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I heard this lyrical homage to my home State at Dodger Stadium on Friday evening.) I was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended college at UCSB) #GauchoForLife! Below is the “super mega mix” version!
Anyways. Consider doubling your business somewhere with. some place or someone that deserves it. And the smaller that business is, the even bigger impact you’ll have on the number chart. Before I go: Double your business with companies...
If ya listened to the news this week one woulda swore that 60,000 Africans crossed the sea into Europe and invaded Spain by force. Actually, the news headline shoulda been- 60,000 Africans emigrate to... Africa! Ceuta (where the...
Three weeks at number one from 27th February 1988“This? Is this what people are listening to now? A record with a bleeping digital watch as the chorus? Jesus Christ… the whole thing’s like being trapped in an amusement arcade. It’s...
My daughter and son-in-law are away right now on the mainland, leaving me in charge of keeping Bowser and the chickens alive and happy. So far so good. She texted me a couple of days ago to let me know she got a call from the vet that...
Here's a pair of not-bad Snoozles™ featuring the Snow White Grotto in Fantasyland. This charming feature was not even a year old, having debuted on April , 1961 (this first photo is from August 1962). Snow White was placed at the top of...
Quick bits I met up with fellow weeknoter Coffee for a cup of Tom. Oops! Fellow weeknoter Tom for a cup of coffee. Clearly lacking coffee this morning. It was excellent conversation with excellent coffee. Speaking of coffee: I’ve held...
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A weekly digest? But it’s been over a month! Happenings I’m broken up from school for the year. I’ve been working on an extra-curricular project for some of my top students for next year. A couple of years back I did something similar...
This week, I presented this paper at ICCCN'26. This is joint work with Aleksey Charapko (University of New Hampshire) and my MongoDB colleagues Matt Broadstone, Daniel Gomez Ferro, and Akshat Vig. The paper investigates how to build a...
It's August, which means it's time for the annual Summer Under the Stars month on Turner Classic Movies!As always, TCM's August festival started today, on the 1st, and runs through the 31st. During this month the regular franchises,...
Gianni Infantino has scrapped his plan to sell stakes in FIFA's competitions, including the World Cup, to investors. It was always the wrong idea – custodians don't get to sell what they're only trusted to protect. | Read full post >>
Based on the recurring statements from most of my readers, our days of actively acquiring perfumes are in the past. I rarely hear about new perfume loves from you these days. At the same time, the second often mentioned sentiment is that...
July was a month full of unexpected events, milestones, and just busyness in general. It’s crazy that we’re way past the half of 2026, and that we’ll be soon – depending on how you look at “soon” – embarking into the autumn. 🍄 Life At...
This years summer vacation we spent in Italy. Our first stay was close to Lago di Bolsena, at the border of Lazio and Tuscany. It was hot but the pool was refreshing. The large agritourism estate was quite empty – somehow there was just...