models to arrive since Steve and I introduced this service were the Sirdar. Steve has been...
Pat Walters responded to my post on the OpenADMET initiative and I am responding to his post. As is normal for posts here my responses are italicised in red and enclosed in square brackets. Many thanks, Pat for taking the time to respond...
Depending on how she directs her voice, the same note take up different personalities. Down towards the bottomless well, it runs dark and thick, almost disorienting. Vibrating her entire being. Up towards the tower however, bright and...
This is the latest I’ve ever been on a week in review. It is fully next week. But here’s what happened. First, my game jam scores: Creativity: 3.875 Narrative: 2.625 Enjoyment: 2.625 Artwork: 2.375 Audio: 1.000 (my game had no audio) Not...
So to the other half of 'antiquity', the newer half, although where you place the line is anybody's guess, hidden as it is, in the murk of the Dark Ages . . . is it Arthur and the end of Empire, the rise of the Carolingians, or the fall...
Where: Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Boundary Bay (Delta)Weather: Sunny, 18–23°C The first birding of August, just before the fall fliers1 start arriving. Reifel Bird Sanctuary Marshland and distant mountains at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. We...
If you know me, you know I’m the “misandry isn’t real” and offline closeted trans woman whoms’t doesn’t know if I’ll ever return to transition, unless by some miracle I fall into a supportive circle again. A supportive circle that...
I've got a cold and I hate it. I took today off of work. Not something I like to do as there will be lots to catch up on later. I saw the saying the other day which went something along the lines of, on your deathbed your not going to be...
Today’s read is August’s book club choice, and I suggested this title (always a risky business) after reading Barzun and Taylor’s recommendation for it: ‘Except for the incessant animosity between Chief Insp. George Masters and his Insp....
I despaired of finding a copy of Spent until I saw it stacked on an unreachably high shelf in the Bristol branch of Forbidden Planet. I had to find a tall staff member to get it down for me, and it was signed! It may be a graphic novel...
The Todd Blanche Saga Isn't Over Yet Acting AG Todd Blanche, who very much wants to drop the "Acting" from his title, got two pieces of good news yesterday. The first is that the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote this morning to...
If you’re looking for an easy, comforting bake that turns simple ingredients into something truly delicious, this Cheesy Cauliflower Bake is a recipe you’ll want to keep close. Tender cauliflower is folded into a savoury, cheesy mixture...