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Another word that keeps popping up in our reading of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet (see this post) is gymkhana, and eventually I thought to investigate it, since I was fuzzy about both meaning and etymology. Wiktionary says: From Hindustani...
Between the motion and the act falls the shadow.
"As soon as I started writing Immersions I knew the bad boy of the novel would be named Johnny. All bad boys are named Johnny: all drifters, no-good charmers, and sweet, shiftless men."
I requested public records to find out how much Charlotte, North Carolina, paid to host Top Chef Carolinas. Find out here—and how much of Charlotte was featured across eight episodes.
The niche classic from 1982 was one of the only Atari 2600 games that were as evocative as the pictures on the box
He’s right. Buying stocks is the best way to hedge inflation and is “free money”. I have been telling readers–all dozens of them–to buy stocks on the dips: The American stock market just prints you free money if you buy into it A certain...
These dudes’ music is still among the most unique things in the current crop of blackened and vaguely dungeon-themed punk bands with their uncharacteristically death rock- and post punk-informed take on the genre, even if some of their...
The weak Yellow Hive got robbed out by another bee colony. Robbing is when another colony comes and steals/eats the honey in a weak hive. I noticed the sign of chewed up wax cappings and did an inspection. During the robbing here is some...
Photos and comparisons of the new LAMY Safari neon editions
Hokum Director Damian McCarthy tries to turn familiar ingredients into something unexpected in Hokum, a horror movie about an embittered novelist (Adam Scott) who visits the Irish hotel where his late parents spent their honeymoon and...
There are certain vegetables that I am embarrassed to admit I have had almost no experience with. I could blame my upbringing in small town Oregon in the middle of the last century where iceberg lettuce was the only fresh green in Piggly...