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Benjamin We spent a couple of glorious days at Knepp last week which meant, among other things, discovering that rabbits on the estate seemed relatively relaxed about having humans nearby. This chap spent much of his time nibbling near...
Louie Zong with this sublime concept album. Not a surprise either since Louie made another favorite concept album of mine—It's Black Friday, Charlie Brown. Louie clearly understands the feel and sound of his banger ideas. You can...
When you get older and start to buy your own things, you begin to notice prices increase over the years. How much more would you pay for exactly the same thing or sometimes even less? Even if everything went up by ten cents, it all adds...
Desert Brat 2026-08-02
Power Cat 2026-08-02
Aloha from Honolulu! I have vacation brain, so I'll do a summer-themed repost. [Photo from the Bishop Museum malacology exhibit] *************************************Every spring I suffer the Summer Illusion. The following three...
A little update on the food growing in the garden this year - sunflowers, tomatos and cucumbers, with a bonus 🌻🐝
I was watching a Jeopardy from 2004 (The Game Show Channel is rerunning Ken Jennings streak) and the following question raises a good question.The contestants where Ken, Jerry, Jennifer.In Double Jeopardy there was a category Biblical...
Lots of processing this week. I didn't appreciate how much writing helped with that and giving my thoughts somewhere to go instead of bouncing around my head like a game of pong. I had two basketball sessions. The first on Monday was...
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Viscountess Boudicca Ten years ago today, on August 3rd 2016, Viscountess Boudicca was decanted from her council flat in Bethnal Green to Uttoxeter. Last week, she paid a rare visit to...
Forster lists, social etiquette and the root of all text Image of crying tree touching the hills taken by me My friends, you might have noticed I did not post anything last week. It’s been a rough and rocky time. The miracle we were...
Wanted to try Mille Fete, so I went after an errand in Downtown.Loved the interior Chose their kim chee reuben hand pie, this had homemade corned beef, kim chee and cheese.It was nice that they heated it up for me. The pastry was flaky.I...
I discovered Ted Chiang's novel – The story of your life – soon after watching the movie in a plane on my way to Norway, where I was enrolled for my Ph.D. It was 2016, I had wrapped up all the experiments, that demonstrated that my model...
When Julius discovers his wife in the arms of another man, his neighbors tell him to go jump in the river. Instead, he hatches a madcap plan to win her back. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of Sprocket Vault Whistling Through...
Building my own agent has been fun. Sure, I could have opted for an off-the-shelf solution, but I wanted control. The ironic part is that I'm using that control to offload more control to the agent. Recent experiments have included...