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Cameron Kunzelman In my life as a critic and academic, I am often fortunate enough to go places, read things, and generally have experiences with no expectations around them. I just want to learn without a real goal, and then, after the...
“The Greatest Benefit to Mankind – A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present” by Roy Porter was published in 1999. It’s a magnificent 848-page book that I am working my way through. Many people, I’ve discovered, own a...
They may look like extras from the live-action One Piece, but that’s really me onstage on the patio at Bahama Breeze at Rocky Point (which won’t be open for much longer) with the evening’s guitarist, after playing Florida’s unofficial...
This week I completed Storm Front by Jim Butcher (the first in the Dresden Files series) I thought I'd read it years ago but either I didn't or I'd completely forgotten it. It was rather good, and I'm excited by the prospect of another...
This month is the Hungry Ghost Festival. This is the period where the deceased are believed to visit the living. For the deceased who does not have a family, they will roam the earth, and some may be up to no good. The living will...
The Fourth Circuit today held that a South Carolina law restricting "no-excuse" absentee mail-in ballots to voters 65 and older violates the 26th Amendment. This decision stands in contrast to other circuits that upheld related laws...
Every year, puzzle game developer Draknek & Friends offers a $15000 USD grant to developers from "traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games." You can see their page...
Singapore won the second-leg of the Asean Championship semi-finals against Thailand: 2-1! To think that Thailand had not conceded to any team in the tournament until it met Singapore. 3 goals conceded by the War Elephants — 94th in FIFA...
Yes, you read right, I’m feeling sorry for myself today. Why? I got all dressed up early this morning to go to the Botanical Gardens to have a walk in the cool, but also, to take a few floral portraits. My favourite kind of happy snaps....
POWER GIRL SUPER POWERS (McFARLANE) “Power Girl is the Earth-Two equivalent of Supergirl, native Kryptonian and cousin to Superman” There was a moment, about a month ago, when I was a little concerned that I might run out of a good stock...
by Fiona Moore While the final episodes have not been screened in all regions (due in at least one case to nervousness about the portrayal of drug use– squares are everywhere), it behooves me to write a review of the first season of UFO,...
I kindly turned down the offer when a client today asked if I wanted a cup of coffee. We sat down and he poured himself a cup. Then, of course, I couldn’t resist having one as well. If he hadn’t mentioned coffee, I wouldn’t have missed...
Encountered a while back via Facebook, this YouTube video: [text:] Los Futbolitos, es un dúo de youtubers dominicanos, compuesto por Ángelo Valdés, alias “Will” y Vincent Peréz, en el que se dedican a hacer videos sobre fútbol y...
The imbalance conjecture is now a theorem. James Alexander Schreib and Yousof Yavari posted a proof last week. What does the conjecture theorem say? Start with a graph G and for every edge, calculate the absolute value of the difference...
This is not a heartbreaker.I default to g20 for pickup games, but I keep missing certain house rules. This will be my default going forward (living document, obvs). The jar is there to contain the scope. (easy to share, read,...