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I love being completely absorbed by a game, to the point where it's hard for me to step away from it. It's like it leaves an imprint on my brain so that I can't stop thinking about it, even when I'm not playing and long after I've...
I’ve had this book on my kindle for years and for some reason never opened it. When I’m between books I want to read I like to pluck a free classic from standard ebooks, and recently from the Guardian’s 2026 100 best novels of all time...
In 2015, Gina and me were chatting about my book The Lost Women of Rock Music and a film she was in the process of making about The Raincoats. Gina had shot extra footage of many of the women she'd interviewed, and we talked about maybe...
“Harryyyyy!??” 🚬🙄Abolutely did not regret watching this again.👍 Recommended!
On Beulah Height & Midnight Fugue by Reginald Hill published 1998 & 2009 I am working through Reginald Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe books, - see more on the project here Dalziel & Pascoe, an Overview: the Early Years And click on the...
I had to be in London recently. I met an unexpected immigrant just off Russell Square.
"Wang's Carpets" is a 1995 science fiction novelette by Greg Egan. It is about a group of cloned beings who discover an amazing life form on a planet orbiting Vega. Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: In a far future Earth the majority of...
The Dink (2026) • View trailerThree stars (out of five); rated PG-13, for occasional profanity and plenty of sexual vulgarityAvailable via: Apple TV+By Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.2.26File this one under “Silly,...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this toll plaza infrastructure after dark, documenting the layered construction of concrete columns, overhead canopies, and payment stations. Bright overhead lights cast down on the booths below, while...
Intertapes is a collection of found cassette tapes from around the world. macOS icons are now constrained by the same boring ‘squircle‘ as iOS. Rogue Amoeba argue that this shape prohibition should come to an end. Charity Majors writes a...
Just the other day: Another great slab of metal, plastic and people sails under another great slab of iron and steel. The travel and holiday industry moves quietly along right by our window and under our noses before breakfast has been...
You know how it goes. You can spend what feels like 5 or 6 weeks watching the garden slowly turn into the Gobi Desert, the rivers dropping an inch every day and every weather forecast promising "just one more day of sunshine." Then, the...
Got up at 9a.m. Not a very nice day. A cold wind. Did the mowing and tied up the plants. Went with Bill Edwards to the Legion and the Harp. Mrs won £2.
Did I ever tell you of the time I broke my little toe? No? Ah, man, it's a good story, and as with all good stories, it starts with coffee. I love coffee almost at a romantic level. I get excited to go to sleep not because I want to...