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I should have been on a flight to the Yukon on Wednesday. I was meant, by now, to be sitting on a river with bears. I was, instead, lying on an operating table getting an emergency appendectomy. Don’t let anyone tell you the life of a...
If you want a little whimsy in your wedding, it doesn't get more classic than Alice in Wonderland. Plus there are so many great Wonderland elements to choose from! You could go super subtle with a top hat and pocket watch: (By Sweet...
The picture is pretty fuzzy, but it summed up my Sunday. The board shows my flight for Chattanooga, departing about three hours later than the original departure time. A series of storms in Chicago shut down the airport multiple times...
When faced with a book this bad, the hard part becomes deciding which of its enumerable faults not to share, purely for length. As such I apologize if this review seems to drag, and plead only that this would accurately convey the...
I just noticed that Scrub Mommy sponges are a product of the Scrub Daddy sponge company. This feels like some sort of analogy for the creation of Eve from Adam's rib: Genesis 2 ²⁰But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ²¹So the LORD...
The road to our time at the family lake house is a mile long and a bumpy washboard filled with twists and turns. Arriving after shaking out a filling or two, there’s a leveling out that leads to a sort of peace, even if only for a few...
On 16 August 1897, the Tate Gallery was opened on Millbank, it contained a collection of 67 Victorian paintings donated by sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate. Starting a grocery shop, which grew to a chain of six stores by the time he was 35....
I made a conscious decision not to blog yesterday. That means another day of missing Blaugust, but I'm okay with it. We had a friend's birthday party to go to, and after that I spent the rest of the day playing with Ranni, getting some...
Liars, Lisa Ridzen, and Debbi Voisey – welcome to episdoe 153! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/tea-or-books-153-1.mp3 In the first half, we talk about our expectations of truth in the non-fiction we read, inspired...
Longer, hotter summers are a serious existential challenge to cask ale – a product which already has its fair share of problems. Last year we wrote about the effect of heatwaves on pubs and our drinking habits. But this year, it’s been...
how does it feel, doing less time-wasting on the computer? obviously the internet-time-wasting behaviors stem from boredom, but they also kind of produce more boredom? it's rare to read/see something that gets me to stop...
By the time the Spanish arrived in Peru at the beginning of the 16th Century the Chachapoya people had already been subsumed in to the great Inca Empire. Although they had resisted the Incas fiercely, the lands of these Warriors of the...
§ Hello § At work I spent some time experimenting with a low-pressure sodium vapor lamp. It emits a very narrow spectrum of light that makes everything look monochromatic. It took three attempts but I finally managed to order one that...
Jason Arday, pictured in 2023 I read the terrible news about the death of Jason Arday on Friday evening. The first thing I want to do is express heartfelt condolences to his family – especially his wife and two children – and his friends...
Another project rises from the battered bed of the old Black and Decker Workmate. Red wine coloured wood dye has been applied. Not drunk either. Some sanding, some varnish but the end is not in sight. More sanding, dye and even more...