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February 2026 — cuddle time Rhaedar was my bud — followed me from room to room during the day, snuggled up with me while I read, demanded lap time, slept many nights curled up against my stomach. When I picked him up, he’d rest his paws...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th June 2026 Mexican speed metal heroes Phantom have just released their third full length record, ‘Not Midnight Yet’, on High Roller Records, the label who has just made their back catalogue more...
It is true. My stats don’t lie. Whilst I seem to have a small core group of regular readers and followers (exceptionally groovy people, each and every one), the number of views on this site is slowly but inexorably waning. Additionally,...
Interesting post from Richard Hanania, “Sixteen Fun Facts about Me.” It’s too bad the article is paywalled after his fourth “fact,” but some parts are similar to contrast with my own life. I don’t have much contact with my family, and...
I guess one good thing about the JulyReply blogging event is that it has inspired me to write a bit more, even at the risk of becoming a Reply Guy™ of sorts. Two posts were published that are somewhat linked in nature, so why not reply...
I suppose the title is a line from a poem, but I haven’t been able to figure out which one.The photo is interesting because of its dated feel. As I often mention in these posts, I find it fascinating to see the different functions these...
As chronicled in my most recent overly long blogpost, I downloaded a scan of the 600th issue of Amazing Stories, published in the year 2000. Today let's read the Harlan Ellison story included in the issue, and two other stories from the...
“My Song” isn’t my favorite song from English poet and musician Labi Siffre, but it is the one that makes me the most intensely nostalgic for the 1970s. The instrumentation, the vaguely Burt Bacharach-ian quality of the melody, and the...
Click here to book Mark Richards explores the photography of Kurt Hutton Men drinking in The Prospect of Whitby, 1942 1934 was a defining year for British photography. Hitler’s restrictions on press freedom led to an exodus of...
Toraya started in Kyoto in the 16th century! and their head offices are now in TokyoThe tea salon in Akasaka was rebuilt in 2018 and made with lots of hinoki (cypress) by Hiroshi Naito The interior is beautiful with large windowsPretty...
9.Desire’s most seductive promise is not pleasure but change, not that you might possess your object but that you might become the one who belongs with it. Vectors, of course.
There's no camp site more special than the one I visit with Dad every year in the Sierra. I've been going for a lot less time than he has - though he assures me that I'm gaining on him, as a percentage of my age to his - but we've both...
I really, really believe in using non-scientific examples and comparisons to teach statistics. In this post, I will show you how I see comparisons between criminal investigations and scientific investigations. Specifically, after a...