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Jeffrey Kopp, of CNBC, wrote a short profile of Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, whose name you may have heard even if you do not live in her district of Northern California. That is because her district covers such areas as San Francisco...
On a modest hike this past Saturday, I learned that my iPhone woefully undercounts elevation gain and recklessly overcounts distance covered. My ignorance of such matters reveals how long it’s been since I could even use the word “hike”...
I had this idea for a post yesterday. I was on a tube in the sea and it was the perfect idea. And yet now, many hours later, it’s gone. I should have written it down, ohh well. rambling
Carp 199 of the season - ensuring at least one more trip...
On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ I covered the Ambrose...
Treasures from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson, 1984, 2011. The Grandma’s Attic series by Arleta Richardson is based on her grandmother’s reminiscences about life growing up on a farm in Michigan during the 1800s. This is the fouth...
I mostly avoid corporate platforms… but I am on Goodreads on a daily basis 🤦♀️ (I know a lot of people are down on book tracking, but I read too many books to remember what I have read otherwise. Romance titles are notorious for using...
A very odd article in The Guardian, about TV shows that the writers can no longer bear to watch. Of the dramas and comedies under discussion, five (The Office, This Life, Entourage, Euphoria, Coupling) now fail to pass muster because the...
Fleeting glimpses of spectral creatures in the campfire: Fire Sprites: Fire Dragon: Fire Cyclops:
I think we both sensed it might be our final conversation. We talked about the Cleveland we knew as kids – the main library downtown on Superior Avenue, Kay’s Books over on Prospect, a bar called Hernando’s Highway on Chester by the...
I have two modern horror campaigns. They let me play with similar ideas under different assumptions and even different rules. My oldest calls this "save scumming." It is from video games: if you don't like a particular outcome, you go...
Hey friend! It's good to see you, and welcome to the new subscribers that have joined this week. Stuff I've WrittenNouns don't always Transfer. Spending time thinking about skills beyond your current role is great way to land the next...
Yesterday I was talking about trying to figure out what my bass style was. And I've actually been thinking about this for a little bit. I think my biggest influence on the basis of my style is probably Sting, and that's historical from...
Before we return to the Isle of Man for the last time this year, there’s another club meeting to report. Seven members turned up. The afternoon started and ended with a catastrophe – wires failed in a plug and needed a bit of Atfield...
The read-it-later apps seems to be making a comeback? Instapaper recently refreshed its user interface, while there is a new entry to the market from Matt Birchler called Quick Reads. Did Apple make any improvements to its Reading List...