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Disclaimer Previously… The Homecoming Conclusions The Good The Bad The Weird Behind the Scenes at the Blog Stay Tuned… Disclaimer In these posts, we discuss a non-“Free as in Freedom” popular culture franchise property, including...
AuthorMatt DinnimanOverviewIt’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth...
Evening walk to the Kirmes grounds. 👉 View 4 more images
In this week's episode: Two words in a reality TV star's contract can change their post-show life—but also may not be that big of a deal? A dive into exclusivity clauses. Plus: news I broke about Love is Blind, recommendations, and life...
Hello, loves! I’m just gonna go for it. If it works, I’ll claim it, if not, there’s always reset. It works! Wow! I figure we’ll wind up with a view maker and a view. One issue that I see is the subscriptions. As things stand, a...
MY (TOTALLY UN-DAILY) PIC is a delightful item from the April 14, 1914, Washington Post, about two young designers from the Wiener Werkstätte alighting in New York. It goes with my New York Times review of the great show about the...
Vinay Prasad asks whether health care is a human right and, using some convoluted mental gymnastics, answers no with a disturbingly LLM-like turn of phrase: Health care, as it is practiced in 2026 America, is not a human right. It’s a...
I really am getting fed up with our so-called “smart” home devices. Not a day goes by without some degree of frustration trying to use them. I can’t imagine trying to run my home entirely on these blasted things. The two key offenders...
(click to enlarge)This morning I was on my way home after doctor's appointment. As I passed by a local community flower garden, I spontaneously decided to stop and see what was blooming. I'm glad I did. When I left the house for the...
the dark clouds follow me but won't give me rain to hide my tears I consider taking the longer route that narrow path deeper into the woods walk to the farthest point scream, then wonder how far will my lake carry my grief?
A recent book got me thinking about Silicon Valley’s history. Its origins predate the age of information technology, and yet relics of those times still structure the Valley. In this post, we go through just enough about its past to...
Last week, we took a quick trip to Denver to catch the Portland Thorns playing the Denver Summit at their second new stadium of the year (in May I visited their first stadium). We caught up with old friends, dined well, checked out Meow...
The biggest threat to American, indeed to the whole of civilization, is the failure to deposit 1.5 trillion dollars directly into my bank account. Trust me, I really need it.