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The fifth weird story in my new collection Thin Places in Hard Concrete is told in the form of a series of reviews of a holiday apartment, and responses from the host. It’s another of my experiments with form along the lines of ‘Modern...
Virginia Postrel for Works in Progress: Engineering the disposable diaper. I, for one, am grateful that there is no more need for “the knife method” of diaper washing — one guess as to what the knife was used for. The article doesn’t...
My friend Michael Regan, a Bloomberg journalist, sent me a link to a Bloomberg article Mike commented: “Gazump: Fun new Britishism making the rounds on Wall Street.” I didn’t know from “gazump” so immediately looked it up. The OED‘s main...
I’m going take a break with the band obits for a bit in favour of some good news – specifically the official announcement of this year’s Next Music From Tokyo lineup, aka the best live music weekend of the year. While there had been some...
The Checkout Counter #41 somehow i haven't had any hay fever symptoms this year, so i've been able to enjoy spring much more. sunshine and pleasant temperatures are nice to experience, who knew!thanks for reading :) until next time! Film...
SPEEDER BIKE (W/ LUKE SKYWALKER IN ENDOR GEAR) STAR WARS: POWER OF THE FORCE II (KENNER) Well, it’s Friday again, guys. We made it. It’s here, and the week is over. Yay? Yeah, let’s go with yay. And what am I doing? I’m talking about...
Queenright queen rearing using the 'Ben Harden system' is an ideal way to produce queens without the need for huge cell raising colonies, or compromising honey production. A 'little and often' approach helps mitigate adverse conditions,...
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Because of last week’s “bonus info” post, I’m only now getting around to commenting on this year’s Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics. While I don’t comment on them every year, I know enough about several of this year’s winners...
Lionel Black is an author I have been aware of for a while, but it is only now that I have got around to trying his work. I didn’t realise Black wrote more traditional detective stories, but I came across Death Has Green Fingers a few...
As you may know, I’ve been going to the TCM Film Festival every year since 2013 – this year is no different. What is different this year, though, is that the fest is scheduled a little later than usual and is extending into May. So,...