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I just finished reading Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in Times of Cholera. Here are five drops of wisdom I couldn’t help but underline (my own translations): #1. “Wisdom comes when it’s no longer of any use.” I’ve often heard people say,...
Taking on The Nothic's Eye GLÅUGUST 2026, challenge #5 is from a list by Doc - "Cottonmouth your pet system so it is synonymous with one of your settings. Here is what Cottonmouth is and here is one way you could do that" For this I am...
A characteristically perspicacious observation on utopias from G K Chesterton’s Heretics, and in particular the chapter on H G Wells: “… a permanent possibility of selfishness arises from the mere fact of having a self, and not from any...
New moulds are appearing at a dizzying rate these days, and yet, most seem to just be variations on existing parts; prime example being the never-ending supply of curved slopes in every size and shape imaginable. Every now and then,...
A week ago (or so) I debugged the kitchen clock which is doing this: I tried swapping out everything else except the screen itself, but no dice. And then a commenter confirmed that these screens are indeed flaky (or at least some...
I recall the year quite vividly, September 2019, hard to imagine 7 years passing so quickly. I was invited to be the keynote guest speaker at the Men's Sheds Shedfest that's been a growing entity through recent decades and now 900 Men's...
Vafurlogi: Gneisti af eldi GuðsOut 26th June on NoEvDia/Oration True to the spirit of Icelandic black metal, this is a rhythmically informal, cyclically structured set of layered guitar chords defined by loose dissonance and overlapping...
Not a bad day. Wind dropped. Started to rain about 4p.m. Finished cutting brash in wood. Cleared all lab bins out. Buried Fred Moss today. Dot and Jane at home.
2023 historical thriller, eighth of its series. Several university friends, mostly not in touch for years, are being murdered one by one. One of them is Stoker's older brother Templeton, and he's decided to gather the survivors together...
Betsy Mason Innovation is one of those abilities we used to think only humans possessed. But you’ve probably heard about the creative problem solving of New Caledonian crows who are able to build tools by bedding wires to fish food out...
Captain America #8 (Vol. 3) Date: August 1998 Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $1.99 2013 NM Price: $3.00 Stats: 22 color pages plus "American Graffiti" letters page, Bullpen Bulletins and ads Writer: Mark Waid Artists: Andy Kubert,...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this small island in the 1000 Islands region of Ontario, Canada, on a misty autumn morning. A single deciduous tree displays warm orange and yellow foliage against the cool green backdrop of evergreens,...
🚗 1 hour commute this morning, while it normally only takes 20min. Not because of traffic, but as I forgot my laptop (first time ever) and had to get back home 🤦🏼♂️
Your brain filters everything through what you already believe. That is not a flaw, it is how perception works: experience and culture decide what registers and what slides past. The consequence is uncomfortable. Whatever sits outside...
I've barely set foot in Belgium this year, though that will be changing later in the autumn. To tide me over, a couple of Flemish randomers I picked up in Redmond's of Ranelagh.Has the Americans' fascination with Belgian pils passed? Is...