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I never really ever thought too much about purpose during my career. I suppose I was more more goal oriented, and to the extent I thought about it at all, I probably would have said my purpose was to pursue my goals. Since stopping work...
I grew up next to a tennis club, so we all played. My little sister was a pro for a while. I, however, took Tennis One so many times that I finally got kicked out. But I can distinctly remember one pro. He was super tall and skinny and...
I recently read Andros Fenollosa’s article I joined the IndieWeb, here’s what I learned and immediately went down the same rabbit hole. I had seen the term IndieWeb before, but I always assumed it meant a vague preference for personal...
I discovered this story accidentally when I ran across some short story collections by Katherine Mansfield on Amazon. I had not read anything else by Katherine Mansfield and I looked for one of her stories to try out online. This was the...
to see the city’s myriad faces
Crystal Castle continued consistently ‘cross constant complications. Special thanks to Primeumaton for helping me find paintings to put in the post. See here for the first part of this dungeon, which explains who all these people...
PSA: when making tiramisu from scratch, do not — I repeat, do not — use mascarpone from Whole Foods unless you are really into tiramisoup.
One of our Manx highlights was the Castletown Tin Bath races. It's one of those events that people on TV travel shows seem to find, and the rest of us never see. Taking place in the middle harbour, it's a big deal. OK the town isn't...
Ursula K. Le Guin ★★★★★ Not a novel, not quite a short story/poetry collection, Always Coming Home is a thorough exploration of an imagined post-apocalyptic rural utopia in a far-future Napa Valley. The book mixes narrative biographies,...
As many of you know, I hate summer. About the only things good about it are flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Other than that, it is a hot, miserable, muggy time of year when there's way too much daylight and far too many...
I recently popped by KIELO COFFEE in Akihabara, a small cafe and roaster specialising in light roast pourover coffee. They do also have milk-based coffee and matcha lattes available as well. They had a range of reasonably-priced beans to...
Want an icepick up your butt? While this sounds too good to be true—for some people—it’s an unfathomable nightmare for most of […]
This Summer, kick off your shoes, put on your shades, kick back and relax by the pool… the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 is here to fill your holidays with dread and fear!Featuring a cover from 2000 AD legend Liam Sharp, inside you’ll find...
Sure, sure, we’re all honest people here. You and me, we’re driving the speed limit, crossing at crosswalks, and never double parking. But that doesn’t mean we don’t like bonus fries, extra-scoopy ice cream, or double cheese on our subs,...
“Let me shipwreck in your thighs.” —Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood Amongst the anime community, SSSS.Gridman‘s Rikka Takarada is an immediately recognisable character who took the community by storm shortly after the SSSS.Gridman anime...