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Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Dortmunder, Helles and Obatzda. First, some rather surprising news: the 1984 murder of a real ale enthusiast has been solved and two men have...
It’s 9:15pm. The sun is starting to set after another long, warm summer day. The flying ants (apparently, a thing!) have settled for the night and the chirps of grasshoppers have quieted. All is peaceful and serene in this slice of the...
My last post was quite a while back. In all honesty, the current state of affairs in coding land had me somewhat burned out on building things, AI is taking the pleasure out of actually thinking. I switched jobs in April, which also took...
A 2-day Interlaken travel guide covering the Harder Kulm hike, Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, plus tips on the Swiss travel pass and costs.Getting from Zurich to Interlaken is expensive; a one-way train ticket costs 73 CHF. I would recommend...
Saturdays are the least-read days on the blog, summer Saturdays especially, so I'll be winding things down on Saturdays over the height of the season. Readers with an annual subscription can apply for a 2% refund in the usual place. Slim...
A comforting twist on classic French toast, this easy French Toast Crumble brings together everything we love about a weekend indulgence — a soft, custardy, bread‑pudding‑like base and a crisp, buttery, oaty crumble that bakes up...
An end of week recap “How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this...
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot...
Like persistent weeds in a flowerbed, thoughts of a return trip to Iceland (#11) have sprouted. An idle search for airfares and lodging revealed some real bargains, along with some caveats. One aspect of my fall sojourns to Reykjavík...
At the beginning of his 1947 lecture on Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida – a play he judges “not wholly successful” -- W.H. Auden discusses “the difference between a major and a minor writer—which is not necessarily the difference...
Saturday 11th July 2026 Back in April 2024 there was much joy at the return of a “vital” bus service linking North Yorkshire villages with the Ribble Valley and Clitheroe over in neighbouring Lancashire. The Lancashire Guardian at the...
These days, Sam Bisbee is an Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated producer of film and television, but at the turn of the century, he was trying his hand at being a musician, releasing a few alt-rock albums that I thought were pretty good, even...
I found this video because one of these cars popped up on eBay for not much more than Sinclair C5 money. It is probably a good job I don't have the garage space...
I wanted to share a long-overdue health update about what has happened this year and why I can finally talk about it. I recently had my second Camzyos cardiology echo and doctor’s visit of the year. I normally go every six months, and......
For ages now I've been having guilt about not blogging "enough". I know there's no such thing as enough, but I still feel it, and I'm kind of tired of it. I posted about what fun I had making my Neocities page, and it dawned on me that I...