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We’ve decided to spend a week blogging like it’s 2008 again: more posts, shorter posts, and more bouncing off other bloggers. This has been inspired by a few things, including: the ‘one link, one paragraph’ posts Stan Hieronymus shares...
Perfume PosseSelf-Seeding We’re about to enter heatwave number 3. Duration of two weeks, it looks like, this time. My jasmine is anarchic and I am pondering getting Chanel in to harvest the flowers. Good way to make a bit of side cash.…...
If you’re looking for a light, wholesome meal that still feels indulgent, this Bacon & Egg Salad is just the thing. Made with simple, everyday ingredients put together in the most delicious way , it features crisp lettuce, juicy roasted...
Sunrise and Sunset is an interactive map that displays the sunrise and sunset times for any location on Earth, for any day of the year. It also visualizes the sun's altitude throughout the seasons.By moving the white dot around the...
For those who celebrate, St Tube Map's day is here again! It used to happen more than once a year but is now an annual changeover. Here's the Great Switcheroo Ceremony at Liverpool Street yesterday. The old map comes out and the new map...
Donald Trump Celebrates His 250th Birthday Or so it seemed. OK, he's old, but not that old. But he certainly made it all about himself. Let's start with the run-up to the holiday itself. On June 24, a fake Great American State Fair...
One hundred and four seconds. Not a long time. Or is it? It’s less than two minutes, but it could be an eternity under the right circumstances. Press your hand to a hot stove for a minute, and it’ll seem like an hour, as Einstein noted....
...a great thing about freedom: we can allow ourselves to be generalists and be content to be amateurs [...] Long live the cult of the amateur. Get into everything. I am reading Escape Everything by Robert Wringham, and there are so many...
R.S. Gwynn takes a story related by Izaak Walton in The Life of Mr. George Herbert (1670) and turns it into a poetic fable of humility and service. Here is “Music at Midnight,” published in the Summer 2016 issue of The Sewanee Review and...
Car Show, Anoka, Minnesota via “Retro Digital Camera” litho setting:
Paolo Levin, concert pianist living in Rome, is being followed by an emaciated and crippled young man. He stands outside Paolo's apartment and watches the pianist. For weeks the young man shadows Paolo. He starts to show up dressed...
Hey friend! Thanks for the nice response to last weeks newsletter, I'm still writing every week and I'll be linking it here rather than reposting it. I'm all for respecting your inbox. Matt.Stuff I've WrittenJob posting scams are on the...
Inspired by last summer's holiday to Scotland, and in particular the imagery on display at the West Highland Museum, Fort William, may I present Lord Brechin's Regiment of Horse.I realised that my Scots fielded lancers and harquebusiers,...
Starting with the very old….. The slightly less old…. And two ducks of inderterminate age….. More locos next time.
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