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Last month, I wrote about the career paths top directors took to direct a major motion picture. One finding was that women were less likely than men to make a second film on the same scale. A few of you got in touch to ask for more...
Before the time of electronic navigation tools—when the hallowed hideaways were discoverable only by map and compass or through careful direction of someone who trusted you—this was an enchanted place.
I went to a family party over the weekend. Not a small, smelly little family party. A big, proper family party. The kind with my cousins. Their partners. Their children. My parent’s cousins. My auntie’s cousins daughter. The whole...
The link. The paragraph: “If we called it DC Brau Light Lager, it’s not going to sell, because I’ve learned that there’s automatically a bias against craft beer in a large part of the population,” (CEO Brandon) Skall said.
Much of the recent discussion about the bonnets in Little House on the Prairie has centered on whether they are “correct.” Before we can answer that question, it helps to understand that not all bonnets served the same purpose. A...
I HOPE HE MADE IT TO MONTANA: Sam Neill passes, aged 78. (Classical reference in headline.)
And at his touch, the black oil of his thought passed from one mind unto the next until all served unto his image and his purpose. And where the Touched went, so the mind and might of Kihomenethoth followed. This lorebook collects...
A warning before we go anywhere: this essay meanders intentionally. It will digress, double back, and occasionally stop to look at something shiny at the side of the road. Consider this your early consent form. Follow me into the weeds —...
Hallstatt Salt Mines, Austria / Permian Salt Diapir The Hallstatt Limestone is the world's richest Triassic ammonite unit, yielding specimens of more than 500 ammonite species. Along with diversified cephalopod fauna — orthoceratids,...
I have much to say about what it was like to live in Costa Rica for six months. So, just warning y’all, I’ll probably be talking about this for the rest of 2026. The first thing I realized is that I have been worshipping at the god of...
Everything old is new again, I guess? New to me anyway.The LIFE Ramune Notebook is relatively new, launching in the past year or two. But the old part is what’s on the inside, which is LIFE L Writing Paper, which we first reviewed back...
Do I play 40K? Not anymoreDo I have space orc minis? NopeIs there a single reason I should be working on a Killa Kan for a game I don't play, to go with minis I don't have? Yes, Gork and/or Mork inspired me. And with that, I grabbed an...
Or as we like to call her, "Tripod."(That was the most family-friendly joke I could come up with. HI, MOM.) If you write online a lot, then this next one is for you.The problem with ordering via e-mail: Now, everyone laughing, go ahead...
There's a photo in my library from years ago showing my computer running AIM. A wave of nostalgia washed over me, as expected. Then, yesterday I read Here's how I host my own AIM server and I had to try it. Read Veronica's post for...
As I mentioned yesterday, I started organizing (and cleaning) my Emacs config. What may have seemed like an annoying and boring task has proven to be fun and addicting (reminds me of this, which is part of this video 😂). I’ve already...