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Yesterday’s thunderstorm cooled off the valley enough for me to get outside for the first time in a few weeks. AllTrails estimated 2.5 hours for this trail, so I was fairly surprised to find myself back at the parking lot in 97 minutes.
Among the many things for which the legendary comedy troupe Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Sigüenza) remained remembered is their 1993 sketch comedy television show that aired on Fox stations. It remains...
Ellis Ward received the notice at 8:06 on a Tuesday morning, while he was standing in the staff workroom of the Kilbourn Avenue Library with one hand inside the copier. His phone buzzed in his shirt pocket. His watch tapped twice against...
“Setup was IMAP credentials for each of my personal accounts. There’s no account to create with the developer or a sign-in step before you can reach your inbox. Two things in the listing made it appealing to 1 million+ users, including...
Emilee Hackney mentioned pineapple casserole so I had to find out more. Turns out, it’s pretty good!
With a knife sharp heart I shave off these long and thin, meaningless days Piles of things like the past and monotony Throw them out as nonflammable waste Like a letter without an address With no place to go or stay, our Force-fed dreams...
On the blog this week, we’re pondering why allowing yourself time and space to hang out with your darts team is good for society (and for you). Add your insights here. It’s that time again! The print version of An Heir of Possibilities...
It has been two months (nearly) since my last Bridge game, one of the longest spells I’ve gone without in decades. It’s a unit game and (annoyingly) the top four pairs are all in our section …. in our direction. Thankfully we are in the...
For 57 years, a woman audiences knew as Mabel Stark walked into steel cages packed with tigers, wrestled her favourite among them to the ground in front of paying crowds, and survived at least 18 separate maulings along the way. She's...
One of my dad’s graduates students, an Irishman, noticed immediately upon arriving in the United States that Americans don’t have a third place. Everybody back in Dublin had a preferred pub (their “local,”) or a...
It’s a real pity these kits are no longer around as they really “spark” an interest in building practical things, and in electronics. Mine was a 50-in-1 kit I think, and came in a wooden frame. You got all the various components fixed to...
I'm only one day into using @unforgetful.app and I have already checked three things off my Reminders list that had slipped through the cracks over the past month. @marco.org's blog post hit me right in the feels from the very first...
the lake rests here unchanged I greet it like I have countless times and it comforts me like it has and will as long as I keep coming forever, I used to think but my thoughts they have changed
To clear up any lingering confusion: some bottles say "Versus Versace" while others just say "Versace." Both versions are identical. Neither version is indicative of a vintage, as the fragrance has waffled between the two monikers for...
Thinking about how the redistribution wealth is less about the weather, per se, but the removal of autonomy that results from us being unable to afford time to protest