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Slowly beginning to get back in the groove after the departure of our guests. I was exhausted Friday and Saturday, and didn't sleep well last night, but today I've been able to make some progress on getting things back in order around...
Memories Taken by the Heat I've just come back from my morning dog walk. On the streets here, you can smell the nearby forests. The sea is only a couple of kilometers away. Clouds towered over our heads. The cool breeze and the scent of...
A Case of Fear and Favourby Sally SmithGenres: Crime, Historical Fiction, Mystery Pages: 368 Series: The Trials of Gabriel Ward #3 Rating: Synopsis: A priceless medieval book has been stolen from the Inner Temple. The librarian has been...
As I’ve grown older I have really begun to embrace series that limit themselves to 8 episodes at 30minutes each. The whole season is like watching one big movie into bite sized chunks.
Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email...
MARY DURHAM, Mystery Writer: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay by Jamie Sturgeon. If you look in Hubin, the indispensable Crime Fiction Bibliography, amongst the authors, you will see the name Mary Durham, for eleven murder mysteries she had...
Previously on mask relay: the lovely Vivanter. Next on mask relay: TBC!Beholder MaskTin mask with ten eyes engraved into the forehead, each fashioned from a differently coloured gem: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, indigo,...
Bruce Schneier has a great post about separating “work” tasks from “gym” tasks when it comes to AI usage: At work, if your job is to move a bunch of heavy things from one side of the room to another, you should use whatever assistive...
In the early 1990s, the Alpine Blossom and Gift Shoppe in North Bend, Washington was the place to find officially licensed and fan-made items from Twin Peaks. The Twin Peaks Visual Soundtrack, produced for the Japanese market in 1992,...
I am back from my annual July blogging hiatus, and I arrive bearing a serving of humble pie. Read the details here. Our fave narrator James Langton has been busy! You will find the audio edition of A Gentleman Far From Home now available...
I discovered the uuidgen command, which generates a unique ID like 3E7FE9F8-9D26-42BE-999D-43D2D34697BC. This seems like it would be great to use in some shell glue script or another. 💽
They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em. Rage against the machine - Bulls on parade There's been a lot of discourse on my remaining social media this week about certain AI companies purchasing what used to be called 'long...
Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 11:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project No real summary on this one as it isn't directly relevant to the project. Major category: LHMPTags: LHMP LHMP #574 Steidele 2023 Traveling in the Caucasus About LHMP Full...
We are all subject to illusions, whether we are aware of them or not. In fact, the more convincing the illusion, the less aware we probably are. Our perception of competence in others is often deceiving and misleading. It can be very...