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I had no intention of doing a Fourth-themed post, but JWB slyly sent me a link to Sophie Hardach’s BBC piece “The Viking word hidden in the Declaration of American Independence,” calling it a “simple but not actually wrong BBC piece on...
I wrote this five years ago but can’t find where I posted it. It still holds true today so why not post it here, now? My message for today’s celebration of America’s Independence… The dream of the United States of America has never...
Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ It’s been super hot and humid in Virginia this week so I’ve been staying inside as much as I possibly can. I did manage to get to Grit yesterday and work on Stream. I need to write up the...
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of a declaration that had a passage decrying slavery removed because southern states complained by eating carcinogenic mass produced meat tubes while the President tells half of us we’re evil Marxists...
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I did not have high hopes for Cape Fear on Apple TV+. I was wrong. The cinematography is next level. Music is great. Dramatic tension feels old timey and yet modern. I’m a fan. 📺
It’s one of those two times of year again. Games Done Quick, the bi-annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon, begins at 12:30 PM (“Noon Thirty”) Eastern Time on Sunday, July 5th, that’s tomorrow. The day after today, the 250th...
The Nahvalur Eclipse was one of the pleasant surprises of my 2025 review queue. The design is admittedly not for everyone, but as a retractable pen, it works well, and is fun to use. I have one Eclipse in the Cobalt with Rose Gold Trim...
Whenever I remember, I use the #Caturday hashtag over on Mastodon to share photos of my furbabies and I love seeing kitties from all over the world. Cats don't seem to pop up as much on Bear, in fact doing a search didn't bring much up...
So, I came across this news article titled, “Riley Thinks Suits Make the Coach. Research Says He Might Be Right.”: The suit had a classic name: the Clark Gable. Navy blue and cut just right, it was the creation of Giorgio Armani, the...
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We must hang together gentlemen . . . else we shall most assuredly hang separately. ~Benjamin FranklinHappy Independence Day! And “happy” is the appropriate greeting for this long weekend. The Declaration of Independence was the first...
Unless we get our fear and greed under control, I don’t think we’ve got another 250 years in us. 🇺🇸
Dad taking a selfie with his Konica T3 in 1976. He was 38. At 39, he learned he had lung cancer, and at 41 he died. I loved him very much. When I was 10 years old, my parents and I went on a cross-country trip that included stopping in...