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In a recent episode of EconTalk, with guest author Stewart Brand, Stewart had a throwaway line I loved. The exchange went like this: Russ Roberts: Yeah, I said when I was running, I was paying attention. I think the better word might be...
From July 30 to Aug. 2, 2026, PulpFest 2026 was held near Pittsburgh, again at the DoubleTree in Mars, Pa. This was my fourth time attending. I again made a point of arriving Wednesday night to be able to experience the con from Thursday...
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 273 miles / 439 km, about five hours of driving, from Azouzetta Lake Lodge & Campground in Mackenzie to Stampede Campground in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada,...
I’ll keep the prologue brief today. The Japanese version of Police Quest II was redrawn to give characters neon hair and big eyes. I wouldn’t call the look anime, but it’s obvious that the changes were made to sort of try to make it look...
For regular bear blog readers here this may be useful. If you see a dash and PO at the end of a title of a post you’ll know it’s a poetical rather than prose. It might contain a bit of prose but for those who don’t go on poetics you’ll...
Reflecting Light from KINLEY—our neighbour here in the C1A 4R4 for a time—was released today:Reflecting Light is a five-song release built on strong pop instincts, lyrics that turn small moments into whole stories, and production that...
They were a blogger for a while, when they first got set on fire by the implied permission of the scene ~2013. The rapid and constant feedback made a certain kind of person a certain kind of way and they could definitely feel the...
Same here, I’d totally be the audience for Star Trucker. I got the game too. Alas I can not play it. They totally botched HOTAS and head tracking support. This feature was added like a year later and is still not working properly. As in...
Neil and his companion, Nellie, are new to the neighbourhood, and their story is one of a young couple in a highly competitive real estate market. This may be a familiar tale to many. I first noticed them this spring, when they seemed...
Milo woke before the streetlights dimmed. He had learned to gauge the hour by the color of the sky through the warehouse window, a skill that required no subscription, no login, no biometric verification. The glass was filthy and cracked...
Dear Constant Reader, I wasn’t paying attention, but last week was my 750th tip! It probably should have been something more momentous than a tip about laundry, but c’est la vie. Here’s one of those tips I was sure I’d given you before,...
My husband and I began our journey of curating our family history collection in 2013. We had hundreds of theater and concert programs to donate, collected by Wood ancestors and our relatives from the 1920s to the 1990s. Our family agreed...
Two years ago me and my wife spent two weeks exploring the Dominican Republic by car. While staying in the beautifully green El Valle, we drove to the Salto El Limón waterfall. There, while we were enjoying the refreshing pools at the...
Ciclamini. Is it time for the cyclamen to flower in the mountains nearby. Until now I had not noticed but in these mountains I climb with their tiny presence, resilient and kind, tiny flowers that create a stream of violet nearby.
Microsoft vent #213: Outlook on Mac has shortcomings compared to the web version. Searching on the web client defaults to “all folders,” and on a Mac to the current folder. Can’t change it either. So you forget. The result is this...