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§ The garden seems to be bouncing back after the intense weather we’ve had over the past few weeks. I’ve noticed a handful of new flower buds on the green beans and it seems like all of our cherry tomatoes are ripening at once. Earlier...
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★★★★: Manages to stand on its own as a touching action movie, but also cash in on nearly 20 years of Spider-Men in film. It's just such a delight. A crushing, emotional delight. FYI: My reviews are scored out of 4. Also, thanks for...
Sometimes it is important to give people their flowers – especially when (a) they do something that makes your life easier and (b) are already partners in crime. In quick succession in recent weeks my collaborators on the Product for the...
Written by VetinariWhat?!? Already? Yes, dear reader. Saying that this game is short is an understatement. Compared to this, “Daughter of Serpents” feels like “Der Zauberberg”.Or Heimat 2 if you are more of a cinephile.So, this game...
As someone living in a foreign country, it’s always interesting to me to find places where I can buy food from my own country. Over the past few years, I haven’t found that many places in the Netherlands that sell Portuguese food....
What's been happeningBrr now we're properly dipping into Winter. The night time temperatures have been dipping below tens, and this past week it's dropped to under 5 degrees multiple times. Getting into the rooms has been hard since the...
Read the full post at - Inflation but Only In Human to Human Services I love a good chart. This chart shows two major economic trends. First, Baumol’s Effect which is the tendency for wages in jobs that have experienced little or no...
If you grew up in the Midwest in the ’80s or ’90s, there’s a good chance dirt pudding showed up at nearly every potluck. It was always one of my favorites: a heavenly chilled treat made with Cool Whip, cream cheese, vanilla pudding, and...
It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to...
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen, 1956, The Walter Hagen Story I recently drove from Nova Scotia to Ontario and back, a trip I’ve been making for...
“Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. Sometimes it all comes together…” (And sometimes it doesn’t.) (From “The Bug” by Mary Chapin Carpenter)July 22, 2026Well, friends, I had been working on a piece of writing for...
Here’s the thing: iOS app development (and Mac, but to a lesser extent) is just constant churn. I thought I was getting a year off this year! But nope. There’s always something. Source: inessential: New NetNewsWire Crash in iOS 27 Beta...
Being on vacation always reignites my motivation to read books. I mostly read on my Kindle, but during this vacation I read an entire book on my phone. Because the ebook library service we have only exists as an app. While I do like...