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I have a love/hate relationship with late August in Chicago. Hints of Autumn, my favorite season, become stronger. The sun rises later, which I’m not a fan of. That’s where we are on this rainy Sunday morning in Chicago, so it’s time for...
Last month Bridge Base Online (BBO) announced that it was limiting players to 6 hands a day (unless they subscribed). End of an era … I remember logging onto BBO (and perhaps one or two other online bridge sites) back in ’93, and I still...
I’ve wanted to write about this subject before, but it kept sliding down my to-do list until this article showed up and sort of stated my point without realizing it. Photos aren’t valued. Let’s talk about the case described in that...
One of my older attempts at a monster drawing. Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy creature with wings and a brain for a belly.
Oh gee whillikers, it's been a while since I last posted a round-up of interesting things I've been reading in the internet! What I thought would be a regular thing didn't end up being one, but that doesn't mean I haven't been making...
Charles Bronson in Farewell, Friend (1968) Vitals Charles Bronson as Franz Propp, opportunistic thief, pimp, and former French Foreign Legion sergeant Paris, December 1963 Film: Farewell, Friend (French title: Adieu l’ami) Release Date:...
Today we're going on our very own Galaxy Quest, cake fans, only this one won't include ANY forms of rudimentary lathes. (HA NERD JOKE)No, instead I found 10 of my favorite galaxy and night sky cakes, so if you have a problem with black...
This week’s review, before I stuff the next two months with as much autumnal femdom I can find, is about a rise in power of a character the author described as a “Shadow Mommy”. It’s also a complete blind pull, with no internet...
In Utopia for Realists, Rutger Bregman starts by arguing that we have most of the utopia we ever wanted. In 1820, 88% of the world lived in extreme poverty1; today it's below 10%. More people suffer from obesity than hunger2. We have...
Some of my most frequent advice is to shoot through a scene. As a younger photographer, I would give up too easily and put the camera down too quickly when my efforts weren’t met with immediate success. “It’s not working,” I would say,...
Google sucks, Uber sucks, and so on.
For the past few days, we’ve had a group of crows in town. Their cawing is THE sound of autumn for me. Not long now… 🍂
On 30 August 1976, the Notting Hill Carnival ended in a riot, with more than 100 police officers taken to the hospital and 60 carnival-goers needing hospital treatment after the clashes which led to the arrest of at least 66 people. The...
Are you looking for a long term relationship? Here’s the one question you should ask of everyone you date. It’s going to sound weirdly specific, and has little to do with compatibility or shared interests or personality matching, but...
They named a tropical stormafter a person who was LEAST likely to storm through anythingand damage it. I don’t like it.I’m of the mind to reach outto my local news stationand send them a letter expressing my disdain. Dolly would never...