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The smoke swhirls through the moon light coming in through what's left of the window after the house burned down.
The nights are drawing in but pike-time seems a long way off - still in drought and yet another heatwave. Couple of hours before it got dark on The Puddle and double #19 on crust - an almost black common at 11lb 4oz (my 10th Puddle carp)...
The new century -- no longer new -- has been insatiably consuming good writers. In the early years of the twenty-first we endured a rough patch. In a five-year span we lost Anthony Powell, Edgar Bowers, William Maxwell, W.G. Sebald, R.S....
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story Bar chart showing 10 resonances across 321 pages, one bar per page. Resonances 150100150200250300321 6 resonant pages PageResonances 232243252261271281
Today, Instagram updated its logo wordmark. CNET had a nice image of the before and after, presented below as after and before: Instagzam vs. Instagram Although I don’t think AI was used in the creation of the new logo, it still smells...
Vera is a character I keep seeing differently with regard to the world she is in.Take Jackson, IL for instance. There you have Vera Rook as a rival; she is sharp and selfish, with a dangerous edge to her because she will do as she...
Ambitious, magical plans are usually vague. Cautious plans are usually specific. That's why the cautious ones actually happen.When I coach people on their career, I try to move them towards specific, actionable plans, with start and end...
Far from the comfort of my four walls. I'm sitting on an uncomfortable steel bench. No people, no phones, it's green all around. It's a weirdly comforting place that I've found. I can hear the leaves falling from above. I can see the...
Day 3 and once again over to Ron…. Overcast turning sunny with a breeze. Walk along promenade to City end terminal of the horse tram, which we took to Derby Castle. Took MER to Laxey for a ride on Great Laxey Mines Railway. Afterwards...
Somehow two years have rolled by since the 2024 D23 Expo, and here we are again! Incredibly, it's time for the 2026 Expo.We had a wonderful time earlier today at the second-ever D23 Day at Disneyland. We especially loved the "Legends...
One thing I’ve come to realize as I navigate this world of event people is, if you’re a musician or DJ and have your act together—like, you’ve got a thing, you’re presentable, your equipment is good and all that—you need to realize that...
“How can you not like Ted Lasso?” I asked my 9-year old daughter. “Because we’re not middle-aged people.” Fair.
A show of hands Host Michael Hall started by asking everyone who runs a company or product that touches money, customer data, or both to raise their hands. Some hands went up, which wasn’t surprising. Then he asked: “Keep them up if you...
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Bar chart showing 69 resonances across 208 pages, one bar per page. Resonances 150100150208 63 resonant pages PageResonances...