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From the New Yorker issue of July 6 & 3, 2026, under the heading “A critic at large” (on-line, 6/29/26, “What happened to your face: How the human countenance become something to study, edit, optimize, and scan”; in print, 7/6/26,...
Kill ShotsA shooter can choose to give up movement and evasion to get a +1d damage bonus for their successful hits. Attacks against shooters going for a "kill shot" are at +2 that round. GrenadesGrenades can be used safely at a distance...
From a history book I’m reading: He drew charcoal portraits for extra money, but talent didn’t save him from [unpleasant work in] the tannery. After work, he would lie down in a corner of the shirt factory where some apprentices slept....
There’s a lot of propagandist idiocy in that regard, so I want to sort it out Read more
Spotify, it seems, will be adding a button to skip all the ads in a podcast — except for ads sold by Spotify. I have no idea how good a podcast player is Spotify. I have no desire to find out. ~ Link: Spotify's Unskippable Podcast Ads,...
A deep dive into immutability in PHP, from readonly properties and interior mutability to immutable value objects, collections, dates, cloning, boundaries, and testing. Read more
Q: The word “works” (meaning “factory”) is a hard nut to crack. It looks plural but acts singular. Can it be used to speak about two factories? And how did it come to mean a factory in the first place? A: The noun “work” has been used in...
This article: Love red wine but want a more refreshing sip for summer? These 6 reds at the LCBO are delicious served chilled, had me thinking about beaujolais this week, since it was one of the wines featured. While a big bordeaux fan,...
The Aleste series of shooters wasn’t actually named such in North America, not until near the very end of its time in the shoot ‘em up space. Most of the time, that led to annoying changes: Aleste to “Power Strike,” Super Aleste to the...
Spalding Rockwell Gray (June 5, 1941 – c. January 11, 2004) was an American actor and writer. He is best known for driving autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his...
Dumplings sind die fernöstliche Variante der gefüllten Teigtaschen und liegen seit einiger Zeit in Berlin im Trend. Von den vielen, asiatischen Restaurants rund um die Charlottenburger Kantstraße haben sie fast alle im Angebot. Doch...
About the Site I've been writing online since the mid-90s. I've created dozens of blogs and websites over the years, and Brandon's Journal is the latest. This site serves as a place for me to explore my thoughts and interests, which vary...
Interesting chat at the Film Fest. I saw ace producer Christine Vachon interviewed (above), then Ken Burns, then a panel discussion on horror. If there was anything that stopped the events from being fully fascinating, it was probably...
Imagine a story where the events in our lives that happen online are never depicted or mentioned. A day would seem twelve hours long and the protagonists would spend two thirds of that time asleep. I was gifted this Panerai Table Clock...
OK, Ok it isn’t the size of a guided missile cruiser on wheels, but Rheinmetall has marked a key advance in modern loitering munition technology by successfully demonstrating the FV-014 loitering munition/kamizakee drone launching from a...