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[He has no malice in his heart.] I fear it’s been a bit of a negative week here on OFT, so let’s end it on a higher note. There’s good news, as all “Chuck Norris Facts” are now about this Chuck Norris. He is very clearly the superior...
For my first full day back on Honshu, we set out for a quick convenience store breakfast and then headed to the train station. We were off to Nara Park. After sorting out which train and rushing around to make sure we caught it, it...
Archaeology magazine, vol 61, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2008 has a cool article about UK witchcraft.
The encoding finally finished! [20:44:04] Finished work at: Thu Aug 6 20:44:04 2026 [20:44:04] libhb: work result = 0 Encode done! HandBrake has exited. Took about 7 days to encode 56 DVDs from VIDEO_TS folders into more modern .mkv...
Looks Unfamiliar with Georgy Jamieson talking to Tim Worthington about the EKCO Hostess Trolley, Terry's Spartan, A Sharp Intake Of Breath, John Cleese's How To Win Holes By Influencing People, Charlie Chester's Sunday Soapbox, the lost...
Mao Zedong, in his statements, talked about peasantry being the main force of Chinese revolution. Peasantry, and not the urban proletariat was the main character - in a stark contrast both to classic Marxism, and to the mainstream...
I’ve changed as a person. I’m becoming one of those people who reads sequels/series in relatively quick succession! I started Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume series in January, and I’ve made it to the fourth volume –...
A few more microfictions, still no LLMs. “Keeper of the Living Collections,” the job posting read. “Must always be in a good mood.” He called to inquire. “Ah, yeah. We can’t figure why, but the trees will only grow to songs of True Joy.”...
Twenty Poets of Argentinaed D Samoilovich and A Graham-Yool, Redbeck Press 2004 This is best kind of book; the Introduction not only gives us a thorough background to modern Argentinean poetry, but also invaluable notes on the poetics...
PulpFest 2026 was a landmark. The convention drew 486 attendees — about 350 preregistrations and the rest walk-ups. That’s a record for PulpFest and its predecessor, Pulpcon. I’m on the organizing committee, and we announced the figure...
We drove our coach 206 miles / 332 km, about four hours of driving, from a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout near 70 Mile House to MamaYeh RV Park & Campground near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada....
The C64 Appreciation Society continues their playthrough of the first Bard’s Tale. (23 minutes) If you want to start from the beginning, they’re collected in this playlist. (7 items) I’ve already introduced The Bard’s Tale in prior...
Cassowary, CasuariiformesWherever you are in the world, it is likely that you know your local birds. True, you may call them des Oiseaux, pássaros or uccelli — but you'll know their common names by heart. You will also likely know their...
Shortly after Apple launched the budget MacBook Neo, Dell announced their response, a new low-end XPS 13. Matching the Neo's current pricing, it starts at $699, or $599 with an educational discount. That discount is currently set to...
Sometimes I see a video of someone doing something and immediately think, why didn’t I think of that sooner? One such thing is the idea of a “gift closet,” which is a collection of items you have that are meant specifically for gifting...