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Mote SEA from the parking lot. Fresh from our Danube adventure, the next few of posts will comprise something of a Florida series, amalgamating a couple different trips. During one summer when I stayed with my grandparents down in...
This old porthole hangs on a wall at Mohala’s Bayfront Fish & Chips restaurant in Hilo, but you can still see outside through it!
Drag Race Down Under host Michelle Visage teased a guest judge. Australian legend Kylie Minogue?! LOL no. It was a twist much bigger than a guest judge, but also just dumb dumb dumb.
This week's bookshelf is a real hodgepodge, with, as far as I can now discern, no real orgainizing principle. These books seem to be almost all small press and/or self-published (with a few prominent exceptions), and to be of such a size...
UpdatesThis week was dominated by the sad news of the death of Glen Hansard. A friend messaged me on Wednesday morning asking if I had read the rumours, soon afterwards more official news started to arrive of Glen's death in a motorcycle...
Table of Contents Table of Contents “Rice” Is Not a Useful Specification Grain length and starch Milling and processing A Small Field Guide to the Rice Shelf The Method Is Part of the Dish My Rice-Cooker Baseline Washing Is a Dial, Not a...
I'm still living in Dublin, Ireland. I love my space here. I can see the sea from my living room and I'm surrounded by my records and books. I started an email newsletter six years ago called "Stuff that MattR's", it has evolved into a...
We seem to have an embarrassment of riches at the moment, with so many great songs to choose from that it’s almost torture to have to rank them at all. And rather curiously, we have a number of songs by “animal” bands, including a mouse,...
Harland Sanders is so closely associated with Kentucky Fried Chicken as “Colonel Sanders” that his early career as a restaurant owner has been largely eclipsed. However, it occupied much of his time and energy before — and to a lesser...
Hello Sandwich people of all nations and welcome to the month of August! Yes, we’re a couple days in already. Yes, we’ve been remiss in posting our schedule for the month. Yes, we are very lazy. But look, all those delicious tomatoes in...
A trip to Plan 9 Music I took my son and daughter to Plan 9 Music on Saturday. Before we set off, I set a budget for both of $50 each. My daughter, who recently has been scouring every CD binder of mine she can find in our house, picked...
Current stage of pregnancy: week 11 GA; week 9 FA; 12 cigarettes since the beginning of pregnancy Nausea is back. We're in the middle of the 11th week and so far is has been a ride. I've felt nauseous for a few days, I've had mild...
I tried to unsubscribe from the World of Hyatt emails I was getting. They have an obnoxious email setting screen with lots of negatives to figure out. Like you decline to agree to opt-out to not receive email communications. But also...
Read the full post at - Doing More is Often Easier Doing more is often easier -> https://www.raptitude.com/2025/04/doing-more-is-often-easier/ At the time, I didn’t yet see the general principle: always be curious about what’s just...
Hello and Welcome t this Blog´s annual "What have been playing this Summer!" With this season still going, I´d figure i´d figure I´d share what I´m playing.