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Last month, another of the UK’s globe trotting species hunters came up to Scotland to try to add a few more species to his already impressive tally. Having overtaken my own tally during a recent trip to the US, and closing in on six...
There is a whole lot of misinformation out there regarding Donkey Kong 3. There are claims that its commercial failure in North America caused the Donkey Kong series to be shelved for over a decade, even though ports of the arcade games...
I see that Amazon Prime is coming out with a TV miniseries based on what is happening in the Blade Runner universe in the year 2099. I have watched the trailers and they seem….fine. You can see details on the upcoming series, here. More...
Just because you feel attacked doesn’t mean someone is attacking you, sometimes that feeling is worth listening to. It may be telling you that something doesn’t fit with how you currently see the world. But a feeling is not a fact. This...
I’ve been off work on a true ‘staycation’ the last couple of weeks. Stayed in Bristol, mainly stayed at home. Relaxed. Even my blood sugar and blood pressure settled down. Tomorrow is 20 weeks since I first went into hospital. Which...
“Please, let me stuff myself full with beauty, drink light for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner - never again take a Tuesday for granted.” - Julia FehrenbacherHello friends! We had a big storm Sunday night that I was not expecting, so my...
Every gun nerd knows about the Franchi SPAS-11, LAW-12, and SPAS-12 SPS autoloading shotguns of the 1980s; I mean, they were something of a pop culture fad if nothing else. The SPAS-11 was an upgrade of the Franchi 500 meant for mil/LE...
Here we see, some 70 years ago this month, two “all-gun” heavy cruisers, vessels which were once common just a decade before but a comparative rarity in August 1956, captured while showing their respective flags aboard. USS Toledo (CA...
Lyres - The Grotto, New Haven, Connecticut, August 18, 1984RIP to Lyres frontman Jeff “Monoman” Conolly, who passed away last week. As his nickname tells us, this guy was indeed monomaniacal in his quest for garage rock perfection over...
The Army is getting a newfound interest in jungle warfare. COL Keith W. Benedict and CPT Christian M. Hert have a great article in Line of Departure (How Panama’s Crucible is Yet Again Testing Soldiers’ Mettle) detailing how legendary...
Inevitably I’m asked, “Why devote a paper, much less an entire dissertation, to Plutowsky?” I have a two-part answer, the first of which is my personal connection to Plutowsky via his great niece, my fiancée, Loretta. Professionally I...
An unconventional materials + product placement challenge gave us the best episode of Project Runway 22 so far. Long live Viva paper towels!
It’s Friday, so it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop again, hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer. I’ve made my own image from a stock photo (credit: Anna Shvets) to avoid adding images created via generative AI to my blog. Feel free to...
Greatly appreciate Pastor Doug's teaching on servant lordship here.
Before we get to today’s topic, here’s a brief:WORLD CUP EPILOGUEMy wife, Michelle Kaufman, a professional sportswriter, covered the World Cup for the Miami Herald, and as a perk she was given a small piece of the actual sod on which the...